The creator of the ubiquitous Knoll \u201cTulip\u201d chairs and tables, Eero Saarinen (1910\u20131961) was one of the 20th century\u2019s most prominent space shapers, merging dynamic forms with a modernist sensibility across architecture and design.<\/p>\n
Among Saarinen\u2019s greatest accomplishments are Washington D.C.\u2019s Dulles International Airport, the very sculptural and fluid TWA terminal at JFK Airport in New York, and the 630 ft. (192 m) high Gateway Arch of St. Louis, Missouri, each of them defining structures of postwar America. Catenary curves were present in many of his structural designs. During his long association with Knoll, Saarinen\u2019s other famous furniture pieces included the \u201cGrasshopper\u201d lounge chair and the \u201cWomb\u201d settee. Married to Aline Bernstein Saarinen, a well-known critic of art and architecture, Saarinen also collaborated with Charles Eames, with whom he designed his first prize-winning chair.<\/p>\n
With rich illustration tracing his life and career, this introduction follows Saarinen from his studies across his training all the way to his most prestigious projects, and explores how each of his designs brought a new dimension to the modernist landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The creator of the ubiquitous Knoll \u201cTulip\u201d chairs and tables, Eero Saarinen (1910\u20131961) was one of the 20th century\u2019s most prominent space shapers, merging dynamic forms with a modernist sensibility across architecture and design. Among Saarinen\u2019s greatest accomplishments are Washington D.C.\u2019s Dulles International Airport, the very sculptural and fluid TWA terminal at JFK Airport in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4516,4523,4526],"product_tag":[10664,1126,6124,11550,4524,153,6107,474],"class_list":{"0":"post-22829","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-en","7":"product_cat-design-en-en","8":"product_cat-industrial-design","9":"product_tag-america-en","10":"product_tag-architects-en","11":"product_tag-architecture-en","12":"product_tag-buildings-en","13":"product_tag-design-en-en","14":"product_tag-furniture","15":"product_tag-industrial-design","16":"product_tag-modernism-en","17":"pa_author_att-peter-gossel-en","18":"pa_author_att-pierluigi-serraino-en","19":"pa_cover-hardcover","20":"pa_format-21-x-26-cm-en","21":"pa_isbn-9783836544313-en","22":"pa_language-eng","23":"pa_pages-96-en","24":"pa_published-2017-10-10-en","25":"pa_publisher-taschen-en-en","27":"first","28":"instock","29":"sold-individually","30":"shipping-taxable","31":"purchasable","32":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n