'New' Herman Miller Basic Storage cabinets  

What kind of wood
Are the case goods made of? They do look pretty cheezy but perhaps will look better with time.

DD's cabinet
DD's cabinet

These new case pieces shown...
These new case pieces shown here look pretty bad to me in a big-box 'some assembly required' kind of way. Not only do the proportions seem off and the pulls disastorous, the veneer calls way too much attention to itself, looks more like painted paper than veneer.

Looks like Ikea's version. If...
Looks like Ikea's version. If it had their price point too, that'd be okay. Why can't Vitra and HM get their heads on straight? I am tired of these old dinosaurs thinking they can do whatever. Legally they can, but will it sell? No, probably not. Watch it get discontinued again forever because they can't make a simple f'ing cabinet the way it was intended.

Here's the first look.....
here's a link of the new BCS chest that's being reintroduced later this month.
Looks good to me...and I was one of the people who suggested it 3 years ago to Herman Miller!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Herman-Miller-George-Nelson-BCS-Charity-Auction-NEW-...

Here's the news release
Herman Miller Brings Back the Nelson Basic Cabinet Series and the Platform Bench with Metal Legs
May 10, 2010
Herman Miller, Inc. is announcing the first in a series of product reintroductions from its collection of modular storage solutions designed by George Nelson. A select group of items from the Nelson Basic Cabinet Series and a metal leg option for the Platform Bench will be available for preview in the company's exhibit space at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair at New York City's Javits Convention Center, May 15-18, 2010.
George Nelson was Herman Miller's Director of Design from 1945-1972. After taking the role, he maintained his independent design practice and deftly carried on the company's course of producing contemporary furniture made from minimal materials appropriate to the emerging modern lifestyle.
Shortly before Nelson arrived at Herman Miller, he designed the Platform Bench for his office in New York City. Its intent was to provide a place for his materials and short-term guest seating; however, in 1946, it also became a base for the Basic Cabinet Series.
Available from the company until 1958, the Basic Cabinet Series was designed to be a modular system of simple case goods intended for the home or office. Today, the series includes four chest-cabinet combinations available in two handsome veneer options, including walnut and rift-cut oak. The items can be used with the Platform Bench or standalone separately, in pairs or in groups of any number to fit multiple room applications.
"Nelson and his associate Ernest Farmer created a modular storage solution that could adapt to a variety of configurations and locations, including living, dining, sleeping, or working areas," says Gregg Vander Kooi, product manager, Herman Miller. "They believed that properly designed modern furniture should be able to function anywhere."
The Platform Bench, together with the select items from the Basic Cabinet Series, can be used for a variety of functions, including a low table, a seating solution, or a base for deep or shallow chests and cabinets that ultimately can be positioned against a wall or used as a room divider. It is available in three sizes, including 48, 60, and 72 inches, with a maple finish and ebonized legs or chrome plated metal legs.
Adds VanderKooi, "These designs are just as relevant today as they were more than 60 years ago. They serve equally well in multiple settings efficiently, comfortably and attractively."
The Basic Cabinet Series and the metal leg option for the Platform Bench will be available beginning in fall 2010 from Herman Miller's authorized retailers, which can be located by searching www.hermanmiller.com/stores. An expanded offer from Nelson's Herman Miller collection also will be introduced in fall 2010 and spring 2011.

Well done again, Herman Miller...
Taking the piss right out of more great design...

So which design are they actually "re-issuing" then?
It's not the Basic Cabinet(mine, above). And it's not the Thin Edge(below).
I guess they feel they can take the liberty of altering whatever designs they own?
Fantastic...

Lunch
They're doing the BSC, not the thin edge. They're not reintroducing them for hardcore collectors. They took my suggestion to offer more storage units that would look nifty in the living room and bedroom....giving people an alternative to IKEA and Ethan Allen's modern lines.
Plus, apparently all of these units can be bought without legs to go on their platform benches.
I think it's a wonderful idea. (It's my experience that when a company reintroduces a classic item, originals start to come out of the workwork.....)

But they've "borrowed" from two designs, barry...
The pulls are from the Thin Edge Series and the legs are from the Basic Cabinet Series. I don't mind them re-issuing designs. But the least they could do is produce them well, and moreover accurately.

I WAS wondering about the pulls
but I'll reserve judgement until I see the whole collection.

The problem is not.....
The problem is not with the idea......its with the piss poor execution.

How on earth
can decide that these new cabinets are of "piss poor execution" prior to seeing them in person or leaast, prior to them being released with more than a single photograph?
Sounds like you're judging way too soon, not to mention just being unduly negative for the 'ell of it.
Finally, how can you determine that only some people who urinate are not wealthy?????

Great, thanks a LOT Barry...
So we have YOU to blame!!!

My
pleasure