Eero Saarinen, starting from the early 40s, dominated the international design scene with his futuristic and innovative works. Already during his studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, he started studying the basics of the art of sculpture that, later, helped him to design one of his most successful pieces: the Womb Chair.
Since its launch in 1948, the Womb Chair by Eero Saarinen has been always in production and definitely one of them most successful mid-century furniture ever. The shape of the Womb is the result of Saarinen's experiments using organic shell-type seats in furniture design.
He started these experiments with plywood already with Charles Eames for the New York's Museum of Modern Art 'Organic Design in Home Furnishings' competition, in 1941. He moved away soon from the plywood to concentrate on the use of the glass-fibre reinforced synthetic plastics for the seats; as in the final the final design of the Womb Chair.
The frame supported with thin rod legs kept the design light and the slim layer of padding made the seat comfortable enough. One of the biggest Saarinen's concern designing the Womb Chair was to let people seat in many different and comfortable positions; his background and expertise as sculptor helped him to create three-dimensional forms to achieve his goal.
Modern people seated, in fact, in many different new ways -that in the past would have been considered impolite- Saarinen noticed this and wanted to create a modern chair to satisfy the new needs. On the Womb Chair is, in fact, possible to draw the legs up on the seat, to slouch and to lounge. Its enfolding design allows users to withdraw and shelter themselves on the modern world: a modern chair for a modern society.
Since its launch in 1948, the Womb Chair by Eero Saarinen has been always in production and definitely one of them most successful mid-century furniture ever. The shape of the Womb is the result of Saarinen's experiments using organic shell-type seats in furniture design.
He started these experiments with plywood already with Charles Eames for the New York's Museum of Modern Art 'Organic Design in Home Furnishings' competition, in 1941. He moved away soon from the plywood to concentrate on the use of the glass-fibre reinforced synthetic plastics for the seats; as in the final the final design of the Womb Chair.
The frame supported with thin rod legs kept the design light and the slim layer of padding made the seat comfortable enough. One of the biggest Saarinen's concern designing the Womb Chair was to let people seat in many different and comfortable positions; his background and expertise as sculptor helped him to create three-dimensional forms to achieve his goal.
Modern people seated, in fact, in many different new ways -that in the past would have been considered impolite- Saarinen noticed this and wanted to create a modern chair to satisfy the new needs. On the Womb Chair is, in fact, possible to draw the legs up on the seat, to slouch and to lounge. Its enfolding design allows users to withdraw and shelter themselves on the modern world: a modern chair for a modern society.
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