Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was Eero Saarinen's father.
George mulhouser graduated from the pratt institute in 1953 with a degree in industrial design. in 1955 he created the coconut chair! he worked for herman miller developing the steel frame cases and then in the 60's he created the "mr" chair in his home and it was produced by plycraft. In the late 50s, Mulhauser developed geometric molded fibreglass glass for Paul McCobb, while contributing to further advances in office systems with Stendig, integrating a novel, recessed file system at arm’s length across the desk surface. During this period, he taught furniture design at Pratt.
Beginning in1968 michel jaubert has been creating furniture in polished bronze and aluminum and has designed and made a collection of sculptures and everyday objects such as lamps, floor lamps, sconces, ashtrays, cups and tableware as well a as furniture items such as tables and stands. All these items have been offered by Cardin and Dereux, Scandia, estc. All items are signed "M.Jaubert" He has also made jewelry which is normally not signed. All items are created in the lost wax method.
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Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect who was in the Avant Garde of Modernism when he designed the city of Brazilia.