Birthday Tribute to Eero Saarinen

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan."</span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Eero Saarinen</span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is the 102nd anniversary of the birth of Eero Saarinen. The Finnish American architect and industrial designer was born on August 20, 1910 and died on September 1, 1961. Lauded by many as a master of mid century design, he was criticized by others who felt he had no identifiable style. This lack of a signature look was due to Saarinen's ability to adapt his talents to the needs of each particular project. He did not impose a standard vision on his different creations.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyone who has flown into the Washington Dulles Airport in Chantilly, Virginia (26 miles from downtown Washington, D.C.) has experienced the work of Eero Saarinen, who designed the main terminal. The graceful slope of the roof clearly and cleanly conjures the feeling of flight.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEb_EpQdrfF9Je0nVYwkuW2OmSN5S5jXoJbnVNAnBFGTMcdLS5Ut8DQXtgctGYWwQrrW80ZZxTc1E-Us1mXoqITKagm3lry7tuJ6S31ZV4KL1ciqyk6DXTTI4SARjectJMhr3bmB2E5U/s1600/800px-Washington_Dulles_International_Airport_at_Dusk%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEb_EpQdrfF9Je0nVYwkuW2OmSN5S5jXoJbnVNAnBFGTMcdLS5Ut8DQXtgctGYWwQrrW80ZZxTc1E-Us1mXoqITKagm3lry7tuJ6S31ZV4KL1ciqyk6DXTTI4SARjectJMhr3bmB2E5U/s640/800px-Washington_Dulles_International_Airport_at_Dusk%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Main terminal of Washington Dulles International Airport at dusk in Virginia, USA.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">August 30, 2011.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Joe Ravi is the creator and copyright holder of this image [CC-BY-SA 3.0], </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">which I found on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_Dulles_International_Airport_at_Dusk.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>.)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">S</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">aarinen also designed the TWA Terminal of the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. This terminal opened in 1962, but Saarinen did not live to see it. He died in 1961 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Like the Dulles Airport, the TWA Terminal is a visual image of flight rendered in concrete. It appears to be a bird, perhaps a hawk or an eagle, crouched as if ready to fly. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4PQU_9Qzq5kGZofZl2ZHGEyQSpukyxecZjatMArYG8N_Too_y6u0N3kLLAyQuELfnzJ0DBcWIrPYLl5eFBZHn04JcNahlttRrteG4mxt4V4o7bmAeSCWJMPQzx7T1WEFbU-SMrN48ZM/s1600/800px-Jfkairport%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4PQU_9Qzq5kGZofZl2ZHGEyQSpukyxecZjatMArYG8N_Too_y6u0N3kLLAyQuELfnzJ0DBcWIrPYLl5eFBZHn04JcNahlttRrteG4mxt4V4o7bmAeSCWJMPQzx7T1WEFbU-SMrN48ZM/s640/800px-Jfkairport%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JKF International Airport.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">April 5, 2006.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Author: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pheezy" target="_blank">pheezy</a></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pheezy/130880377/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> via Wikipedia.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">The TWA Terminal closed in October 2001, and it is no longer open to the public. (Scenes from the Leonard DiCaprio movie, "Catch Me if You Can," were filmed there.) The terminal has undergone renovations and travel blogger Michelle Young was able to take some hauntingly beautiful photos of this architecturally significant building. Here is the link to her amazing images: <a href="http://newyork.untappedcities.com/2012/06/27/behind-the-scenes-at-the-twa-flight-center-at-jfk-airport/" target="_blank">@Untapped Cities by Michelle Young</a>. Michelle writes in her blog, "Upon visiting in the present, you feel transported not only to another time, but also to an ethereal place. This was the cathedral to aviation, if there ever was one, and you feel through the design the pride and optimism the aviation industry had then."