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Heller
Heller has been taking plastic seriously since 1971. Working with designers including Mario Bellini, Frank Gehry and the Vignellis, it has turned an everyday material into a lasting part of modern design. Its American-made furniture brings together bold shapes, inventive manufacturing and a sense of humour we’ve always liked.
Selected pieces
You’ll find Heller in MoMA’s café, on hotel terraces and up on Meta’s rooftop, since a lot of the range is made to live outdoors.
How Heller started
In 1971 Alan Heller came across the Vignellis’ stacking dinnerware. The Italian company making it had stopped production, so he started making it in America himself. That became Hellerware, which is now in MoMA’s collection.
How the chairs are made
The Bellini chair is moulded in one piece with no metal frame, weighs 3.4 kg and stacks six high. The Gehry Easy Chair is hollow, so if the terrace gets windy you can fill it with sand.
Heller in projects
Gehry Partners
Los Angeles, California
Swarovski Kristallwelten
Wattens, Austria
MoMA Café
New York
The Bridge at Westport
Westport, Connecticut
Hix Island House
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Meta headquarters
Menlo Park, California
Ordering Heller in Singapore
We supply Heller in Singapore for hotels, restaurants and offices. Tell us about your project and we’ll sort out selection, samples, pricing and delivery.
Get in touchHow do I order Heller in Singapore?
Send us the pieces, colours and quantities, plus the delivery address. We’ll come back with a quote, delivery included.
Can I see Heller samples in Singapore?
Some pieces and colours are here in Singapore. Tell us what you’re looking at and we’ll tell you what you can see.
What are the lead times for Heller orders?
It depends on the piece, the colour and how many you need. You’ll get an estimate with your quote.
Can I specify Heller for a commercial project?
Yes. Heller is in the MoMA Café in New York and on Meta’s rooftop in California, among others. Send us your plans, quantities and dates and we’ll check pieces, colours and project pricing. Not every model stacks or goes outside, so we’ll flag that too.
Is Heller suitable for outdoor use in Singapore?
A lot of it is, including the Bellini, Fortune and Gehry Easy chairs. The Gehry Easy Chair even has a plug underneath so you can fill it with sand for windy spots. Tell us about the sun, shelter and sea air and we’ll point you to the right model.
What is Heller’s Worry Free Plastics technology?
It’s Heller’s answer to plastic waste. Heller runs its own recycling programme, and if a Worry Free piece still ends up in landfill, an enzyme in the plastic turns it into soil instead of microplastics. It doesn’t kick in during normal use. Ask us which pieces on your list have it.
Who designs Heller furniture?
Mario and Claudio Bellini, Frank Gehry, Lella and Massimo Vignelli, JUMBO Studios, Hlynur Atlason and Josh Owen, among others. Honeycomb shelving is by Bill Curry, who came to furniture from advertising and aerospace.
Which Heller designs are in museum collections?
Quite a few. Heller pieces are held by MoMA, The Met, the British Museum, the Louvre, the Centre Pompidou and the Smithsonian. Hellerware and the Bellini Chair both won a Compasso d’Oro.