SITTING PRETTY—Most of my career as a design writer I’ve memorized all the giants of
the Arts & Crafts movement, but only until lately have I appreciated the
architects and furnishing designers of my youth. For example, I’ve admired Eero Saarinen for
his design work (St. Louis Gateway Arch, Dulles International terminal), but I
didn’t realize he also created the world famous Tulip chair.
So finding a great photo from the July 1961 issue of Playboy Magazine, I was finally able to
visually put the designer with the icon chair he created.
Like I said I’m a late arrival to modernism and I hope
many of you enjoy this journey of discovery.
It’s never too late to discover art.
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The Womb Chair by Eero Saarinen via Norman Rockwell, 1959 |
Arne Jacobsen. The Egg Chair. 1958. Designed for the Royal Hotel in Berlin.
Charles Eames. The Plywood Chair, 1953.
Harry Bertoia. The
Diamond Chair. 1950s.
George Nelson. The Coconut Lounge Chair. 1955.
Edward Wormley. Cane Back
Lounge Chair.
Jens Riden.
The Risom Lounge Chair. 1941
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe.
M.R. Chaise Lounge. 1927. Designed for
the Weissenhof
Exhibit in Stuttgart, Germany
Additional research: http://www.home-designing.com/2010/10/mid-century-modern-classic-chairs
Saturday Evening Post cover
by Norman Rockwell, May 16, 1959
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