Designers Sam Hecht and Kim Colin of London-based Industrial Facility create works that balance the need to live a full life with the desire to keep things simple. British-born Hecht’s contemplative approach and attention to detail complement Californian Colin’s architectural sensibility; together they design furniture and products that relate to the landscape of the places where they will be used.

Since founding the studio in 2002, Hecht and Colin have used their “worldviews” to design objects that range in scale from the diminutive to the architectural. In addition to their work with Herman Miller, they have designed products for Yamaha (Japan), Mattiazzi (Italy), Issey Miyake (Japan), Established & Sons (United Kingdom), Louis Vuitton and Tectona (France), and Muji (Japan). Originally, in 2008, Herman Miller asked Kim and Sam to become creative consultants.

Many of their designs are held in permanent museum collections, including those at MoMA in New York, Art Institute in Chicago, Finlandia Museum in Helsinki, San Francisco MoMA, Pompidou Centre in Paris, State Museum of Applied Arts in Munich, and V&A Museum in London.

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