User:CSL12345/Alexander Girard

In 1932, his studio was opened in New York and he moved it to Detroit in 1937

Wooden Dolls
Girard Designed the Wooden Dolls in 1952. The Wooden Dolls were used for his Santa Fe home. They were human and animal charactors with various colors. After Girard's heirs donated it to the Vitra Design Museum, it was stuidied and imitated and produced.

Font Design
Girard designed his own typeface and used it in other design works through typography. The fonts he designed are practical, illustrative and readable.

Awards/Recognition
Gold Medal, Barcelona Exhibition, 1929

Fabric Competition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946

St. Louis Memorial Competition, Winning Team Member, 1948

Trail Blazer Award, Home Fashion League of New York, 1952

Silver Medal, Architectural League of New York, 1962

Elise de Wolfe Award, New York Chapter of American Institute of Interior Designers, 1966

Governor’s Award, Outstanding Contribution to Fine Arts in New Mexico, 1981

Designer’s West/Ray Bradbury Creativity Award, 1987

Exhibition 'Alexander Girard: A Designer's Universe'
Vitra Design Museum, Weilam Rhein, Germany 11 Mar 2016- 22 Jan 2017

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA Jan 17 2017- Oct 08 2017

Hangaram Design Museum, Bloom field Hills, Seoul, South Korea, Dec 2017- Mar 2018

Museum of Internationala Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA May 5 2019- Oct 27 2019

Palm Springs Art Museum, Plam Springs, Carlifornia, USA Nov 23 2019- Mar 01 2020

Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City Jun 17 2020- October 11 2020