| George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher, the first comprehensive retrospective devoted to George Nelson (1928–1986), one of the most influential figures in American post-war design, opens at the Yale School of Architecture Gallery on November 8, 2012. 
Best known today as the creator of such icons of modern design as the Marshmall
ow Sofa, Ball Clock, and Bubble Lamps, Nelson was a gifted and indefatigable visionary who also excelled as an architect, urban planner, exhibition designer, corporate image-maker, and author. The exhibition presents more than 120 examples of his home- and office furnishings, as well as fifty-plus drawings, photographs, architectural models, films, and other materials that document the full range of his extraordinary achievement. The exhibition was organized by the Vitra Design Museum, in Weil am Rhein, Germany, under the direction of Chief Curator Jochen Eisenbrand. Following a celebrated international tour,
its final—and only East Coast—venue is the School of Architecture Gallery, where it remains on view through January 26, 2013. It has been adapted for the School of Architecture Gallery by Brian Butterfield, director of exhibitions.
Please see attached exhibition press release and symposium program for full information.
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George Nelson, late 1940s. Photo: Vitra Design Museum Archive.
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