Video Shaping The Future: Eero Saarinen
From Warren’s GM Tech Center to the eponymous tulip chair (One leg! What a concept!) to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Cranbrook’s Eero Saarinen helped shape America’s post-war image with his trail-blazing and sometimes controversial ideas and vision. The Bloomfield Hills Art Academy recently kicked off a national tour celebrating his work and metromode was there.
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You got Cranbrook in my Eero Saarinen.
You got Eero Saarinen in my Cranbrook.
Two great tastes that taste great together!
Eero Saarinen’s influence on post-World War II design and architecture are an unmistakable part of the modern American psyche, reflecting a time of ambition and innovation.
From the futuristic vaults of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport to Warren’s GM Tech Center to the eponymous tulip chair (One leg! What a concept!) to the 630-foot tall Gateway Arch in St. Louis, this Cranbrook alumni helped shape our country’s national image with his trail-blazing ideas and vision.
A national travelling exhibit of Eero Saarinen’s work made it’s North American debut at the Cranbrook Art Museum in mid-November and metromode’s Tom Hendrickson was there. Click on the YouTube video below to catch the tour then check out last week’s article, Why Cranbrook Matters.
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