Resimercial Office Style: Reinventing Mid-Century Modern

PRACTICAL DESIGN

To inspire a return to the office, the combined elements of residential design provide a feeling of resilience that bridges the comfort of a home office into workplace functionality. Resimercial design can transition highly functional workspaces into environments that naturally multitask. Mid-Century Modern design naturally brings these ingrained style markers into your home office or workplace:

• Minimalistic Clean Lines that embrace the simplicity of open, breathable modern spaces.
• Highly Practical Design that balances aesthetics, form, and function.
• Geometric Forms that blend simple patterns across an open office landscape for a fresh, organized feel.
• Focus on Functionality over ornamentation that multitasks seamlessly.
• Ample Use of Natural Materials like metal, wood, and leather to bring authenticity to the interior.
• Balanced Neutral Palettes that allow for bold accents like art and branding materials.

STATEMENT DESIGN

One of the biggest furniture design statements ever made was created by our November-December Vendor Feature, HermanMiller. The bold, innovative style of the Ray and Charles Eames furniture collection has gracefully crossed the barriers of home and office design for decades with timeless Mid-Century Modern design flair. Their design philosophy then still aligns perfectly with futureproofing your workspace design into a statement about resilience through design: 

“Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects… the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se… I don’t believe in this ‘gifted few’ concept, just in people doing things they are really interested in doing. They have a way of getting good at whatever it is,” Charles Eames once said. In partnership with his wife, Ray, he followed this interest to create some of midcentury’s most influential designs.

This is what makes resimerical office style relevant across all platforms and worthy of inclusion in any business, personal, or office design concept where you are striving to make a statement about practical work solutions for your teams and your brand resilience. Ways to integrate timeless style into any office environment should be inviting, comfortable, and designed to tell your brand story with or without brand messaging:

• Statement lounge or huddle areas with low-profile sofas and seating solutions
• Signature lighting like the retro Sputnik chandelier, cone pendant lights, or tripod floor lamps
• Vintage textiles + bold art with geometric patterns and colors that work with your brand aesthetic
• Real Wood credenzas and storage solutions made of walnut or teak for timeless functionality and design

VENDOR FEATURE: HERMAN MILLER

HermanMiller is our vendor feature through the end of the year. Their innovative style utilizes the best in ergonomic research, design, and quality to engineer some of the top products in the office furniture industry, including the Aeron chair and the Eames lounge chair. With trending resimercial design focusing on next-level style, their items are designed to enhance any brand aesthetic. HermanMiller is one of the original instigators who transposed home office style into the workplace. These items can easily stylize a home office or small business workspace by creating a signature style. Take a look:

• HermanMiller Exclave is a thoroughly comprehensive, cohesive suite for gathering and solving complex problems and generating big ideas.
• HermanMiller Home Office options provide impeccable style that can also create a distinctive resimercial small business environment.
• HermanMiller OE1 collection is optimized with essential pieces for a new era in the workplace.
• HermanMiller Sayl Chair partnered with NextWave Plastics to develop the first global network of ocean-bound plastic supply chains.

RESIMERCIAL OFFICE STYLE INSPIRATION