Post WWII was characterized by a belief in progress, anything was possible and everybody wanted to be modern. Enter George Nelson, one of the fathers of the industrial design movement known as American Modernism. Nelson studied at Yale in 1924; he said he had no idea what he wanted to be. During a rainstorm he [...]
Have you ever seen the chair that looks like a potato chip? or thought that a molded fiberglass rockers would be comfortable? Then you have experienced a couple of the many pieces this prolific couple has designed. Thes Eameses vision of modern design was a catalyst for social change; they achieved their goal with elegance, beauty and wit. “One of [...]