George Nelson (1908-1986) for Herman Miller Omni Shelving System, United States, c. 1965, fifteen bay shelving system, enameled aluminum, walnut, sixteen uprights, sixty-eight shelves of varying lengths and depths, three Omni corner poles, one hundred sixty-eight 9 in. shelf brackets, twelve 12 in. shelf brackets, fifteen custom cut shelf brackets, six round feel with threaded rods, ten square pads with threaded rods, miscellaneous hardware, all 9 in. brackets stamped "OMNI."
Note: Nelson was an American industrial designer. While lead designer for the Herman Miller furniture company, Nelson and his design studio, George Nelson Associates, designed 20th-century modernist furniture. Ray and Charles Eames, Harry Bertoia, Richard Schultz, Donald Knorr, and Isamu Noguchi all worked for Herman Miller, under Nelson's supervision. He is considered a founder of American modernist design.
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