Designed for Knoll by Finnish architect and designer Eero Saarinen, the modern design classic, the Tulip Chair, is as clean, pure and iconic today as it was in 1956, the year it was introduced. Eero Saarinen was the son of the director of the famed Cranbrook Academy of Art and respected architect, Eliel Saarinen. Sharing the same birthday as his father, Eero was brought up in the industry and classically trained in architecture, sculpture and furniture design from a very early age. He later became a celebrated architect in his own right and is noted for …