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuwiQjxCce-wULcpMekJKmXeLlKIibiHnA7i3Tw1GEMasMSpCF4e9tfUhyt9TpCoJWQhm5ZwQoPCiAQsv8xxRpxp0-qSM3VwbW3KX3Wj85Iyyv8O3f7NRXClRyisGOY0PdUWgmCM-omY/s1600/489px-Gateway_Arch_complete%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuwiQjxCce-wULcpMekJKmXeLlKIibiHnA7i3Tw1GEMasMSpCF4e9tfUhyt9TpCoJWQhm5ZwQoPCiAQsv8xxRpxp0-qSM3VwbW3KX3Wj85Iyyv8O3f7NRXClRyisGOY0PdUWgmCM-omY/s640/489px-Gateway_Arch_complete%5B1%5D.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Eero Saarinen creation: The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Daniel Schen, creator of this image (Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO. May 18, 2009), which I found on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gateway_Arch_complete.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, holds the copyright image.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Again, this structure is graceful, sweeping, simple, elegant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"In his purist approach to architecture and interior design, Eero Saarinen sought the essential idea and reduced it to the most effective structural solution within the overall unity of design. 'The underside of typical chairs and tables makes a confusing, unrestful world,' explained Saarinen. 'I wanted to clear up the slum of legs.' In his pedestal collection, which [is produced by <a href="http://www.knoll.com/" target="_blank">Knoll</a> and] includes a dining, coffee and side table, Saarinen realized his ideal of formal unity. The tables are available with laminate, marble, or veneer tops with a base in black, white or platinum finish." (From the <a href="http://www.knoll.com/" target="_blank">Knoll</a> website.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">I now share some images of Saarinen's iconic pedestal table, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">which is perfect in so many types of decor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8PItAi9Z18BnR8fJrXw8G9aUPO-SCHkE4uDEijuhRQxfVyMOCp_Wg6zLc6eXW5e1O1iAAxuFN46WUWFG-6ErFSPVq7KRddmBd_Ju0X09QduvCZHRrONg1vlZLTgLOJP-4V2JOsMAqFE/s1600/BlogSaarinenADAugust2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8PItAi9Z18BnR8fJrXw8G9aUPO-SCHkE4uDEijuhRQxfVyMOCp_Wg6zLc6eXW5e1O1iAAxuFN46WUWFG-6ErFSPVq7KRddmBd_Ju0X09QduvCZHRrONg1vlZLTgLOJP-4V2JOsMAqFE/s640/BlogSaarinenADAugust2012.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An Alexander Calder mobile hangs above a Saarinen table by Knoll and Bielecky Brothers dining chairs in the kitchen."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Historical Main Line, Philadelphia home filled with museum-caliber works by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Donald Judd, Andy Warhol and Cy Twombly.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Thomas Jayne.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Julie L. Belcove.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architectural Digest (August 2012).</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSPxvCKk8kbaHb5RCSeAsPtf-lMMFlmH8tya4UlHJZFUtesF3cTI4Oo3aUkEdlUjO1BLFzcQdE4JeGPxv4ARZjoPi7iOlibm9oJr4XUd9e9-RKejs5nDWF-n1_CJGNdxsGTBHz57BCjw/s1600/BlogSaarinenEDMay2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSPxvCKk8kbaHb5RCSeAsPtf-lMMFlmH8tya4UlHJZFUtesF3cTI4Oo3aUkEdlUjO1BLFzcQdE4JeGPxv4ARZjoPi7iOlibm9oJr4XUd9e9-RKejs5nDWF-n1_CJGNdxsGTBHz57BCjw/s640/BlogSaarinenEDMay2011.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of interior designer Patrick Printy and Dan Holland.