Monday, April 22, 2013

Group A Mid-century modern fine furnishings

Company Name: Isamu Noguchi
Style: Modern
Address: 9-01 33rd Road, Long Island City, NY, 11106
Telephone: 718.204.7088
Email: info@noguchi.org
Website: http://www.noguchi.org/
Contact Person: Amy Boyle, Associate Educator
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Born  November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988
Japanese American artist and landscape architect

The perfect balance—literally—between art and furniture. Sculptor Isamu Noguchi created his distinctive table by joining a curved, wood base with a freeform glass top. The ethereal result does not diminish the practical design—a sturdy and durable table. This marriage of sculptural form and everyday function has made the Noguchi table an understated and beautiful element in homes and offices since its introduction in 1948.

















Company Name: Charles and Ray Eames
Style: Modern
Address: 850 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Telephone: 310-396-5991
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Website: http://eamesoffice.com/
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Charles and Ray Eames are among the most important American designers of this century. They are best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design (e.g., the Eames Chair), industrial design and manufacturing, and the photographic arts.

Charles Eames was born in (1907–1978)
Ray Eames was born in (1912–1988)










Company Name: George Nelson
Style: Modern
Address:850 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Telephone: 310-396-5991
Email: info@georgenelsonfoundation.org
Website: http://www.georgenelsonfoundation.org/
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George Nelson (1908-1986)

As a architect, author, furniture designer, graphic designer, teacher, photographer, and general provocateur. As a journalist who wrote for "Pencil Point" magazine among other publications, George Nelson was in a position to acquaint American readers with the European avant-garde. From 1946 until 1972 George Nelson was director of design at Herman Miller. In 1947 George Nelson opened a practice in New York, which became George Nelson & Associates in 1953, with Gordon Chadwick as a partner.

While working for Herman Miller, George Nelson introduced several important innovations in office furniture design. Of his own designs, the 1958 "Swagged Leg Group", which includes the "DAF" and "MAA" chairs, is particularly noteworthy. The back of the "MAA" is flexible and can be adjusted backwards at a 90-degree angle, which is made possible by an innovative new jointed fastener, consisting of steel ball bearings in rubber mounts. In 1946 George Nelson designed "Platform", a simple and functional bench, forentsteht for Herman Miller. 

The best known George Nelson designs include the 1955 "Coconut Chair", with a triangular seat inspired by a piece of coconut shell. The 1956 "Marshmallow" sofa is another revolutionary George Nelson design, with a seat and back made of individual round cushions. In the 1940s and 1950s, George Nelson designed a great many wall clocks for die Howard Miller Clock Company, of which the best known is bound to be "Ball" (1947), with the hours marked by balls of wood.



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