‘Marshmallow’ Sofa. Designed in 1956 by Irving Harper of George Nelson Associates in New York; manufactured from 1956 to ca. 1965 (and 1999 onwards) by Herman Miller Furniture Company in Zeeland, Michigan. Philadelphia Museum of Art accession number: 1996-30-1.
"This sofa's eighteen cushions are attached to an exposed frame in a radical rethinking of the traditional upholstered sofa. The cushions can be detached for easy cleaning or 'interchanged to equalize wear.'"
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George Nelson (1908-1986) Canapé « Marshmallow » - modèle créé en 1958. - source Artcurial.
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How to Wrap Five Eggs: Traditional Japanese Packaging By Hideyuki Oka
“To suit the needs of super mass production, the traditional natural materials are too obstreperous...and one by one we have replaced them with the docile, predicable synthetics...What we have gained from these [new] materials and wonderfully complicated processes to make up for the general pollution, rush, crowding, noise, sickness, and slickness is a subject for other forums. But what we have lost for sure is what this book is all about: a once-common sense of fitness in the relationships between hand, material, use, and shape, and above all, a sense of delight in the look and feel of very ordinary, humble things...a totally unexpected monument to a culture, a way of life, a universal sensibility carried through all objects down to the smallest, most inconsequential, and ephemeral things.” - George Nelson
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George Nelson (American, 1887-1978) • Still Life with Red Petunias • Unknown date • Private collection
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George Nelson Lamp Collection
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Interior of George Nakashima Woodworkers
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George Nelson bench from Herman Miller, 1947
8810 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, Calif
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Les lampes « Bubble » conçues par William Renwick pour George Nelson & Associates en 1952. Photo : georgenelsonfoundation.org. - source MCM Daily.
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George Nelson swag leg chairs by Herman Miller
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