George Nelson
by
 
Webb, Michael, 1937-

Title
George Nelson

Author
Webb, Michael, 1937-

ISBN
9780811837866

Personal Author
Webb, Michael, 1937-

Publication Information
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2003.

Physical Description
96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 16 cm.

Series
Compact design portfolio
 
Compact design portfolio.

Abstract
"Compact Design Portfolio: George Nelson explores the long and productive career of an architect who became a towering figure of twentieth-century design as a writer, advocate, impresario, and the head of a unique collaborative design office. Most of the products we associate with Nelson - the platform bench, Marshmallow love seat, Coconut chair, Sling sofa, and bubble lamps - were designed by his talented associates, but it was Nelson who provided the spark. He was among the first to send good design into the general marketplace - notably as design director of and then consultant to Herman Miller." "The Nelson office worked on the cutting edge of design and put to practical use their work in the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow - a triumph of technology and enlightened public relations at the height of the Cold War. Nelson himself pioneered the pedestrian shopping mall, developed a revolutionary concept of storage, and pushed the envelope on residential design. He collaborated with some of the foremost designers of his era, including Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, Isamu Noguchi, and Buckminster Fuller. With an abundance of images and an insightful essay by design critic Michael Webb, Compact Design Portfolio: George Nelson celebrates this inclusive genius of classic mid-twentieth century design."--Jacket.

Personal Subject
Nelson, George, 1908-1986.
 
Nelson, George, 1908-1986 (OCoLC)fst00030240

Subject Term
Designers -- United States -- Biography.
 
Furniture designers -- United States -- Biography.
 
Designers -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
 
Dessinateurs de meubles -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
 
Designers. (OCoLC)fst00891345
 
Furniture designers. (OCoLC)fst00936539
 
Diseñadores -- Estados Unidos -- Biografía.
 
Diseño de muebles -- Estados Unidos.

Geographic Term
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155

Genre
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686

Added Author
Nelson, George, 1908-1986.
 
Bartolucci, Marisa.
 
Cabra, Raul.

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2002009330-d.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0731/2002009330-b.html


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