BELLEVUE, WA.- Bellevue Arts Museum presents the first comprehensive retrospective of one of the most influential figures of modern American design: George Nelson (1908 ‐ 1986). Featuring more than 220 objects, including iconic furniture pieces like the Coconut Chair, Bubble Lamp and the Marshmallow Sofa as well as graphic works, architectural models, films, prints and a full‐scale partial reconstruction of the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher will be on view at Bellevue Arts Museum from October 29, 2011 ‐ February 12, 2012. The exhibition was originally organized by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, and BAM is the only Northwest venue to present the work of this seminal visionary. With an architectural degree from Yale University, Nelson was not only active in the fields of architecture and design, but was also a widely respected write