↓ Locale Planning Guide
Several layouts from the Locale product planning guide.
↓ Locale Isometric Illustrations
A selection of isometric illustrations from the Locale Planning Guide.
Client Project
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MillerKnoll – Planning Guide System Design
To support Herman Miller’s vision for an accessible and scalable planning resource, we were brought in to redesign their product planning guides from the ground up.
Informed by focused research, UX insights, creative exploration, and stakeholder input, the work moved into development. Over the next two years, I worked with three product development teams to define requirements, understand their product lines, create a flexible framework, and design layout concepts paired with a refined isometric illustration style.
Each planning guide required custom product illustrations paired with copy and callouts, all maintained consistently across the system. Categories such as storage, desking, screens, displays, tables, and accessories were represented with multiple illustration types—including product views, detail views, planning views, and electrical diagrams—complete with callouts and dimensions. Across each guide, over 300 isometric and plan view components were created to ensure comprehensive and consistent representation.
The redesigned framework refreshed MillerKnoll’s planning guides, enhanced search functionality, and introduced a clearer, more intuitive layout. The final implementation delivered a user-friendly, easily navigable, and scalable guide, accessible across electronic devices, with the added ability to download and print PDFs.
“Michael’s collaboration, creativity, and design expertise elevated the planning guides, creating a user-friendly system with clear layouts, comprehensive visuals, and a flexible framework that works across product lines.”
Marketing Manager
MillerKnoll
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MillerKnoll
Furniture Manufacturing Sector -
Planning Guide System Design
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+ Design Direction
+ Design Strategy
+ Product Research
+ Qualitative Research
+ Technical & Isometric Illustrations
+ User Experience Design
