Cast in 1:6th scale, the Vitra Miniature Tulip Chair is every inch the specimen of great design that its larger cousin. Crafted to the exacting specifications of the original, the Vitra Miniature Tulip Chair forms a part of the organisation's popular range of miniatures, with the collectables making for stylish additions to all manner of environments. Eero Saarinen was famed for his pursuant of context with his design work, and always strove to have his pieces imagined within the wider environment, famously stating that one should “Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context”. What greater a fate for his beloved Tulip Chair then, than as a formidable objet d’art in its own right, decorating the bookshelves and desks of offices, ad agencies and home studies across the world.
Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was incredibly influential in shaping the postwar American modern design movement. Born in Finland Eero Saarinen was the son of architect Eliel Saarinen, one of the founders of the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Saarinen is best known for designing the Tulip dining table and tulip chairs as well as the Organic chair which he designed in collaboration with Charles Eames in 1940.
