Alexander Girard Collection
Textile designs on glass
Alexander Girard created more than 300 designs for Herman Miller during his 20-year tenure as director of the Herman Miller Fabric Division. Translating the woven textile to the translucent medium of glass enhances the patterns with luminosity and affords areas of privacy. Girard’s designs become architectural with all the benefits and characteristics of glass.
Five archival patterns are available on glass in transparent, translucent and opaque effects, in both color and neutral options.
"Archival research yielded meticulously translated images into digital files. We celebrate the Alexander Girard legacy and bring it forward into the twenty-first century.”
- Charlie Rizzo
Patterns in this collection
Featured Projects
Amli Lofts
Technique: Digitally Printed Glass
Pattern type: Text
OCLC
Technique: Digitally Printed Glass, Vitracolor® Back-Painted Glass
Pattern type: Geometric
Grid by Alexander Girard spans 4 floors of elevator lobbies in the atrium at OCLC, a global library cooperative.
Design by Perkins&Will
Photo by Tom Harris
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