This award adds to Herman Miller’s Bay Work Pod’s first successful year of being available to commercial customers.
Herman Miller’s Bay Work Pod has been awarded the 2025 Red Dot Award for Product Design, a distinction that affirms its rare union of form and function. Celebrated for its elegance, intuitive use, and sense of responsibility, Bay Work Pod signals a new chapter in how design can uplift the experience of work. The recognition comes during the product’s first year of commercial availability, underscoring its immediate impact on workplaces worldwide.
A quiet sanctuary within the hum of hybrid life, Bay Work Pod softens the edges of the open floorplan with its embrace of privacy and care. Every detail speaks to inclusion and comfort: light that flatters every skin tone on camera, a discreet circulation fan that breathes freshness into the space, and a skylight that draws in daylight while preserving intimacy. Here, productivity meets poise, and the workspace becomes an experience to savor.
Available in both Standard and Pro versions, Bay Work Pod is designed for everyone. The Pro sits flush at floor level with no threshold, offering ADA accessibility and generous space to maneuver. Within, the pod welcomes Herman Miller’s renowned performance seating, ensuring posture, comfort, and ergonomics remain uncompromised. Wrapped in upholstery options that range from serene neutrals to expressive tones, and paired with multiple worksurface finishes, Bay Work Pod allows organizations to personalize interiors and harmonize with existing décor.
More than a pod, Bay Work Pod is a design statement: a retreat that elevates work into wellbeing, and a reflection of Herman Miller’s enduring promise — to shape spaces that help people flourish. For over a century, Herman Miller has pioneered problem-solving design with visionary partners from George Nelson and the Eames Office to today’s studios. Bay Work Pod continues this legacy, reaffirming the belief that design, at its best, empowers people and transforms the world of work.
Bay Work Pod can be purchased by contract customers through Herman Miller and MillerKnoll dealers. Visit the Herman Miller website for your region for availability.
About Herman Miller
Over the last century, Herman Miller has been guided by a commitment to problem-solving designs that inspire the best in people. Along the way, Herman Miller has forged critical relationships with the most visionary designers of the day, from mid-century greats like George Nelson, the Eames Office, and Isamu Noguchi, to research-oriented visionaries like Robert Propst and Bill Stumpf—and with today’s groundbreaking studios like Industrial Facility and Studio 7.5. From the birth of ergonomic furniture to manufacturing some of the twentieth century’s most iconic pieces, Herman Miller has pioneered original, timeless design that makes an enduring impact, while building a lasting legacy of design, innovation, and social good. Herman Miller is a part of MillerKnoll, a collective of dynamic brands that comes together to design the world we live in.
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