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George nelson 1948 1960 in 1947 the american designer george nelson was commissioned to create a collection of clocks.
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Wall clocks ball clock george nelson 1948 1960.
Colorful wooden mid century retro design full range available 4 7 out of 5 stars 9.
The ball clock is produced from the original design document from the nelson archive with the blessings of the george nelson estate.
Shop the authentic nelson ball clock a george nelson clock one of more than 150 clocks designed by george nelson associates for the howard miller clock company from 1949 1980s now produced by vitra design museum.
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Vitra is the sole authorised manufacturer of specified nelson products for markets in europe and the middle east.
One of the founding fathers of american mid century modernism george nelson created a remarkable collection of now iconic designs and unconventional interpretations of such everyday items as lamps and wall clocks for herman miller including most famously the nelson ball clock.
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The first of more than 150 clocks that george nelson associates created for the howard miller clock company the ball clock 1949 was originally known as model 4755.
In 2008 09 the vitra design museum mounted the exhibition george nelson architect writer designer teacher.
Vitra sunburst wall clock george nelson.
With his collection of wall clocks 1948 1960 george nelson conceived a wide array of timepieces many of which have since become icons of 1950s design.
Nelson analysed how people used clocks and concluded that they read the time by discerning the relative position of the hands which made the use of numbers unnecessary.
George nelson died in new york in 1986.
The george nelson ball clock from vitra is an authentic re edition of a classic mid century modern design from 1947.
His estate which is held by the vitra design museum encompasses roughly 7400 manuscripts plans drawings photographs and slides dating from 1924 to 1984.