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Geiger's design process produces furniture of classic endurance and functional
superiority. The company's design team is world-renowned.
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| Robert Allen |
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Robert Allen, with his creative team at Metalhouse, based in Rowayton, CT., bring to Geiger a distinguished background in multidisciplinary design.
Trained as an architect at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Mr. Allen's work has been extensively published and has won numerous design awards
worldwide. Recognized for highly refined solutions to difficult design problems, notable achievements include his work on the UN member-nation sponsored
NYC Mosque and Chase Operations Center for SOM and headquarters for Unilever, Fort James, CBS/Group W Cable, Guiness, Prodigy, Elf Aquitane and Hewitt Associates.
He also established the North American offices of the prestigious Swiss corporate identity design firm, Zintzmeyer & Lux, whose accounts included BMW, Lufthansa
and Deutsche Telecom.
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| Ward Bennett |
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Credited by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as "treasured for having transformed
industrial hardware into sublime objects," and for "creating a new vocabulary for the whole
design profession." In 1964, Ward Bennett began collaborating with Brickel Associates,
creating timeless designs for both furniture and textiles. These designs have a new home
at Geiger. In 1987, Ward Bennett began working with Geiger International, designing
seating and tables that have received international acclaim. Mr. Bennett is a member
of the Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame and has received the IBD Lifetime Achievement Award.
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| Eric Chan |
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In 1989, Eric Chan formed ECCO Design, a creative consultancy based in New York City.
Born in China and raised in Hong Kong. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Cranbrook
Academy of Art. A critical element of his approach to industrial design has been the Eastern
philosophy of creating harmony of man, nature, and society. Technology has also become part of the equation. "
The designer's task is to mediate balance between people and objects, poetry and logic, technology and nature,"
says Chan, "My interest is to translate complicated technology into simple, friendly products for people."
Marketing plays an important role in his process. "We're not in business to place products in museums," he says.
"If beautiful forms are meaningful in the marketplace, that's when we've done our jobs." ECCO's clients include
companies from every major consumer segment, including Best Buy, Herman Miller, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Toyota/Lexus
and Virgin. Foray is Chan's first collaboration with Geiger.
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| Timothy deFiebre |
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Timothy deFiebre chair and table designs focus on elegance, proportion
and the use of wood to create different surface textures. A design
assistant and model maker for Ward Bennett before becoming the Director
of Design at Brickel Associates. Later Mr. deFiebre became the Vice
President of Design at Geiger. His designs have been very successful
in the United States, Europe and Japan.
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| Anthony Garrett |
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Mr. Garrett has more than 26 years of experience in all aspects of interior architecture
and design, 20 of which were in the role of Design Director for major interior architectural
firms. His unique ability to conceptualize and present provocative design imagery has been
recognized by a long list of diverse businesses and corporations throughout his career.
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| Mark Goetz |
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Born near Pittsburgh, Mark Goetz is principal and founder of TZ Design in New York City. He studied industrial design at Pratt Institute, including a semester abroad to study furniture design and architecture at the Danish Royal Academy in Copenhagen. To Goetz, furniture must solve a problem, but that’s only half of the designer’s mission. “You could live with a good solution and not really like it. Objects should be loved and wanted as well as provide a solution,” Goetz says. In 1993, he returned to Pratt, this time as an industrial design professor. Goetz has designed consumer products for Marimekko, Le Sportsac, Crate & Barrel, and Steuben—but his first design for the commercial industry was Geiger’s Washington Avenue guest chair. (Other Goetz designs include Geiger’s Downtown, Uptown, and Washington Avenue lounge collections.) In addition, the iconic Goetz sofa was designed as part of the Herman Miller Collection of home products that define 20th century design. |
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| Brian Graham |
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Since 1984 Brian Graham has utilized his talents in a wide array of design concerns, most
notably interior design, retail store design, showroom and product design. His namesake
studio, Graham Design focuses on providing a comprehensive approach in the design, development
and marketing of furniture and related products for the contract market place. Complimenting this
practice is an ongoing involvement in the design of workplace interiors for select clientele.
Brian received a BFA in Interior Architectural Design from California State University Long
Beach. He began his career as an interior designer with Gensler in Los Angeles and then San Francisco,
followed by a partnership with architect John L. Thiele, AIA until 1999. Brian's work has been
nationally recognized with design awards from the American Institute of Architects, The Institue
of Business Designers, IIDA, IDSA, ABA and IFMA.
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| Bernd Minzebrock |
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Bernd Minzebrock's philosophy is, when form, function and materials are in harmony,
the product will be perfect. He has designed everything from seating, tables and casegoods
to lighting and has received the National Design Award in Germany as well as the IDB
Gold Medal Award. Mr. Minzebrock's current designs in the Geiger line include the
AttachéT Chair, PostT Chair, and JugendstilT Collection.
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| Manfred Petri |
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Manfred Petri is known for the furniture designs that he developed for Geiger International,
including Petri CaseSystemT products, PetriT Furnishings and the TriunaT Collection. Mr. Petri
is the recipient of numerous product and graphic design awards, and his work has been praised
for its innovation of design and originality of concepts. From 1982 to 1990, Manfred Petri was
the Vice President of Design with Geiger International.
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