Collection: George Nelson

1948-56 Editor of Interiors magazine. 1952 Production of his Bubble Lamps commences at Howard Miller, a clock company. 1953 Multimedia presentation Art-X with Charles Eames and Alexander Girard; publishes the books Chairs, Living Spaces, Storage, and Display. 1955 Launch of the Coconut Chair. 1956 Production of the Marshmallow Sofa commences. 1957 Publication of Problems of Design. 1959 Chief designer of the American National Exhibition in Moscow. 1960 Appears on television in A Problem of Design: How to Kill People. 1964 Chrysler pavilion at the World’s Fair, New York; market launch of the Action Office line by Herman Miller. 1965 Head of programming at the International Design Conference, Aspen, Colorado. 1968 Fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America. 1977 Publication of How to See: A Guide to Reading Our Man-Made Environment. 1979 Publication of George Nelson on Design

Text: Jochen Eisenbrand