Saarinen's work for Knoll, which includes the immensely successful 1948 Womb chair and the revolutionary 1957 series of Tulip chairs and pedestal tables, has resulted in designs that have become major icons of the postwar era.
Designed By Eero Saarinen, 1946 - 1950
Designed By Eero Saarinen, 1957
Designed By Eero Saarinen, 1946
The son of architect and Cranbrook Academy of Art director Eliel Saarinen and his wife, textile artist Loja, Eero Saarinen studied sculpture in Paris and architecture at Yale before working on furniture design with Norman Bel Geddes and practicing architecture with his father.