George Nelson

1908–1986 

George Nelson was one of the founders of American Modernism, along with Charles and Ray Eames.  By 1940 George Nelson had drawn popular attention with several innovative concepts. In his post-war book co-authored by Henry Wright, "Tomorrow's House", he introduced the concept of the "family room" and the "storage wall". The storage wall was actually a creative solution to an interesting non architectural problem. Nelson posed the question, "What's inside the wall?" It was then that the idea of utilizing the space in between walls for storage was born.    His practical and simple approach to furniture design is typified in such pieces as the “Nelson Bench”. 

When Chairman of the Herman Miller Furniture company, D.J. Depree read "Tomorrow's House" he knew that George Nelson would be the next Director of Design. George Nelson produced Herman Miller Catalogue started a collaboration that would result in some of the most famous home furnishings of the past century.  Ray and Charles Eames, Harry Bertoia, Richard Schultz, Donald Knorr and Isamu Noguchi all worked for Herman Miller.  

Nelson was without any doubt one of the most articulate and one of the most eloquent voices on design and architecture in the U.S.A. of the 20th century. He helped legitimize and stimulate the field of industrial design by contributing to the creation of Industrial Design magazine in 1953. 

Source:  Wikipedia  

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