Alexander Girard Pillow

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Alexander girard pillow. Reminiscent of the bowties worn by friend and fellow designer charles eames alexander girard s double triangles textile was first produced in 1952. In the 1940s he developed a friendship with charles eames when the two men realized that coincidently they had both designed almost identical radio cabinets and both happened to be experimenting with. Removable insert is 100 percent duck down. Trained as an architect but proficient in nearly all design disciplines alexander girard 1907 1993 united states had a profound impact on 20th century visual culture.

Alexander girard born in new york city and raised in florence alexander girard was educated in europe as an architect and began practicing architecture and interior design in the late 1920s. The architect and designer frequently combined motifs from folk art sources with abstract patterns. As founding director of herman miller s textile division from its formation in 1952 until 1973 girard generated more than 300 patterns from his outpost in santa fe new mexico. Many of his figures and patterns exude a cheery playfulness and thanks to their vivid colours even his simplest graphic motifs.

Cork vitra home collection autumn 2020. Browse alexander girard pillows at stylight. The pillow cover is 77 percent cotton 23 percent polyester. Maharam pillows feature textile designs from the 20th and 21st centuries from re editions of the work of charles and ray eames alexander girard and verner panton to recent collaborations with hella jongerius paul smith scholten baijings and studio job.

Shop the modern maharam pillow in checker split by alexander girard featuring black and white triangles randomly intertwined with squares to create an interesting visual effect. He was the least well known of the great designers at herman miller in the 1950s and 1960s and he was the greatest colorist and textile designer of modern time. Now at usd 89 25 everything from 1 stores all colors available 14 alexander girard pillows shop now. Alexander girard demonstrated his masterful command of colours patterns and textures in the many textile designs he created which were a focal part of his oeuvre.