American furniture design group MillerKnoll has showcased its material and testing processes through a pair of installations at its showroom in Chicago.
Designed in collaboration with New York consultancy Standard Issue, the exhibition during Fulton Market Designs aimed to highlight the materials, techniques and processes that the brand has launched or refined in the past several years.
According to MillerKnoll vice president of sustainability Gabe Wing, the exhibitions reflect an increase in consumer demands to use more environmentally friendly materials and processes.
The first of the exhibitions, called Second Nature, emphasised materials in products through a series of conceptual installations, with furniture products dissected and accompanied by graphics. MillerKnoll showcased classic products being used with recyclable and environmentally friendly products in Chicago
It showcased ethical materials used in already designed products, such as certified wood and the elimination of PFAS in products, a synthetic plastic material that is difficult to break down.
"Our customers are asking for more and our suppliers are at a point where they're ready to deliver," Wing told Dezeen.
"I think we've finally reached a tipping point where it feels like we're going to be able to make big progress."
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