Alexander Girard

Alexander Girard, born in 1907 in New York City, was one of the decisive figures of post-war American design alongside his close friends George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames.
The focus of his broad oeuvre was on textile design: As head of the Herman Miller Company’s textile division. He favoured abstract and geometric forms, typically put together in bright constellations of colours.
Having originally studied architecture, Girard made a name for himself over his long career in the fields of furniture, exhibition and interior design as well as in the graphic arts.
In 1993, the final year of his life, he bequeathed these holdings to the Vitra Design Museum Collection along with the contents of his studio (hundreds of drawings, prototypes and textile samples).