Nelson Bench

Founded in the 1950s, Vitra is a Swiss company committed to improving the quality of the environment in homes, offices and public spaces through the use of design. The products in its collections are developed through a long design process that combines engineering excellence with the creative genius of some of the most renowned designers on the international scene. Among the fundamental principles underlying the company are durability and aesthetics, essential characteristics found in all products.

George Nelson, architect and designer, was born in 1908 in Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated in architecture from Yale University and furthered his education at the American Academy in Rome. He became famous for his innovative publications and for introducing the concept of the ‘family room’. He began his collaboration with Herman Miller and later with Vitra in 1957, soon becoming a key figure in American design and one of the founding fathers of US modernism. His functional and imaginative works are immortal and are exhibited in design museums all over the world. He died in New York in 1986.