Irving Harper Reveals How the Marshmallow Sofa Was Born

More than 50 years after it debuted it in the Herman Miller catalog, the Nelson Marshmallow Sofa (at right) is still as much fun as you can have with 18 cushions and a brushed steel frame. But how did this now iconic design come about? Irving Harper, whose first assignment upon joining George Nelson‘s office (after Nelson poached him from Raymond Loewy) was to design the Herman Miller logo, reveals all in the June issue of Metropolis.