George Nelson: The Design of Modern Design

By Stanley Abercrombie

Book Overview

George Nelson (1908-1986) was a pioneering modernist who ranks with Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, and Eliot Noyes as one of America's outstanding designers. Nelson's office produced some of the 20th century's canonical pieces of industrial design, many of which are still in production: the ball clock, the bubble lamp and the sling sofa. Nelson also made major contributions to the storage wall, the shopping mall, the multi-media presentation, and the open-plan office system. The author of this biography was given access to Nelson's office archives and personal papers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262011425
• ISBN13: 9780262011426
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.2" x 10.4"