Zooming In: Eero Saarinen

Thursday, August 27, 2020

I would like to preface this post, with the fact that Eero Saarinen is one of my all time favorite architects. You can read his birthday post that includes lots of images here. This slides presentation will not even scratch the surface of Eero Saarinen's work.

The video below is one of the first architectual promotional video ever. It was made in 1958 for the Dulles Airport. Can you spot the Eero Saarinen furniture and design?

Please also consider watching this documentory film about the Eames and their creative process.

Do you like his design?

Friday, August 21, 2020

The last Looking at Art playlist got a very good response. I decided to make another. This one is classical music instead of jazz. Click here to listen to the Looking at Art: Jazz playlist.

Click below to start listening

Comment below if you like these playlists!

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Happy Birthday Eero Saarinen!!!

Eero Saarinen is one of my all time favorite architects. There is a Zooming In post coming soon about him. For now here is some of his work

All of the above are taken by me. They are from the TWA Airport, which is now a hotel outside of NYC.

Above, The Womb Chair. His most famous chair

The Executive Chair

The Tulip Chair, part of the Tulip collection.

All credits to Knoll Furniture

By Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16400251

The Dulles Airport

By Americasroof at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9873200

The CBS Tower

Art History: On Display