George Nelson

George Nelson (1908-1986) was an American architect, designer, author and influential Mid-Century Modern designer. From 1947, he was head of design at Herman Miller, moulded the company into a design icon and brought talents such as Charles & Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi onto the team. He is known for the Bubble lamp, the Ball Clock and the Marshmallow sofa, among other things. In addition to furniture, he designed living concepts such as the Storagewall and wrote about design theory and practice.