George Nelson

How the unmistakable design came to be

The Detroit News explores the interesting story behind George Nelson’s journey from architect and journalist to iconic American designer. The vision of the Herman Miller Furniture Company and the talents of Nelson ultimately changed design as we know it. "George Nelson: Architect / Writer / Designer / Teacher" makes it’s final stop at Cranbrook through

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Yale School of Architecture will celebrate the life and work of iconic designer and Yale alumnus George Nelson (1928–1986), in the first retrospective exhibition and symposium devoted to the innovator of such defining landmarks of American style as the “marshmallow sofa,” the office cubicle, and the concept of the “family room.”

The most famous mid century modern furniture designers such as Frank Lloyd Wright, George Nakashima and others by Nazmiyal.

View this item and discover similar for sale at 1stDibs - Original 'Marshmallow' sofa, 1958, by George Nelson (1908-1986) et Irving Harper for Hermann Miller Inc. All sit made with 18 circular cushions, covered

Lot 329: George Nelson & Associates. Marshmallow sofa. 1956, Naugahyde, enameled steel, chrome-plated steel. 30 h × 51 w × 31 d in. result: $11,250. estimate: $8,000–10,000. Sofa features vintage Naugahyde upholstery. Metal tag manufacturer's label to underside ‘Designed by Geroge Nelson Herman Miller Zeeland Michigan’. Provenance: Acquired in the 1990s from Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati by the present owner

Lot 194: George Nelson & Associates. CSS (Comprehensive Shelving System). 1959, walnut, enameled aluminum, aluminum, enameled steel, lacquered masonite, plastic. 91 h × 129 w × 22 d in. result: $11,250. estimate: $5,000–7,000. System is comprised of five uprights with three shelves, two desk surfaces, one double upper cabinet with drop-front door and open storage, two lower cabinets, one with four drawers and other with rare drop-front LP cabinet with additional record storage, one shelf…

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