15% off (Sale price $420.75, Reg. Price $495.00) :: “Nelson Ball Wall Sconce by Herman Miller. Part of the Nelson Bubble Lamp series, this beautiful mid-century modern wall sconce fillings any workspace interior with a warm and diffused light. The Nelson Wall Sconce attaches to the wall using a walnut wall mount and steel arm. You can adjust the arm left and right, up and down, without needing to change its position on the wall. With a translucent shade and steel frame this classic mid-century modern design will add warmth and personality to any workspace. Designed by George Nelson in 1952 as part of the Nelson Bubble Lamp Collection, the Nelson Wall Sconce comes in a various spherical shapes and attaches to a wall with the help of a walnut wall-mount and steel arm with a swivel hang and a 12-foot plug-in cord. The design allows the light to be easily readjusted sideways, or to be shifted higher or lower. The Nelson Bubble Lamp collection was inspired by silk-covered Swedish hanging lamps and are available as pendants, sconces, tripods, table, and floor lamps. An Official Herman Miller Retailer We’re an authorized Herman Miller retailer. This means we’re official. We sell new factory-direct product complete with Herman Miller’s own warranty. You can purchase confidently from Office Designs knowing you’ll be receiving genuine Herman Miller product. Design Story An influential designer of mid-century modernism in America, George Nelson came across a set of hanging lamps from Sweden and loved everything about their modern aesthetic, except for their extravagant cost. ÒThe Swedish design was done in a silk covering that was very difficult to make; they had to cut gores and sew them onto a wire frame. But I wanted one badly,Ó Nelson wrote in his book, On Design, published in 1979. A seemingly unrelated reference led to an intuitive idea. ÒIt was hard to remember what $125 meant in the late forties….I was furious and was stalking angrily down the stairs when suddenly an image popped into my mind which seemed to have nothing to do with anything. It was a picture in th
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