Irving Harper - Works In Paper

Happy 2013! I apologize for the delay in posting as we have been off to a very busy start in this new year with a lot of exciting projects in the studio. But I am so excited to share this new book by Rizzolo Publishing on Irving Harper. Irving Harper is best known for his modernist furniture design alongside George Nelson and Herman Miller but it is his personal collection 'Works in Paper" that I find truly inspiring. I literally couldn't decide which spread to share with you here as each one was so amazing. I also wanted to share this except from the forward because it is so wonderful and inspiring...

"Our very personal experience with Irving Harper began in 2001 with the re-edition of textile designs he had created for George Nelson fifty years earlier. We had come upon samples of these obscure textiles, and, with thanks to former longtime Herman Miller and George Nelson employee Hilda Longinotti, subsequently learned of Irving, who had spent seventeen years with Nelson and was responsible for much of the Nelson studio’s best-known work, including the Marshmallow Sofa, countless Howard Miller clocks, and the enduring 1950s-era Herman Miller logo. Irving lives near Manhattan, so I phoned him up spontaneously and was greeted by a lively eightyfour-year-old who was eager to assist. Through our collaboration, he shared his sense of having been overshadowed by Nelson and overlooked by design history. Though he never thought to try a computer, as thanks, I purchased an iMac for him in hopes of igniting his curiosity. Together we made his first trip to Google, where I typed in his name and watched his awe at the record of his accomplishments—an incredibly touching moment."