Stumpf, Bill

Stumpf, Bill
▪ 2007
William Stumpf 
      American designer (b. March 1, 1936, St. Louis, Mo.—d. Aug. 30, 2006, Rochester, Minn.), was best known for making pioneering strides in ergonomic seating and gained renown together with industrial designer Don Chadwick for the introduction in 1994 of the Aeron office chair for the Herman Miller furniture company. The iconic Aeron, which was made available in three sizes, featured a high back made of elasticized polyester mesh that allowed air circulation and an aluminum frame that tilted with the person seated. Stumpf, who earned a degree in industrial design (1959) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and one in environmental design (1968) from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, worked from 1970 as an independent contractor for Herman Miller. In 1972 he formed his own consulting firm, and in 1977, with Chadwick, he established Chadwick Stumpf and Associates. Some of their other designs for Herman Miller included the 1984 Equa chair and Ethospace System. Stumpf was named the winner of the 2006 National Design Award in Product Design; the award was given posthumously by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City.

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