Exhibition: 'George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, and Teacher'

George Nelson's "Marshmallow Sofa," 1956. (Photo by Vitra Design Museum)

George Nelson, late 1940s. (Courtesy Vitra Design Museum Archive)

George Nelson's "Bubble Lamps," ca. 1952. (Photo by Vitra Design Museum Archive)

George Nelson's "Coconut Chairs and Ottoman," 1956. (Photo by Vitra Design Museum Archive)

George Nelson's "Swag-Leg Chair," 1954, and "Swag-Leg Desk," 1958. (Photo by Vitra Design Museum Archive)

George Nelson's "Ball Clock," 1948. (Photo by Vitra Design Museum"

George Nelson's "Pretzel Armchair," 1957 collection, Vitra Design Museum. (Photo by Vitra Design Museum Archive)

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Yale School of Architecture will celebrate the life and work of iconic designer and Yale alumnus George Nelson (1928–1986), in the first retrospective exhibition and symposium devoted to the innovator of such defining landmarks of American style as the “marshmallow sofa,” the office cubicle, and the concept of the “family room.”
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