Moon

Moon is a porcelain cup, part of the Coffee Mugs collection.‎Along with his colleagues Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson, Alexander Girard was one of the leading figures in American design during the post-war era.‎ While textile design was the primary focus of Girard's oeuvre, he was also admired for his graphic art as well as his work in furniture, exhibition and interior design.‎ Girard brought a sensuous playfulness to twentieth-century design that had been absent from the austere aesthetic of classic modernism.‎In his work as an interior designer, Girard created a number of concepts for restaurants that went beyond colour schemes and furnishings to encompass such details as menu cards, matchboxes, tableware and napkins.‎ The motifs featured on the Coffee Mugs have their origins and inspiration in these rich and varied environments.‎