Herman Miller has always needed New York, and as America’s most liquid market for modernism—its wealth of ideas, its expression, and its consumption—it’s fair to say that, for the last 80 years, New York has also needed Herman Miller. “Though we’ve always been, and still are, a company that has its roots in the Midwest, there’s a long and powerful set of relationships we’ve had with New York City and its people,” says Ben Watson, Herman Miller’s executive creative director.