Designed in the 1950s, George Nelson’s clocks were highly successful both as popular consumer products and icons of high design. One of the most original American designers, Nelson used pure colour and bold graphic forms to make a statement still as compelling today as it was half a century ago. 

Materials & features 
This wall clock exemplifies the classic mid-century modernist style and is manufactured with attention to the exact detail of the original. Made of sheet metal this wall clock re-edition of the original George Nelson design is a favourite among collectors of this period. 

This wall clock has a CE Quartz movement that runs on AA 1.5v battery which is included. 


This product is a reproduction of the original design by George Nelson

Dimensions 

Diameter – 45 cm

Depth – 7 cm

Materials – Sheet metal

George Nelson (1904–1986) was one of the founders of American Modernism, along with Charles and Ray Eames. George Nelson was born in Hartford, Connecticut.

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 1924 Nelson studied architecture at Yale University, where he graduated in 1928. When Nelson began his studies at Yale he had no Idea he'd become an architect. Nelson only happened upon the architecture school at Yale only because of a rain storm. Nelson ducked into the building in order to get out of the rain. While walking through the building he came upon an exhibit of student's works entitled "A Cemetery Gateway." While still an undergraduate student at Yale Nelson met with some early recognition. He was published in "Pencil Points" and "Architecture." Nelson’s early prominence as a drafter would however be eclipsed by his eloquent writing style. During his final year at Yale Nelson was hired by the architecture firm Adams and Prentice as a drafter. In 1929 Nelson was hired as a Teacher's Assistant while getting his second Bachelor's degree at Turkey and was planning for a life in academia. In 1931 He received his degree in Fine Arts. The next year Nelson entered the Rome Prize competition in Architecture as a preparation for the Paris Prize and won, although Nelson didn’t win the Paris Prize. In the ensuing years George Nelson would spend a great deal of his time with the other founders of the modernist architecture movement of the forties. Eliot Noyes, Charles Eames, and Walter B. Ford all of which he would later collaborate with. The award for the Rome Prize was a year in Rome studying architecture with a healthy stipend and accommodations in a palace down town Rome.

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