US$3,622.00 Born in Finland to famed architect Eliel Saarinen and textile designer Loja Saarinen, Eero immigrated with his family to the United States in 1923. Settling in Michigan, Eliel co-founded the Cranbrook Academy of Art and designed most of the buildings for the campus - now a National Historic Landmark - while the young Eero worked alongside his father as a student apprentice. It was at Cranbrook that Eero met Charles Eames, beginning their lifelong collaboration.In 1934, Saarinen graduated from the School of Architecture at Yale University. As his career flourished, he was criticized for changing his style depending on his client's needs and desires. The architect, however, saw his clients as "co-creators" and was dedicated to pushing the established boundaries of modernism, what he called the "measly ABC." Clients understood this creative potential. After his father's death in 1950, Saarinen became principal partner of Saarinen & Associates, and the business thrived - landing him on the cover of Time magazine in 1956. Poised at the center of America's post-war expansion, Saarinen created a visual vocabulary for both corporate and college campuses, including headquarters for John Deere, IBM and CBS, and buildings for Vassar College, MIT and his alma mater, Yale.Saarinen didn't ignore the smaller sculptural pieces needed to furnish his ambitious projects. Though he started designing furniture in his teens, it wasn't until he and Charles Eames won first prize in the Museum of Modern Art's "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition in 1940 that he was taken seriously as a furniture designer. Though their award-winning molded plywood chairs were never put into production, the acknowledgement launched the careers of both men - Eames going on to work for Herman Miller, while Saarinen partnered with his former Cranbrook associates, Hans and Florence Knoll. His Pedestal Table, Tulip™ Chair, Womb™...