George Nelson: The Design of Modern Design
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2000.
First Thus. Paperback.
First MIT Press paperback edition. Foreword by Ettore Sottsass Jr. Appendixes compiled by Judith Nasatir.
The work of American designer George Nelson (1908-1986). His office produced such industrial design icons as the ball clock, the bubble lamp, and the sling sofa. Nelson also made major contributions to the storage wall, the shopping mall, the multimedia presentation, and the open-plan office system. The full range of Nelson's work, from product and furniture design to packaging and graphics to large-sale projects such as the Fairchild house and the1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, is presented in this book.
Item #902519ISBN: 0262511169
7-3/4 x 9-7/8", stiff pictorial wrappers, xx, 353pp, biographical chronology, chronology of work, awards & honors, writings by and about Nelson and his firms, notes, index, fully illustrated, 16pp of color plates on glossy paper.
Remainder stamp bottom-edge, mild fading to spine, mild bumping to extreme upper corners, clean of owner's marks, tight, square, very good+.
Price: $45.00