Saarinen
Category
Coffee tables
Brands
Designers
Dimensions
D 41 cm - H 51/52 cm
L 107 cm - P 70 cm - H 38/39 cm
L 107 cm - P 70 cm - H 38/39 cm
Finiture
White Rilsan, Calacatta White Marble, Black Rilsan, Black Marquinia Marble
Year
1957
The Saarinen coffee table, like all the creations in the collection, was born from research that engaged the designer Eero Saarinen for five years. The aim was to eliminate the visual complexity caused by the legs under tables and chairs. Inspired by his training as a sculptor, Saarinen refined the design through full-scale models, perfecting it until reaching the final result. Simple and elegant, even the outdoor version fits perfectly into any environment, thanks to the availability of different sizes.
Knoll
Knoll. Inc. is a design-led company that produces office systems, seating, filing and shelving, tables and desks, and textiles (KnollTextiles). It produces home furnishings by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll (Florence Schust), Frank Gehry, Maya Lin, and Eero Saarinen under the company's KnollStudio division. In 2011, Knoll received the prestigious National Design Award for Corporate and Institutional Achievement from the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The award honors design excellence and the public impact of Knoll's body of work.
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen was a Finnish architect and designer. Born in Helsinki in 1910, in 1923 he moved with his family to the United States, where in 1934 he graduated in Architecture from Yale University. In 1937 he began teaching at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, where he began to collaborate with Charles and Ray Eames. Saarinen reached the pinnacle of his career with the commercially successful Saarinen collection designed for Knoll International. Despite his premature death at the age of 51, Eero Saarinen had a very productive professional life.
