Herman Miller Bio

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Alexander Girard's Design translated to FLOR

Alexander Girard was an artist, an architect and a nonconformist. He devised his own design vocabulary, being dissatisfied with the status quo, and created products for the times. His influences were widely diverse and his work reflected it. It was expressive, modern and unabashedly decorative. <img src="docs/alex%20girard_photo_sm.jpg" />Girard’s work with the furniture company <a title="Herman Miller Bio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Miller_(office_equipment)" target="_blank">Herman Miller</a> was groundbreaking and his relationships with the Eames’ and George Nelson are thought to be some of the 20th century’s richest collaborations. Hugh DuPree, of Herman Miller, wrote of Girard “Alexander Girard taught us that business ought to be fun, that part of the quality of life was joy, excitement and celebration”.If he were alive today I’d like to think Alexander Girard would have enjoyed participating with a kindred spirit like FLOR. Ironically, a copy of a letter written by Girard to D. J. DuPree in 1953 was forwarded to me. In it he describes his desire to design a carpet program “similar to a tile floor in system”.  Girard also references that <a title="George Nelson Bio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nelson_(designer)" target="_blank">George Nelson</a> shared in this vision of “carpet tiles.”The letter goes on to describe how he envisions the system should be designed and structured. It describes modules of “background types” and “accent types” that could be combined to create a variety of rug sizes and variations. That is exactly the premise behind the modular design of the FLOR carpet tile system.I think Alexander Girard would be happy to see his <a href="http://www.flor.com/service/flor/alexander_girard_carpet_tiles_home.html?mv_arg=Girard_07">La Fonda Del Sol patterns in the FLOR collection</a> and might ask “What the heck took us so long?” 9 application/xml false Alexander Girard area rug carpet tiles FLOR George Nelson Herman Miller interior design La Fonda del Sol modern Herman Miller Bio Herman Miller, Inc., based in Zeeland, Michigan, is an American manufacturer of office furniture and equipment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Miller_%28office_equipment%29 George Nelson Bio George Nelson (1908 - 1986) was one of the founders of American modernism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nelson_%28designer%29 FLOR's Alexander Girard "La Fonda del Sol" rug collection FLOR is modular do-it-yourself (DIY) floorcovering that goes everywhere. Simple, elegant, high performance carpet that is easy to create unique designs, install yourself, and maintain. http://www.flor.com/service/flor/alexander_girard_carpet_tiles_home.html?mv_arg=Girard_07 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 teresahanson 66.110.208.65 false true false false true 197102 blog blogsite/FLOR/base.chip