Oh, that Eero Saarinen

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum via kcmodern

In our fascination with all things modern, we've grown quite smitten with Eero Saarinen's furniture designs. Big favorites are the Womb Chair (1948) and the Executive Chair (1957). The latter was part of Saarinen's innovative use of a fiberglass frame that fits to the body and flexes with its weight. Covered with cloth or leather, it makes for an incredibly comfortable chair. On a much larger scale, his architectural design pursuits included one of the icons of the Midwest, the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Through a post on kcmodern, I saw that the traveling exhibit, Eero saarinen: Shaping the Future, has made its most recent stop at the Mildred Lane Kember Art Museum in St. Louis, MO. The January issue of Metropolis magazine reviewed the exhibit, which is now in St. Louis through April 27th. We cannot wait to go.
—Grant