Studio 7.5

Background

Studio 7.5 is a design studio in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1992 by Burkhard Schmitz and Carola Zwick. Carola's brother Roland Zwick is part of the group today, which Herman Miller's designer page describes as including a small team of seven.

Signature Style

The studio works collaboratively and tests ideas repeatedly in full-scale models. It prefers to call furniture "equipment" and says it defines not only how a chair looks but how it performs.

Notable Works

Office chairs for Herman Miller: Mirra, Setu, Mirra 2, Cosm and Zeph, plus the Polygon Wire Table listed on Herman Miller's designer page.

Legacy

Awards listed by Herman Miller include iF Gold, Red Dot Best of the Best and German Design awards for Cosm, and FIRA Ergonomics Excellence Awards for Mirra and Mirra 2.