George Nelson Starburst Clocks |
Because I am curious to know more about these clocks and the starburst trend of the moment, I tapped into my journalistic background and did a little research. It seems a man named George Nelson (1908-1986), a Hartford, Connecticut native, was the forerunner in this influential design. In fact Nelson was very influential designer in a post-World War II era, designing a modern house for "tomorrow's needs."
This Nelson design resembled my aunt's starburst clock in her dining room |
His imitators took the design a bit further using Roman numerals, spokes, brass, spokes capped with wooden balls, solid wood and “menacing” spikes (you can find these designs all over the net), but I found some reasonably priced beautiful reproductions (of mirrors and clocks) on Amazon, Overstock, Target, and Kohls.
Happy starburst!
· * Nelson was the originator of the idea of family room and a storage wall—the first modular storage system ever! Now, how many of you have one of these to house your over-sized flat screen TV?
· * Nelson designed the coconut chair. This kind of reminds me of an Odd Couple episode in which Felix and Oscar were fighting over furniture styles.
· * Nelson developed the concept of the pedestrian mall
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