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Mystery Monday: timeless design

By Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 7:01am October 06 2025

This classic wall clock is on display in the Yale University Art Gallery. It was created in 1947 by an industrial designer who found his calling in the 1920s when, as a Yale student, he ducked into the architecture school to get out of the rain and liked what he saw. He went on to help revolutionize the design field with his work for the furniture company Herman Miller. Can you name this midcentury modernist?

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2 comments

  • George Huthsteiner '74 TD
    George Huthsteiner '74 TD, 1:26pm October 06 2025 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    George Nelson (1908 – 1986) who apparently had two Yale undergrad degrees[?]-> a Bachelor of Arts in architecture in 1928 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1931. My first guess was Charles Eames [who did not attend Yale]. Nelson did recruit Charles and Ray Eames to the Herman Miller Company.

  • Mark Branch
    Mark Branch, 8:27am October 07 2025 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    That is correct!

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