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.
Vitra wall clock george nelson.
George nelson died in new york in 1986.
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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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.
His estate which is held by the vitra design museum encompasses roughly 7400 manuscripts plans drawings photographs and slides dating from 1924 to 1984.