Alexander Girard Designs for Herman Miller (Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition)

Among the great designers at Herman Miller in the 1950s and 1960s, Alexander Girard enhanced furniture by Nelson and the Eames with innovative textiles. As head of Herman Miller’s Textile Division since it was formed in 1952, he designed some of the most colorful and exciting fabrics available anywhere. He also designed the 25-piece Girard Group of modern furniture, and the 40-item series of Environmental Enrichment Panels for Action Office 2. His unmatched folk art collection adorned Herman Miller buildings, filled their Textiles & Objects Shop in New York, and over 100,000 items made up the famous Girard Foundation. His acclaimed work as an interior designer and architect and his remarkable textiles for Herman Miller make Girard one of the legendary designers of the twentieth century. It’s only too bad that this book got a terrible dust jacket, title page, and design. But even those uninspired designs are no match for the exciting and adventures work by Girard. It’s all still too good.