Lantern Tripod Lamp by Nelson

George Nelson (1908–1986) was one of the founders of American Modernism, along with Charles and Ray Eames. Writing about the trajectory of his extraordinary career spanning over 50 years, George Nelson described a series of creative "flashes"—moments of sudden inspiration “when a single individual finds himself connected to a reality he never dreamed of.” One of the first flashes occurred in the 1930s while he was an architecture student in Rome. Before returning home, an idea struck him: he would travel through Europe and interview leading modern architects in hopes of publishing the articles in the US. He succeeded, and in the process introduced the American...