Alexander Girard Designs for Herman Miller

ISBN-13:	9780764315794
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	04/30/2002
Series:	A Schiffer Design Book Series
Edition description:	2nd Edition-revised & expanded
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,056,087
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	15 - 18 Years

Among the great designers at Herman Miller in the 1950s and 1960s, Alexander Girard enhanced Eames' and Nelson's furniture with innovative textiles. As head of Herman Miller's Textile Division since it was formed in 1952, he designed some of the most colorful and exciting fabrics available anywhere. He also designed the 25-piece Girard Group of modern furniture, and the 40-item series of Environmental Enrichment Panels for Action Office 2. Girard's unmatched folk art collection adorned Herman Miller buildings, filled their Textiles & Objects Shop in New York, and over 100,000 items made up the famous Girard Foundation. His acclaimed work as an interior designer and architect and his remarkable textiles for Herman Miller make Girard one of the legendary designers of the twentieth century. With over 400 mostly color photographs of his textile and wallpaper designs, all of the EE panels and furniture, plus detailed text, timeline, and an updated value guide, this book is a comprehensive view of Girard's work at Herman Miller, and a must for anyone interested in mid-century design of textiles, interiors, or graphics.