Furniture company founded in 1923 in Zeeland, MI. when D. J. De Pree purchased the Star Furniture Co. with the help of his father-in-law, Herman Miller. Herman Miller was one of the earliest suppliers of modern furniture in the United States and developed lasting relationships with well-known industrial designers such as George Nelson, Charles and Ray Eames and Isamu Noguchi. The company considered adding Breuer's designs for Isokon to the line of products they carried.