As a truly multi-talentent designer, George Nelson was also successful as a graphic designer. His Zoo Timers - strongly colourful personalities from the animal kingdom - contrast sharply with his sculptural wall clocks from the 1950s thanks to their graphic touch. The Zoo Timers offer children a playful and enjoyable approach to telling the time. Collection Vitra Design Museum.
The George Nelson 1965 designed wall clocks consist of metal and wood, possess a high quality quartz-clockwork and are delivered including a 1.5 V battery. The Zoo Timers are exposed in the collection of the Vitra Design Museum.
For a person born in Hartford, the insurance capital of America, George Nelson would become one of the greatest risk takers in the history of design. In fact he would come to redefine what a designer is. After graduating Hartford Public High school in 192 Designer George Nelson
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H: 25.5 cm, D: 3.5 cm, L: 27 cm, colour: Multi coloured Nr. 109973, EAN 4250298725123 Country of origin: Germany |
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H: 25 cm, D: 3.5 cm, L: 28 cm, colour: Multi coloured Nr. 109974, EAN 4250298726007 Country of origin: Germany |
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H: 32 cm, D: 5 cm, L: 32 cm, colour: Multi coloured Nr. 109976, EAN 4250298725215 Country of origin: Germany |
In a multiplicity of materials and sculptural shapes George Nelsons watches embody the attitude towards life of the 50s.
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