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	title of this thread your message Hello - I'm going to jump in here, and a little late at that but I wanted to add something that I hope is taken as helpful. To clear up a few things on the ESUs: I was the project manager at Herman Miller for the Home during the time that Modernica was contracted to produce ESUs for HMH. Modernica had become a HMH retailer early on and the thought was to convert them to 'authorized' Herman Miller products. They had great enthusiasm for the product. The story is long and sorted but I wanted to address the comment 'one day a knock-off, the next it's authentic. No change in the manufacturer, materials, manufacturing process' just the addition of the label.' That statement is totally untrue. A team from Herman Miller, including myself, mechanical, packaging, and quality engineers, and Eames Demetrios worked long and hard with Modernica to bring their manufacturing, materials and processes up to HM standards. We limited the options to the 5 original configurations in two colorways. The argument of authentic or not can go on and on with numerous opinions, but if the designer, his/her heirs, or foundation have not authorized 'blessed' the product and don't receive royalties chances are it is not Authentic. One of the reasons the Herman Miller / Modernica relationship ended was Modernica's continuation of producing and selling knock-offs. Also, as a side note when Herman Miller brings back a design that they were the original manufacturer of it is considered a 're-introduction' and not a reproduction. associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?