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GEORGE NELSON (United States, 1908 - 1986) for VITRA.Coconut" armchair, design 1955.Frame in chromed
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GEORGE NELSON (United States, 1908 - 1986) for VITRA.
Coconut" armchair, design 1955.
Frame in chromed tubular steel, shell moulded in white fibreglass and front upholstered in brown leather.
Vitra edition 2012.
With minor signs of wear.
Measurements: 83/38 cm (height) x 104 x 80 cm.
This sofa was given the name Coconut Chair, as its designer George Nelson compared these seats to the appearance of a coconut cut into eight parts. The original design was created in 1955 for the firm Herman Miller.
George Nelson graduated in architecture from Yale University (1928), and later studied art in Rome. He specialised in industrial, interior and exhibition design, and was, along with Charles and Ray Eames, one of the founding fathers of American modernism. During his time in Italy he travelled the length and breadth of Europe, meeting a number of pioneers of the modern movement, including Mies van der Rohe. In 1935 he joined the editorial staff of "Architectural Forum", a magazine of which he first became associate editor until 1943 and then editorial advisor until 1949. During this period he worked with Frank Lloyd Wright on a special issue of the magazine, which marked Wright's return to the scene at the time. Nelson defended, sometimes fiercely, the principles of the modern movement, even irritating many of his colleagues who, as industrial designers, made, according to Nelson, too many concessions to the commercial forces of industry. The American believed that the work of a designer should serve to improve the world because, in his view, nature is already perfect, and man spoiled it by creating things that did not really follow natural rules. In 1945 Nelson began to work for the firm Herman Miller, and it was then that he really began to design furniture, occupying the post of design director. That same year Nelson's first collection for the firm was published, beginning a collaboration that would result in some of the most famous furniture designs of the 20th century. His designs can now be seen in the Vitra Design Museum (he began collaborating with the firm in 1957) and the MoMA in New York, among many other public and private collections.
Coconut" armchair, design 1955.
Frame in chromed tubular steel, shell moulded in white fibreglass and front upholstered in brown leather.
Vitra edition 2012.
With minor signs of wear.
Measurements: 83/38 cm (height) x 104 x 80 cm.
This sofa was given the name Coconut Chair, as its designer George Nelson compared these seats to the appearance of a coconut cut into eight parts. The original design was created in 1955 for the firm Herman Miller.
George Nelson graduated in architecture from Yale University (1928), and later studied art in Rome. He specialised in industrial, interior and exhibition design, and was, along with Charles and Ray Eames, one of the founding fathers of American modernism. During his time in Italy he travelled the length and breadth of Europe, meeting a number of pioneers of the modern movement, including Mies van der Rohe. In 1935 he joined the editorial staff of "Architectural Forum", a magazine of which he first became associate editor until 1943 and then editorial advisor until 1949. During this period he worked with Frank Lloyd Wright on a special issue of the magazine, which marked Wright's return to the scene at the time. Nelson defended, sometimes fiercely, the principles of the modern movement, even irritating many of his colleagues who, as industrial designers, made, according to Nelson, too many concessions to the commercial forces of industry. The American believed that the work of a designer should serve to improve the world because, in his view, nature is already perfect, and man spoiled it by creating things that did not really follow natural rules. In 1945 Nelson began to work for the firm Herman Miller, and it was then that he really began to design furniture, occupying the post of design director. That same year Nelson's first collection for the firm was published, beginning a collaboration that would result in some of the most famous furniture designs of the 20th century. His designs can now be seen in the Vitra Design Museum (he began collaborating with the firm in 1957) and the MoMA in New York, among many other public and private collections.
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GEORGE NELSON (United States, 1908 - 1986) for VITRA.
Coconut" armchair, design 1955.
Frame in chromed tubular steel, shell moulded in white fibreglass and front upholstered in brown leather.
Vitra edition 2012.
With minor signs of wear.
Measurements: 83/38 cm (height) x 104 x 80 cm.
This sofa was given the name Coconut Chair, as its designer George Nelson compared these seats to the appearance of a coconut cut into eight parts. The original design was created in 1955 for the firm Herman Miller.
George Nelson graduated in architecture from Yale University (1928), and later studied art in Rome. He specialised in industrial, interior and exhibition design, and was, along with Charles and Ray Eames, one of the founding fathers of American modernism. During his time in Italy he travelled the length and breadth of Europe, meeting a number of pioneers of the modern movement, including Mies van der Rohe. In 1935 he joined the editorial staff of "Architectural Forum", a magazine of which he first became associate editor until 1943 and then editorial advisor until 1949. During this period he worked with Frank Lloyd Wright on a special issue of the magazine, which marked Wright's return to the scene at the time. Nelson defended, sometimes fiercely, the principles of the modern movement, even irritating many of his colleagues who, as industrial designers, made, according to Nelson, too many concessions to the commercial forces of industry. The American believed that the work of a designer should serve to improve the world because, in his view, nature is already perfect, and man spoiled it by creating things that did not really follow natural rules. In 1945 Nelson began to work for the firm Herman Miller, and it was then that he really began to design furniture, occupying the post of design director. That same year Nelson's first collection for the firm was published, beginning a collaboration that would result in some of the most famous furniture designs of the 20th century. His designs can now be seen in the Vitra Design Museum (he began collaborating with the firm in 1957) and the MoMA in New York, among many other public and private collections.
Coconut" armchair, design 1955.
Frame in chromed tubular steel, shell moulded in white fibreglass and front upholstered in brown leather.
Vitra edition 2012.
With minor signs of wear.
Measurements: 83/38 cm (height) x 104 x 80 cm.
This sofa was given the name Coconut Chair, as its designer George Nelson compared these seats to the appearance of a coconut cut into eight parts. The original design was created in 1955 for the firm Herman Miller.
George Nelson graduated in architecture from Yale University (1928), and later studied art in Rome. He specialised in industrial, interior and exhibition design, and was, along with Charles and Ray Eames, one of the founding fathers of American modernism. During his time in Italy he travelled the length and breadth of Europe, meeting a number of pioneers of the modern movement, including Mies van der Rohe. In 1935 he joined the editorial staff of "Architectural Forum", a magazine of which he first became associate editor until 1943 and then editorial advisor until 1949. During this period he worked with Frank Lloyd Wright on a special issue of the magazine, which marked Wright's return to the scene at the time. Nelson defended, sometimes fiercely, the principles of the modern movement, even irritating many of his colleagues who, as industrial designers, made, according to Nelson, too many concessions to the commercial forces of industry. The American believed that the work of a designer should serve to improve the world because, in his view, nature is already perfect, and man spoiled it by creating things that did not really follow natural rules. In 1945 Nelson began to work for the firm Herman Miller, and it was then that he really began to design furniture, occupying the post of design director. That same year Nelson's first collection for the firm was published, beginning a collaboration that would result in some of the most famous furniture designs of the 20th century. His designs can now be seen in the Vitra Design Museum (he began collaborating with the firm in 1957) and the MoMA in New York, among many other public and private collections.
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