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Charles Pollock (designer)

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Education and early career
Later career
Death
References

{{About|the American furniture designer|artist|Charles Pollock}}Charles Randolph Pollock (June 20, 1930 – August 20, 2013) was an industrial designer who created sleek furniture, most notably an office chair held together by a single aluminum band that became known as a Pollock Chair. This iconic chair, introduced in 1963 and still in production,^[1] became a staple of executive offices in the United States in the 1960s and can be seen, appropriately, in the period television show, Mad Men, as well as institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art^[2]^[3]^[4]

Education and early career

Pollock studied at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute, and after serving in the US Army, he was hired by George Nelson. They designed and sold "swag leg" chairs, characterized by curved legs. These were commercially successful.

Later career

After the production of the Pollock Chair (1963) for Knoll, Pollock designed the Penelope Chair for Castelli (1982.) After this period, Pollock did not see success with new designs until Jerry Helling, head of Bernhardt Design, tracked him down and asked him to design furniture for his firm. Pollock designed the CP lounge chair, a contoured chair which won critical praise.

Death

Pollock died in a house fire in Queens, New York on August 20, 2013 at the age of 83. At the time of his death he was still at work on designs for new chairs.^[5]

References

1. ^Charles Pollock, 83, designer of famous office chair, August 22, 2013
2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/nyregion/charles-pollock-designer-of-popular-office-chair-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=1&src=me Charles Pollock, Designer of Popular Office Chair, Dies at 83, New York Times, August 24, 2013]
3. ^Charles Pollock | Chair designer, 83, August 24, 2013
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://bernhardtdesign.com/discover/pollock.html |title=discover :: finding charles pollock :: charles pollock |publisher=Bernhardt design |date= |accessdate=2013-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010135339/http://bernhardtdesign.com/discover/pollock.html# |archive-date=2013-10-10 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
5. ^https://nypost.com/2013/08/20/legendary-furniture-designer-charles-pollock-dies-in-queens-house-fire/

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