Irving Harper‘s Nelson™ Sunflower Clock

今天要介绍的是由美国现代主义设计师Irving Harper作为George Nelson团队成员设计，Vitra出品的Nelson™ Sunflower Clock。George Nelson团队除Harper之外，还包含了Don Chadwick，John Pile等知名设计师。团队为Herman Miller等公司设计诸多知名产品。这款太阳花钟以金属材质出现，大胆而美观的造型，使其成为现代家居装饰的首选。

The large-scale Sunflower Clock is one of more than 150 clocks designed by George Nelson Associates for the Howard Miller Clock Company, which sold them from 1949 into the 1980s. Nelson Associates, first launched as a studio by George Nelson in 1947 in New York City, employed some of the most celebrated designers of the time, including Irving Harper, Don Chadwick and John Pile, all of whom contributed to the clocks. Until its closure in the mid-1980s, the company designed a range of products for many clients, including Herman Miller, Inc., which was established in 1923 by Howard Miller’s brother-in-law, D.J. De Pree. A bit of family history: De Pree also founded the Herman Miller Clock Company in 1926 but turned it over in 1937 to Howard, who renamed it. As for the identity of Herman Miller, he was Howard’s father and De Pree’s father-in-law. The Miller companies are not affiliated but stand across the street from one another in Zeeland, Mich. The Sunflower Clock appeared in the original Miller brochure as Model 2261. This is an authentic Nelson Clock, produced by Vitra Design Museum. Uses one AA battery (included). Made in Poland.

Design：Nelson™ Sunflower Clock

Designer：Irving Harper

Year：1958

Material：Birch plywood; lacquered metal; high-grade quartz clockwork