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Eero Saarinen : furniture for everyman.
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ISBN: 9781938461019 1938461010 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York Pointed Leaf Press

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One of the most celebrated, prolific, and unorthodox architects and designers of the twentieth century, Eero Saarinen has become a beacon of American modernism. While famous for his sculptural and bold architecture, such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri and the TWA Terminal at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman is the first monograph to focus exclusively on his furniture designs. A self-declared "form-giver," his furniture, like his architecture, is characterized by its sleek and expressive forms. Taken into production by the furniture company Knoll, which was co-owned by his friend Florence Knoll, Saarinen's designs were trend-setting and revolutionary. As many of them continue to be produced today, such as the well-known and loved Womb chair and his Pedestal Collection, they are ubiquitous. Featuring rare and never-before-seen archival photographs that span Saarinen's technical work to his personal life, a preface by Florence Knoll, and a piece by designer and Saarinen protégé Niels Diffrient, Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman is the authoritative and comprehensive guide to the furniture designs and legacy of the modern master


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Knoll : a modernist universe
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ISBN: 9780847831869 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Rizzoli,

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Since 1938, Knoll International has been at the forefront of 20th century furniture & interior design, commissioning such influential names as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Gehry & Eero Saarinen to design pieces. This text looks at the history of Knoll, as well as providing a visual timeline of products, graphics & important landmarks.

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Knoll : le design moderniste
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ISBN: 9782812303241 2812303247 Year: 2010 Publisher: Paris: Chêne,

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L'histoire de Knoll est l'histoire du design moderne. Fondée en 1938 par Hans Knoll, et rejoint par sa femme Florence, l'entreprise est reconnue pour avoir amené le design moderne européen en Amérique, puis pour avoir encouragé les meilleurs talents locaux du milieu du XXe siècle, afin de construire l'entreprise d'ameublement haut de gamme la plus reconnue et la plus prestigieuse dans le monde Tout au long de son histoire, Knoll a été à l'avant-garde d'un design chic et incisif, la première entreprise à produire pour un marché domestique les meubles tubulaires de Mies van der Rohe et Marcel Breuer, faisant des idéaux du Bauhaus une réalité pour le public américain. Knoll a aussi influencé le nouveau prestige économique et culturel américain après la deuxième guerre mondiale en commandant des pièces devenues cultes, comme la chaise Tulip ou le fauteuil Womb de Eero Saarinen, et la chaise Wire de Harry Bertoia. Knoll à aussi entièrement intégré le graphisme dans son programme, avec la photographie et la publicité, grâce à des maitres comme Herbert Matter et Massimo Vignelli.

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Mobilier --- Design --- Hans Knoll

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