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">New construction based on original Cape Dutch design </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">using reclaimed flooring, beams and fixtures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Patrick Printy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by Stephen Pappas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Laura Resen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQL13KlDk82m4Nd63FyIsW0o14x27djsQb4kPXlkeiXisszsXbqDIDrzGSVTZrBYhgFOw8BlPPNhTyXk_6JMSwceaYy3ws_nC_qwnkmy8CEk2_igL3syHLv1xcOeifr7CEqxwmwb5YLoM/s1600/BlogSaarinenEDNov2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQL13KlDk82m4Nd63FyIsW0o14x27djsQb4kPXlkeiXisszsXbqDIDrzGSVTZrBYhgFOw8BlPPNhTyXk_6JMSwceaYy3ws_nC_qwnkmy8CEk2_igL3syHLv1xcOeifr7CEqxwmwb5YLoM/s640/BlogSaarinenEDNov2010.jpg" width="478" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">"A mobile chandelier by Interieurs hangs above a Saarinen dining table by Knoll."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ossining, New York home of Doug Turshen and Rochelle Udell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Designer: James Shearron.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Dick Bories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by James Shearron.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Samuel Cochran.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (November 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyNXXQpJEza4tna6wRNHSS9qrzJwt8QDYsE-4XKRlQS11r6zUI9aPmERMAS6wzK1wr6RahDA1QJun9xX7UZURHJN0sEEe5wRD79asQfNfgxiNzpaNaY3t2F-u74u0S9FN10I2JF8E-k4/s1600/BlogSaarinenHBApril2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyNXXQpJEza4tna6wRNHSS9qrzJwt8QDYsE-4XKRlQS11r6zUI9aPmERMAS6wzK1wr6RahDA1QJun9xX7UZURHJN0sEEe5wRD79asQfNfgxiNzpaNaY3t2F-u74u0S9FN10I2JF8E-k4/s640/BlogSaarinenHBApril2012.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Eero Saarinen's Tulip armchairs and dining table nestle cozily in the bay window. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chair cushions in Edelman Leather's Daffodil add a sunny pop of color."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Home of John Edelman, President and CEO of <a href="http://www.designwithinreach.com/" target="_blank">Design Within Reach</a>, and interior designer, Bonnie Edelman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Bonnie Edelman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Heidi Stormer (mother of Bonnie Edelman).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interview by Dylan Landis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (April 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhML96fVDFQwIB0MZcGTmhL7YDyEmVhlBBsxMuX2QOJdQRNqQdqGEzL7PdoUoaQiipMrxsEZXzzTarSdY6vMma1vK_0S-gN9Ob_M9sF0MgBBTV_A-6bBSI59X-5X9IxiNuc61oIgJRQLwM/s1600/BlogSaarinenHBApril2012Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhML96fVDFQwIB0MZcGTmhL7YDyEmVhlBBsxMuX2QOJdQRNqQdqGEzL7PdoUoaQiipMrxsEZXzzTarSdY6vMma1vK_0S-gN9Ob_M9sF0MgBBTV_A-6bBSI59X-5X9IxiNuc61oIgJRQLwM/s640/BlogSaarinenHBApril2012Two.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Eero Saarinen gets my total respect for designing a table where 10 people can sit without the annoyance of table legs," says homeowner and interior designer Bonnie Edelman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"In her family's Ridgefield, Connecticut dining room, Saarinen's Oval Dining Table and Executive Armchairs engage with a bristling Satellite chandelier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">all from <a href="http://www.designwithinreach.com/" target="_blank">Design Within Reach</a>."</span>  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Home of John Edelman, President and CEO of <a href="http://www.designwithinreach.com/" target="_blank">Design Within Reach</a>, and interior designer, Bonnie Edelman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Bonnie Edelman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Heidi Stormer (mother of Bonnie Edelman).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interview by Dylan Landis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (April 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQB8FqVVNOZaoaINGhC8LTEFIxGPIk-u1yvSI7KGXd92P_jbKIExH8YGBazv-Wohc6k71Snz2kEu6asR0NnnXD6_VyBhXQk-6bv0sCGm4vgQge4j_NCNG8kA-rjPIvmxWo2WYf32938Z4/s1600/BlogSaarinenHBDecJan2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQB8FqVVNOZaoaINGhC8LTEFIxGPIk-u1yvSI7KGXd92P_jbKIExH8YGBazv-Wohc6k71Snz2kEu6asR0NnnXD6_VyBhXQk-6bv0sCGm4vgQge4j_NCNG8kA-rjPIvmxWo2WYf32938Z4/s640/BlogSaarinenHBDecJan2011.