Vitra Cone Base Desk Clock
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: George Nelson, 1947/53
A Desk Clock from the Nelson Family
The Cone Base Desk Clock belongs to the Nelson clock family that began in 1947, when George Nelson was commissioned to create a collection of timepieces for Herman Miller. His starting point was the observation that people read the time by the position of the hands, not by numerals — which made numbers on a clock face redundant. The result was a series of designs that treated the clock as a sculptural object first and a timepiece second.
The Cone Base is one of the desk clock variants from that collection: a tapered cone form in powder-coated sheet metal with an acrylic glass face. Vitra has reissued the Nelson Clocks since 1999 as part of the Vitra Design Museum Collection, produced true to the original.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W13.5 × D6.2 × H17.1cm
- Materials — Powder-coated sheet metal
- Movement — High-quality quartz; 1.5V battery included
- Collection — Vitra Design Museum Collection
Part of the Vitra Accessories collection.
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: George Nelson, 1947/53
A Desk Clock from the Nelson Family
The Cone Base Desk Clock belongs to the Nelson clock family that began in 1947, when George Nelson was commissioned to create a collection of timepieces for Herman Miller. His starting point was the observation that people read the time by the position of the hands, not by numerals — which made numbers on a clock face redundant. The result was a series of designs that treated the clock as a sculptural object first and a timepiece second.
The Cone Base is one of the desk clock variants from that collection: a tapered cone form in powder-coated sheet metal with an acrylic glass face. Vitra has reissued the Nelson Clocks since 1999 as part of the Vitra Design Museum Collection, produced true to the original.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W13.5 × D6.2 × H17.1cm
- Materials — Powder-coated sheet metal
- Movement — High-quality quartz; 1.5V battery included
- Collection — Vitra Design Museum Collection
Part of the Vitra Accessories collection.
Original: $444.41
-65%$444.41
$155.54Description
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: George Nelson, 1947/53
A Desk Clock from the Nelson Family
The Cone Base Desk Clock belongs to the Nelson clock family that began in 1947, when George Nelson was commissioned to create a collection of timepieces for Herman Miller. His starting point was the observation that people read the time by the position of the hands, not by numerals — which made numbers on a clock face redundant. The result was a series of designs that treated the clock as a sculptural object first and a timepiece second.
The Cone Base is one of the desk clock variants from that collection: a tapered cone form in powder-coated sheet metal with an acrylic glass face. Vitra has reissued the Nelson Clocks since 1999 as part of the Vitra Design Museum Collection, produced true to the original.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W13.5 × D6.2 × H17.1cm
- Materials — Powder-coated sheet metal
- Movement — High-quality quartz; 1.5V battery included
- Collection — Vitra Design Museum Collection
Part of the Vitra Accessories collection.
