Pottery Barn, Michael Graves Design Launch Accessible Home Furnishings Collection

Pottery Barn, a portfolio brand of Williams-Sonoma, has launched an accessible home furnishings collection developed in collaboration with Michael Graves Design.
With the primary research driving the development of the initial furniture designs, the Michael Graves Design team developed prototypes that were used to engage a diverse pool of potential users for “Consumer Preference Testing,” which allows participants to touch, feel and interact with the designs. The research and insights collected from the consumer testing influenced accessible updates to some of Pottery Barn’s best-selling collections, as well as the development of new designs.
The Michael Graves Design for Pottery Barn collaboration is designed to serve a variety of communities, from those aging in place, to individuals with permanent, situational or temporary disabilities, to those planning for the future without compromise, and those who want their homes to be welcoming to everybody, all without sacrificing beautiful design. The collection features upholstered armchairs as well as furnishings from Pottery Barn’s best-selling bedroom collections; Sausalito, Cayman and Farmhouse.