Image of the Day

.
George Nelson at the American National Exhibition, Moscow, 1959, which is partially recreated in the Bellevue Art Museum's retrospective George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher. The show features over 220 objects – furniture, lamps, clocks, graphic works, architectural models, films, prints – a comprehensive examination of the former Herman Miller design director's highly influential career. Through February 12 – go here for info.

Where You Stand

.

Modest Mouse "Never-Ending Math Equation"
from Sub Pop Singles Club 45, May 1998

(totally unrelated image: textile design by Alexander Girard, who I've been thinking about again lately)

Image of the Day

.
At The Moment, Steven Heller eloquently reviews the previously unheralded career of graphic designer Don Ervin, who died earlier this year at the age of 85. "Until his death," Heller writes, "I had never heard Ervin’s name. Yet I have certainly seen and admired his work. This is the paradox of most graphic designers’ legacies: Their work is seen, but they are not heard, or heard of — even by some of the people who write about the work, like me.... Designers’ personalities sometimes get more attention than their work. But Ervin was old school. He just did the work."
Click here to read the rest.

Above, a print advertisement by Don Ervin for Herman Miller.