GEORGE NELSON, Architecture Writer Designer Teacher (Megro Museum of Art, Tokyo)

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George Nelson, I did not know him at all.

George Nelson, but the person that had a major impact on industrial design in the United States after the war, but it is not possible that he is wide-ranging, it is expressed as "Industrial Designer" in a word.

It aims to architect started, or to interview Gropius and Le Corbusier over the Europe, Nelson was or has written an article on architectural magazine.

I have served as a comprehensive design designer American Exposition Exhibition which was held in Moscow in 1959, was called "jungle gym", the exhibition space of the grid-like unique.

The venue, reproduced the part, it was also exhibited the video at the time and model of the whole. Sense of design to keynote the simplicity of Nelson is clearly shown.

With regard to housing, took plenty of space to accommodate the overflowing memorabilia, as houses of tomorrow, has announced its concept, the housing of the modular style.

Become a designer of Herman Miller, Inc. in the United States, in addition to the design of furniture, we also design of the brochure or company logo, and laid the foundation of corporate branding today.

Women dress typist working in companies, clothing fashionable. As able to work comfortably, these women, has the idea, must be functional and attractive office, Nelson, designed the office desk, chair, and cabinet.

The venue, such office supplies had been exhibited, but all, just what you want to use in their own Ofosu.

In modern society where science and technology advances, got to do a mass consumption, it has a critical point of view always, or text video work, Nelson summarizes the idea.

Video work was dealing with the history of weapons of numerous human beings have been made ​​in the past, called "kill or person in how" has become in what was sarcastically intense weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons in modern society.

With that found the Alexander Girard and colleagues Charles and Ray Eames, and collaborate with them, Nelson, are also allowed to bloom their talents.

George Nelson. Both the concept and the many works he has created, the name of the designer to represent the United States in the 20th century, carved in deeply.