Designer Todd Oldham will sing the praises of modernist designer Alexander Girard in his Modernism Week keynote talk.

Alexander Girard’s Maharam Quatrefoil fabric is a vivid accent in Eero Saarinen’s Miller House in Columbus, Indiana.

"Alexander Girard: An Uncommon Vision" showcases textiles, furniture, and other objects that Girard designed as head of Herman Miller's textiles division, and for private clients like Braniff International Airways. Photo courtesy of Herman Miller.

Hand-painted wooden dolls by Alexander Girard, 1953.

The entire Alexander Girard for Paperless Post collection, featuring 20 distinct Girard patterns, is available now.

Paperless Post has repurposed Girard's best-known patterns to fit different occasions. Originally designed in 1960 as branding for a restaurant, the La Fonda del Sol sun is particularly effective at enlivening summer party invitations.

The customizable greeting cards were inspired in part by Girard's personal fondness for letter-writing. Aleishall Girard Maxon, Girard's granddaughter and Co-Creative Director of Girard Studio, says, “As an avid traveler and someone who had a fascination in drawing connections between cultures across multiple continents, he would have embraced digital communication for its ability to bridge the gaps of time and space.”

The collection also includes holiday cards, such as this one bearing Girard's 1966 Merry Christmas Heart design.

A large-scale photo of Girard greets visitors to the exhibition space. At left is a display case devoted to the short-lived Textiles & Objects store that Girard opened in New York City in 1961. Photo courtesy of Herman Miller.

Paperless Post and Girard Studio have teamed up to create Alexander Girard for Paperless Post, a collection of print and digital greeting cards featuring many of the midcentury designer's most iconic patterns and motifs. The instantly recognizable symbols communicate great sentiment with little or no text, making them a natural fit for the medium.

Alexander Girard continued to work with the Millers on their house for more than 15 years, adapting the interiors of the house as the family’s needs changed.

The exterior of the exhibition space at 446 West 14th Street. Image courtesy of Herman Miller.

Girard designed the Color Wheel ottomans, shown here, for Braniff International Airways as part of a top-to-bottom rebranding effort in 1965. A reproduction of a poster that Girard designed for his Textiles & Objects store, hangs on the wall at right. Photo courtesy of Herman Miller.

A sitting room in the back is outfitted with marble-topped Splayed Leg tables (foreground), one of the Girard pieces that Herman Miller is reintroducing. Three of Girard's screen-printed environmental enrichment panels—from left, "Knot," "Eyes," and "Black and White"—hang on the wall above the couch. Photo courtesy of Herman Miller.

"Girard and Harper go together like peanut butter and jelly."

Danish-German designer Gesa Hansen released an Alexander Girard–inspired sideboard in 2013 for the Hansen Family line.

A peek inside the master bedroom, with touches of marigold yellow throughout.

Alexander Girard Throws by Herman Miller. To reproduce a blanket Alexander Girard designed for Braniff Airways in the 1960s, Michigan company Herman Miller tapped wool manufacturers Pendleton to render the pieces.

Girard even integrated the floor plan of the house into the TV room rug design.

Alexander Girard nativity set by House Industries, $800. The nativity is based on one of Alexander Girard’s illustrations and is made from maple and Michigan-grown basswood.

'Eden' archival blue colorway by Alexander Girard.

Promotional photo for The Girard Group of furniture for Herman Miller 1967.

Mark Neely and Paul Kefalides’s living room is decked out with the couple’s vintage finds, including a Hans Wegner Sawback chair (the fur throw obscures an area needing repair), a George Nelson Ball Clock, a DF-2000 cabinet by Raymond Loewy, a light designed by Greta Von Nessen, and a suite of Brian Willshire wooden sculptures, one of Neely’s many collections.

Alexander Girard by Todd Oldham & Kiera Coffee (Ammo Books, 2011). The definitive book on Girard looks at his decades-long career.

The flooring in the master bath is vein-cut Ocean Silver travertine. The custom bathroom vanity is stained birch, the polished chrome fixtures are from Hansgrohe’s Axor Uno2 line, and the chair is upholstered in Checker by Alexander Girard for Maharam.

Alexander Girard sitting beside a custom rug for the Rieveschl home he designed in Grosse Point, Michigan, 1951.

An Eames lounge chair covered in Alexander Girard fabric from Maharam sits near a Girard Model 108 coffee table for Knoll.

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This jacquard throw is just the right size for napping, reading or simply admiring. Toss it over a sofa or chair, or fold at the foot of the guest bed. The intricate, and bright Native American-inspired design is sure to be a conversation starter wherever it lands.

A Michigan couple find out they own the last of a little-known, thought-to-be-extinct breed—a midcentury modern house by Alexander Girard.

In the living room, a vintage tapestry by Alexander Girard anchors the space. The sofa was found on Craigslist, and the rug was purchased from Blue Parakeet Rugs.

More prized possessions that made the cut: A George Nelson Half-Nelson lamp sits atop an Alexander Girard bedside table.

This Pinwheel pen features the motif that Alexander Girard designed for the Georg Jensen Carolus Magnus dinnerware used at Miller House. Girard’s signature is engraved on the pocket clip.

Designer Christiane Hogner, Bruxelles

Vines spill over primary-colored, glazed-brick walls, which recall Girard’s eye-popping graphics.