Saarinen
Eero
UNITED STATES  


1910 Kirkkonummi (FI)
1961 Ann Arbor, Michigan (US)
Architect and designer, son of the famous architect Eliel Saarinen, he collaborated with Charles Eames on a revolutionary body-molded plywood-shell chair. He continued researches on this new material and designed among others the famous "Womb" chair in 1946 and "Tulip" chair in 1956 both edited by Knoll. He worked as an architect in his father's studio where he created in a free organic style important works like TWA Kennedy airport's terminal.
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 Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (13-Sep-08 - 04-Jan-09)
This exhibition is part of a comprehensive project that explores the work of one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial modern masters of 20th-century architecture and design. Finnish-born Saarinen (1910-1961) is best known for such modern icons as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) in St. Louis, Missouri (designed 1948, completed 1964), the Trans World Airlines Terminal at JFK Airport in New York City, and Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia (both completed 1962).
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FURNITURE [6]
Click to discover a larger picture! Courtesy Knoll
'Dining Table'
D E S I G N E R
Eero Saarinen

P R O D U C E R
Knoll, United States
1956
M A T E R I A L   A N D   D I M E N S I O N S
cast aluminium
The tops are in veneer, laminate, marble or granite finishes.
Width: from 35 3/4" to 96" (91 cm to 244 cm) - Height: 28 1/4" (72 cm)
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'Executive Chair'
D E S I G N E R
Eero Saarinen

P R O D U C E R
Knoll, United States
1957
M A T E R I A L
steel
Upholstered shell
Museum of Modern Art Award, 1969
 
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'Grasshopper' Armchair
D E S I G N E R
Eero Saarinen

P R O D U C E R
Knoll, United States
1948
M A T E R I A L
plywood
Bent laminated wood frame with upholstered moulded plywood seat
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'Side Table'
D E S I G N E R
Eero Saarinen

P R O D U C E R
Knoll, United States
1956
M A T E R I A L   A N D   D I M E N S I O N S
cast aluminium
The tops are in veneer, laminate, marble or granite finishes.
Width: from 16 1/4" to 22 1/2" (41 cm to 57 cm) - Height: 20" (51 cm)
Click to discover a larger picture! Courtesy Knoll
'Tulip' Chair
D E S I G N E R
Eero Saarinen

P R O D U C E R
Knoll, United States
1956
M A T E R I A L
mixed media
Base is a cast aluminum. Shell is molded fiberglass. Upholstered foam cushion is removable
Museum of Modern Art Award, 1969
 


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