Eero Saarinen Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/eero-saarinen/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:55:52 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Whatever happened to the seating platform, the conversation pit? https://ounodesign.com/2009/06/23/whatever-happened-to-the-seating-platform-the-conversation-pit/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/06/23/whatever-happened-to-the-seating-platform-the-conversation-pit/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:55:52 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=4015

Above, the 1970s modern two-level platform in painter Frank Stella’s loft, from the classic book Inside Today’s Home. Below, a recent photo of the renovated 1950s conversation pit in the Number 31 Hotel in Dublin.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/06/23/whatever-happened-to-the-seating-platform-the-conversation-pit/feed/ 11 The ladies of 20th century furniture design were offered to pose on fur rugs or ponies, which is why, we suppose, that photo was never to be. https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/20/the-ladies-of-20th-century-furniture-design-were-offered-to-pose-on-fur-rugs-or-ponies/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/20/the-ladies-of-20th-century-furniture-design-were-offered-to-pose-on-fur-rugs-or-ponies/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:12:10 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=1914

Left to Right: George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom

Photo from a 1961 Playboy article on 20th C “masters of design,” who are here dressed either as accountants or architects, it’s hard to tell which, but it’s a lot of zippers.

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