Black Is Gorgeous: Vitra Nelson Clocks, Reissued

<img alt="vitra nelson sunflower clock black edition zoom Black Is Gorgeous: Vitra Nelson Clocks, Reissued amazing ideas " height="602" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/vitra-nelson-sunflower-clock-black-edition-zoom.jpg" title="Black Is Gorgeous: Vitra Nelson Clocks, Reissued amazing ideas " width="600" />Anyone inclined to yawn at the announcement of yet one more reissue of a Mid-Century icon need to have only look at the most current iterations of the Sunflower and Sunburst clocks, developed by George Nelson in the 1940s and 1950s, and presented by Vitra at this year’s Milan Furnishings Fair. Recasting the two most dynamic of Nelson’s wood and metal clock designs in dramatic black (and hints of gold) could be a prime example of how to shine an admiring new spotlight on all-also-familiar emblems of Modernism’s golden age. Nelson, we suspect, would have authorized.</p><br/><img alt="vitra nelson sunburst clock black edition zoom Black Is Gorgeous: Vitra Nelson Clocks, Reissued amazing ideas " height="600" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/vitra-nelson-sunburst-clock-black-edition-zoom.jpg" title="Black Is Gorgeous: Vitra Nelson Clocks, Reissued amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><p>Pictures: Vitra</p><br/><p>

Black Is Gorgeous: Vitra Nelson Clocks, Reissued

Anyone inclined to yawn at the announcement of yet one more reissue of a Mid-Century icon need to have only look at the most current iterati...

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