Herman Miller will debut the New Mexico Collection on May 20, 2025, during the NYCxDesign festival. The limited-run release includes two designs historically linked to the creative community of midcentury New Mexico: the Girard Snake Table by Alexander Girard, and a special “bikini” version of the Eames Wire Chair Low Base created by the Eames Office. Both pieces draw on the artistic friendships between Girard, Charles and Ray Eames, and painter Georgia O’Keeffe, who settled near Santa Fe in 1949.
The Girard Snake Table, long developed in sketch form during the 1950s, now features a white enamel steel top printed with Girard’s distinctive snake motif and rests on a splayed-leg aluminum base. The Eames Wire Chair Low Base in this collection revisits a prototype configuration that O’Keeffe admired in the Girards’ Santa Fe home. It pairs an Ochre Dark and Sienna version of Girard’s Toostripe upholstery with a soft-white wire frame and base, recreating the compact, fully upholstered chair O’Keeffe described as “smallest, best.”
Herman Miller will offer an exclusive preview of both pieces alongside archival photographs by Alexander Girard and Charles Eames, taken during visits to O’Keeffe’s residence in Abiquiú. Beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern on May 20—two hours before the official launch—Herman Miller’s Park Avenue South store will welcome its first 100 visitors with a complimentary bandana inspired by the Girard Snake motif and the spirit of New Mexico. The full New Mexico Collection will be available to order following its festival debut.