Aesthetic integrity, enduring charm, inviting comfort

Distinctive Design

You can tell it’s Eames at a glance. Lounge chair, dining chair. Both with wood or chrome-plated steel legs.

Moulding thin sheets of lightweight veneer into gently curved shapes gives the durable material a soft, inviting appearance.

The chairs work just about anywhere—from homes and offices to schools and public areas.

A foundation for modern furniture design

Designers Charles and Ray Eames established their long and legendary relationship with Herman Miller in 1946 with their boldly original molded plywood chairs.

The aesthetic integrity, enduring charm, and comfort of the chairs earned them recognition from Time magazine as The Best Design of the 20th Century.

Time called the design “something elegant, light and comfortable. Much copied but never bettered.” (A locomotive came in second.)

Finish choices

The chairs are offered with richly grained birch veneer in bright colours that recall the times when the chairs were introduced.

The environmentally friendly aniline stains we use allow the wood’s natural characteristics to show through.

The chairs are also available in natural cherry, walnut, and light ash.

A shape that sits well

In their search for a better way, Charles and Ray Eames developed an innovative technique for moulding plywood.

The process allowed them to bend wood in new directions and give hard materials a soft look.

The contours the moulding process creates out of plywood fit the body’s shape.

The plywood has five plies, with hardwood inner plies. Natural rubber shock mounts absorb movement.

Expansive options

The Eames Moulded Plywood chair is available in multiple upholstered fabric options and two new base finish options—a sophisticated black matte and an environmentally friendlier trivalent chrome.

These choices join a range of established options that together reflect the original character of this timeless classic.

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    Herman Miller
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Unison is recognised as one of New Zealand market’s leading quality providers of interior commercial furniture and lighting.

Our aim is to provide design led, future proofed, quality, commercial products from world renown suppliers; to help customers create healthy, fun, collaborative, flexible and engaging environments.

We aim to help businesses create a workplace which will:

  • Enhance the wellbeing and health of the workforce
  • Attract and retain top employees
  • Enhance collaboration, innovation and productivity
  • Improve bottom line performance

We view the workplace as an “evolution” and never a one-time event, and recognise the importance of offering flexible quality solutions within a range of products and services, allowing our customer’s investment to evolve along with their business strategy.

With over 25 years of experience in the field and access to the world’s leading products, the team behind Unison bring with them the skills, knowledge and passion to help create spaces that drive productivity and long-term value.  Unison works in partnership with you on every aspect of your project from planning through to specifying, delivery and after sales support.

We’ve worked with businesses of all sizes and their A&D firms to understand, plan, design, develop, and build great workplaces.

And we recognise the importance of providing exceptional customer service so at we are focused on operational excellence and an enhanced customer experience.

“Research confirms what we know from common sense: a happy and healthy workplace leads to contented, productive staff, improved attraction and retention, stronger financial performance, faster growth, and an effective competitive edge”.

In Unison with Suppliers

Unison has exclusive distribution agreements in New Zealand with a range of world-leading international furniture manufacturers, so we can provide businesses with the right furnishing solution that best fits their needs.

The team at Unison have many years of experience working with leading suppliers, both locally and internationally.  From international manufacturers such as Herman Miller, Walter Knoll, Palau, Howe, Segis, Billiani and Muuto, through to local custom manufacturing solutions.

These manufacturers specialise in their respective niches and produce the best options available in the market, this includes:

Herman Miller – workstations, ergonomic seating, meeting room tables, classic designs – Eames, Nelson.

Walter Knoll – extensive soft-seating range German designed but manufactured in Australia.

Muuto - affordable luxury - a complete collection of Scandinavian furniture and lighting

Palau – World leading manufacturer of collaborative solutions and acoustic booths..

Howe – famous 40/4 chair and elegant demountable boardroom room tables

Segis and Billiani   – all offer collections of beautifully designed mixed material products for café and contract spaces.