It was in 1947 that the American designer George Nelson was commissioned to create a collection of clocks. Nelson then analyzed the way clocks were used in everyday life and concluded that most people read the time by discerning the relative position of the hands, meaning the numbers were useless.
He also noticed that it was more and more common to wear wristwatches, and that clocks had instead become decorative elements for interiors. After Nelson’s death in 1986, the Vitra Design Museum acquired his legacy, which included approximately 7,400 manuscripts, plans, drawings, photographs and slides dating from 1924 to 1984. Vitra was able to launch the reedition of the Nelson Clocks in 1999 and continues to develop this collection, adding new items from time to time. Wall Clocks are available in many shapes and materials. Equipped with a high-precision quartz mechanism, they offer a new break of fresh air to classic clocks.
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 33 cm
Multicolor
Orange
Red
Beech
Black / brass
Cherry wood / brass
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 47 cm
Multicolor
Red
Walnut
Black / brass
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 25 cm
Black
Brass
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 75 cm
Birch
Black ash tree / brass
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 33,5 cm
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 35 cm
Material cherry tree — origin USA
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 38,4 cm
Material brass / aluminium
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 76,5 cm
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Dimensions H34 x L76 cm
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 43 cm
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 44,8 cm
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 45,5 cm
Material wood and metal
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 57,7 cm
Material aluminium
Product content high-quality quartz movement (1,5V battery included)
Diameter 61 cm
Matières plaqué bois, impression multicolore
Mécanique mouvements à quartz de haute qualité (pile 1,5V incluse)
Omar the Owl
H25,5 x L27 x P3,5 cm
Elihu the Elephant
H25,5 x L27 x P3,5 cm
Fernando the Fish
H25 x L28 x P3,5 cm
George Nelson
George Nelson, born 1908 in Hartford, Connecticut (USA), studied architecture at Yale University. A fellowship enabled him to study at the American Academy in Rome from 1932 to 1934. In Europe, he became acquainted with the major architectural works and leading protagonists of modernism.
In 1935, Nelson joined the editorial staff of the 'Architectural Forum', where he was employed until 1944. A programmatic article on residential building and furniture design, published by Nelson in a 1944 issue of the journal, attracted the attention of D.J. DePree, head of the furniture company Herman Miller, Inc. A short time later, George Nelson took on the position of Design Director at Herman Miller. Remaining there until 1972, he became a key figure of American design; in addition to creating furnishings for the home and office, Nelson also convinced the likes of Charles & Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi and Alexander Girard to work for Herman Miller.
In 1957, Vitra founder Willi Fehlbaum signed his first licence agreement with Herman Miller to produce furniture for the European market. During the ensuing decades of the collaboration with Vitra, a close friendship evolved between George Nelson and Rolf Fehlbaum, who later said about Nelson: 'No other prominent designer spoke as intelligently or wrote as coherently about design'. Nelson expressed his thoughts on design topics in numerous articles and eleven books; his seminal treatise 'How to See' was recently reissued in a new edition by Phaidon.
Along with his position as Design Director at Herman Miller, Nelson opened his own design office in 1947, George Nelson Associates, Inc., working together with such outstanding employees as Irving Harper, Ernest Farmer, Gordon Chadwick, George Tscherny and Don Ervin to create countless products and objects, some of which are now regarded as icons of mid-century modernism. His architectural work included numerous private residences. The Sherman Fairchild House (1941) attracted considerable attention, and his Experimental House exemplified his interest in prefabricated building and flexible floor plans.
George Nelson died in New York in 1986. His estate, which is held by the Vitra Design Museum, encompasses roughly 7400 manuscripts, plans, drawings, photographs and slides dating from 1924 to 1984. In 2008/09, the Vitra Design Museum mounted the exhibition 'George Nelson – Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher
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