Don Chadwick

Donald "Don" T. Chadwick[1] (born 1936) is an industrial designer specializing in office seating.

Early life

He was born in Los Angeles and developed an interest in furniture making from his grandfather, a cabinetmaker.[2] He studied design at the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]

Career

He worked for architect Victor Gruen, and in 1964 founded his own practice. He has designed the Chadwick modular seating system (1974) and, in cooperation with Bill Stumpf, the Equa 1 (1984) and the Aeron chair (1994), all for Herman Miller.[3][4] Among his recent designs is the Chadwick chair for Knoll.

Awards[5]
  • ID magazine Award for Design Excellence, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974
  • ASID Award for Ergon seating, 1976
  • The Governor's Award, Design Michigan Exhibition, 1977
  • ID magazine "Designer of the 70s," 1979
  • IBD and IDSA awards for casegoods, 1980
  • IBD Gold Award for Equa chair, 1984
  • IBD Gold Award for Ethospace interiors, 1985
  • Time magazine, Design: Best of the Decade for Equa chair, 1990
  • Business Week Magazine and Industrial Designers Society of America awarded Design of the Decade to the Aeron chair, 2000
  • National Design Awards, Product Design winner, 2006

Notes
  1. "The Collection | Donald T. Chadwick, William Stumpf. Aeron Office Chair. 1992". MoMA. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  2. http://reach.hermanmillerasia.com/HermanMillerPresents
  3. "Don Chadwick". Knoll. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  4. Industrial Designers Society of America. "Ergon Chair (1976)". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  5. "The Aeron Chair's Designers". Smartfurniture.com. 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
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