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Design Year: 1946.
The Nelson platform bench is a multipurpose resting place for people and their things. With its simple, spare lines, the bench is also a striking accent -- a piece of art in itself that has become a sought-after collector's item for use in a living room, vestibule, bedroom, library, office, or public area.
Solid maple slats are spaced to let air and light through. A clear-coat seat rests upon two finger-jointed, ebonized legs for superior strength. Use as a bench for seating, a platform for displays or a low table.
Notes: Please note that there is a 4-6 week lead time in shipping on this product.
Material(s): Solid maple
Dimensions: H 14" W 48", 60" or 72"
George Nelson
When writing about the course of his remarkable 50-year career, George Nelson described a series of creative "zaps" — moments of out-of-the-blue inspiration "when the solitary individual finds he is connected with a reality he never dreamed of."
Nelson said that for a designer to deal creatively with human needs, "he must first make a radical, conscious break with all values he identifies as antihuman." Designers also must constantly be aware of the consequences of their actions on people and society. In fact, he declared that "total design is nothing more or less than a process of relating everything to everything." So he said that rather than specializing, designers must cultivate a broad base of knowledge and understanding.
Nelson did so as few are able, and, with the help of well-timed zaps, he helped define modern, humane design.
Introduced in 1946 the Nelson platform bench was part of George Nelson's first collection for Herman Miller and still stands as a benchmark of modern design. Like much of Nelson's work, the platform bench has clean, rectilinear lines, reflecting his architectural background and his insistence on what he calls "honest" design -- that is, making an honest visual statement about an object's purpose.
As presented in the 1948 Herman Miller furniture catalog, the platform bench "is primarily a high base for deep and shallow cases, but it also serves as a low table for extra seating." The 1955 catalog states that the bench "has proved to be one of the most flexible and useful units in the collection." The bench was reintroduced in 1994.
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