Early life & background Born 1910 in Finland and moved with architect father and sculptor mother and 3 siblings to America in 1923 After school went to Paris to study to be a sculptor in ’29 Returned to study architecture in Yale in 1931 Post graduation worked in Helsinki for a year & 2 years in Flint, Michigan in Housing & planning before joining his Father’s practice in 1938

1946 – Grasshopper Chair 1956 – Tulip Chair 1940 – Organic Chair 1939 – Side Chairs 1948 – The Womb Chair

Down with Love Legally Blonde

Worked closely with Florence Knoll of Knoll Furniture Florence Knoll & Eero Saarinen pictured working together on the Pedestal Collection (Knoll Inc., 2015)

Continued to work with his Father and has received a lot of recognition for his architectural works

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