Eero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and product designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.
Architect Eero Saarinen with Florence Knoll inspecting prototype of the Tulip chair
Saarinen first received critical recognition, while still working for his father, for a chair designed together with Charles Eames for the "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition in 1940, for which they received first prize. The "Tulip Chair" became the basis of the seating used on the original Star Trek television series.
Eero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and product designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.
Architect Eero Saarinen with Florence Knoll inspecting prototype of the Tulip chair
Saarinen first received critical recognition, while still working for his father, for a chair designed together with Charles Eames for the "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition in 1940, for which they received first prize. The "Tulip Chair" became the basis of the seating used on the original Star Trek television series.
