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Organic Conference

Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen, 1940

The design of the Organic Chair was created by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen in 1940 as part of their entry for a competition entitled 'Organic Design in Home Furnishings', which was organised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. While all of the models in this group are extremely comfortable, Organic Conference is suited for table seating, unlike the versions Organic Chair and Organic Highback.

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Organic Chair

The Organic Chair – a small and comfortable reading chair – was developed in several versions for the 1940 'Organic Design in Home Furnishings' competition organised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. With its sculptural shapes, the design was ahead of the times. But due to the absence of suitable manufacturing techniques, the armchair never went into production. Not until 1950 did it become possible to manufacture and market organically shaped seat shells in large quantities, as exemplified by Charles and Ray Eames's famous Plastic Armchair or Saarinen's Tulip Chair. The Organic Chair is also available in a version with an extended backrest and longer, wider armrests – the Organic Highback armchair. The Organic Conference version can be used as table seating.

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Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen together with Charles Eames developed the first designs for furniture made from moulded plywood. In 1940, they submitted the Organic Chair as a joint entry to the “Organic Design in Home Furnishings” competition held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.