Irving Harper

[2] After attending Cooper Union and Brooklyn College, Irving Harper worked as a draftsman for the Gilbert Rohde's office in the 1930s.

[1] Later Nelson got the Howard Miller Clock Co. account, and Harper was given the responsibility of handling it.

During his time with the firm most of Harper's designs were attributed to George Nelson, as was the company's practice.

The firm created iconic designs for Penn Central in 1965, Braniff International Airways from 1967 until 1982, Jack Lenor Larsen, and Hallmark Cards, among others.

[1] Harper retired from Harper+George in 1983, and resided in Rye, New York, in a 19th-century farmhouse filled with modernist furnishings, and over 300 of his paper sculptures.

Harper's print "Pavement fabric" was the first to be re-introduced in 2001, followed by "China Shop" in the fall of that year.