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.olystudio.com/" target="_blank">Oly Studio</a> chairs are pulled up to a vintage Saarinen table. Painting by Patricia Hansen."</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Marie Nygren and Smith Hanes.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (December - January 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa_hDDzjQM14GQRXuqbihVSUgtcQ66kc13n3U7wVpv7sA2crgNLD3Z22BRCx95VQfmGsVteTgz-otdSx12PhcC9ddbCgdUfVSwtjTFev3SyhGUrg6-ZULihlZaP4JUDUyQzlkgukOQAU/s1600/BlogSaarinenHBJulyAugust2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa_hDDzjQM14GQRXuqbihVSUgtcQ66kc13n3U7wVpv7sA2crgNLD3Z22BRCx95VQfmGsVteTgz-otdSx12PhcC9ddbCgdUfVSwtjTFev3SyhGUrg6-ZULihlZaP4JUDUyQzlkgukOQAU/s640/BlogSaarinenHBJulyAugust2011.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the striped fabric with the marble-topped Saarinen side table.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Birmingham, Alabama home of interior designer Bill Ingram.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Bill Ingram.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Simon Watson.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5b5gqRVhUtTxKNBzish2kAID0w3ggkste-jh9ZLJ-6HmaLp6XlFLmZofh41dimJRKq7OQ_Br48IkCTSyRpDPD91T90E4q1RwBxLSbOsqYNs7kUjcpdU_7ls3h-0-4eT8t0_WE6JeazI/s1600/BlogSaarinenHBOct2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5b5gqRVhUtTxKNBzish2kAID0w3ggkste-jh9ZLJ-6HmaLp6XlFLmZofh41dimJRKq7OQ_Br48IkCTSyRpDPD91T90E4q1RwBxLSbOsqYNs7kUjcpdU_7ls3h-0-4eT8t0_WE6JeazI/s640/BlogSaarinenHBOct2011.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The most interesting rooms mix cultures and periods," says homeowner Royce Pinkwater.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1950s Eero Saarinen  table with Verner Panton's C1 chairs.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Park Avenue apartment of Royce Pinkwater, broker at Sotheby's International Realty.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Royce Pinkwater, Eric Cohler, Sidney Frazier and Kyle Clarkson.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House Beautiful (October 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPL9CfxA4HzWq6EY_81wj-pVjq23NiKc1rhGp3A8yP-YWeo76Yhux8zM4TiXGPpXZ2eqD5bPPK77DtcXRXu8v9d7Jp05FbqTuo2tGf1ViDafLqaNsYmoJj8CLTdBLZ125UngKVUF5mBU/s1600/BlogSaarinenHBOct2011Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPL9CfxA4HzWq6EY_81wj-pVjq23NiKc1rhGp3A8yP-YWeo76Yhux8zM4TiXGPpXZ2eqD5bPPK77DtcXRXu8v9d7Jp05FbqTuo2tGf1ViDafLqaNsYmoJj8CLTdBLZ125UngKVUF5mBU/s640/BlogSaarinenHBOct2011Two.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of Royce Pinkwater's 1950s Saarinen table.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Royce Pinkwater, Eric Cohler, Sidney Frazier and Kyle Clarkson.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House Beautiful (October 2011).</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAoIjJsoPuMKex__iqXc4DotIqT3fMxfk_TlX03KYVJpNHYtJTRzeLEOSvQxRWkAgm5f1_aYfAE9c3R-RILvu0NEjude7woKCh5CEr1I2Fylz9SEeGY9jSQIt3kaQvBpMQwqT286h65E/s1600/BlogSaarinenVerandaOctober2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAoIjJsoPuMKex__iqXc4DotIqT3fMxfk_TlX03KYVJpNHYtJTRzeLEOSvQxRWkAgm5f1_aYfAE9c3R-RILvu0NEjude7woKCh5CEr1I2Fylz9SEeGY9jSQIt3kaQvBpMQwqT286h65E/s640/BlogSaarinenVerandaOctober2011.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black Eero Saarinen chair by <a href="http://www.knoll.com/" target="_blank">Knoll</a>.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">New York City pied-a-terre of Orlando Diaz-Azcuy and John G. Capo.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Renovation and interior design by Orlando Diaz-Azcuy.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Veranda (October 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em></div>

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