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Total design is nothing more or less than relating everything to everything.”
Learn MoreDesign is a process: one starts with a need, a problem, and ends up with a design for a thing.”
Learn MoreWe see what we are looking for, what we have been trained to see by habit or tradition.”
Learn MoreDesign is a response to social change.”
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News + EventsGeorge Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher August 3, 2013–January 10, 2014
Powerhouse Museum, Australia Learn More George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher November 8–February 2, 2013
Yale University Learn More George Nelson On Creating A Design-Driven Company August 20, 2012
Article in Fast Company Learn More
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Coconut Chair, 1955, currently in production.
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Cover, “How to See. Visual Adventures in a World God Never Made” by George Nelson.
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Sherman Fairchild House, New York City, 1940–41. William Hamby and George Nelson.
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Dolores Engle and Albert Woods, American National Exhibition in Moscow, 1959.
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For this advertisement, George Nelson, Charles Eames, and Alexander Girard (from the left) posed as busy, world-traveling designers.
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Poster for John Huston's film The Misfits designed by Don Ervin, 1960.
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Advertisement for the Coconut Chair, designed by Don Ervin.
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Abbott (Chicago, Illinois), 1957–59.
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First Herman Miller advertisement bearing the M logo designed by Irving Harper, 1947.
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2261 (Pywood / Sunflower Clock), 1958.
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Fire alarm, 3-2, 1960.
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Brentwood or Laminated Chair (Pretzel Chair), 1952.
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Comprehensive Storage System (CSS), 1957.
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Countdown, 1970s.
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Miniature Chest, 1952.
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Kitchen for D.J. De Pree, 1962.
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Bubble lamps, 1952.
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Holiday House, Quogue, New York, 1950.
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World's Fair, New York 1964.
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Swaged Leg Home Desk, 1954.
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Scott Paper Company (Philadelphia, Pennsyvania), 1962.
