NeoCon 2014

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Skyline Design Launches Alexander Girard™ Collection

At NeoCon, Skyline Design launches ten graphic patterns by Alexander Girard, now available rendered on glass in a variety of techniques. Initially conceived as textile designs, glass expands the aesthetic expression of the original artwork, offering transparent, translucent and opaque effects.

Applying Alexander Girard’s pattern language to glass is a natural extension of his approach to interior design, which used layered transparent patterns to break up spaces, an approach that manifested itself as early as the 1920s, when he designed a series of etched glass pieces.

Walking a line between representation and abstraction, the selected patterns show strong symbolic presence and stand on their own. By bringing his work to contemporary interiors, Skyline Design acknowledges the relevance of Girard’s legacy today and honors a cherished American designer.

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Skyline Design launches 10 graphic patterns by Alexander Girard, the former director of the Herman Miller fabric division. Originally conceived as textile designs, Skyline Design has now rendered the patterns on glass in transparent, translucent and opaque effects in both color and neutral options.

Patterns comprising the collection include: Alphabet (shown), Fruit Tree, Graph, Grid, Leaves, Lines, Manhattan, Retrospective, Ribbons and Treads.

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Skyline Design Showroom: Merchandise Mart Suite 10-60
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Girard on Glass

Skyline Design finds that the midcentury designer's iconic textile patterns translate well to the contemporary medium of architectural glass.

"As a trained architect, Alexander Girard was interested in all building materials and their interaction in a space," says Skyline Design president and co-founder, Charles Rizzo. "Layering and translucency form a continuous thread in his work. Glass seemed an ideal material to explore his interest in patterning in a contemporary context."

Read more to learn how we worked with Girard Studio to reproduce ten of Girard's original textile designs on translucent, transparent and opaque glass. View the Alexander Girard™ Collection at NeoCon, Merchandise Mart Suite 10-60.

AZURE Magazine

AZURE Magazine recognized Skyline Design and Kori Girard for the partnership created with the launch of the Alexander Girard™ Collection.

Skyline Design worked closely with Kori Girard and Aleishall Girard Maxon of Girard Studio to launch ten graphic patterns by 20th century architect and designer Alexander Girard, now rendered on glass for interior architecture. The Alexander Girard™ Collection is suited for a broad variety of markets and interior applications such as room dividers, conference room walls, workstation panels or accent wall panels and feature walls. Patterns are offered in transparent, translucent and opaque effects, in both color and neutral options.

Designer Collaboration

2014 Best of NeoCon Competition

Skyline Design is honored to accept a Silver Award in the Wall Treatments category for its new Alexander Girard Collection.

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At NeoCon, Skyline Design will launch its newest architectural glass collection: Alexander Girard Collection, created in collaboration with Girard Studio. 

Ten graphic patterns by 20th century architect and designer Alexander Girard are now available rendered on glass in transparent, translucent and opaque effects in both color and neutral options. Adding a graphic anchor to spaces, the Alexander Girard Collection is suited for a broad variety of markets and interior applications such as divider, conference room walls, workstation panels, accent wall panels, and feature walls.