Charles pollock furniture designer biography sampler

American industrial designer (–)

This article is about the American furniture designer. For artist, see Charles Pollock.

Charles Randolph Pollock (June 20, – August 20, ) 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 and still in production,^[1] became a staple of executive offices in the United States in the s 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 U.S. Army, he was hired by George Nelson.^[5] They designed and sold "swag leg" chairs, characterized by curved legs.^[6] These were commercially successful.