Design Saarinen Keuruu Finland Birch Plywood Plates - Eero?

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brbeard

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17/01/2014 10:29 pm

Does anyone know what the deal is with the plywood plates that are so frequently attributed to Eero Saarinen? (Pics found on the internet attached). It just seems like wishful thinking to me...Does anyone know if the "Design Saarinen" referenced here is Eero? I can find very little info, history-wise, on these plates at all.

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Robert Leach

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17/01/2014 10:34 pm

Seen them several times
but like you, struggle to imagine them being by Eero Saarinen- they're just not 'engineered' enough in my opinion, too rustic, despite the materIal.
I hope somebody can chip in with more than a hunch though.

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17/01/2014 10:43 pm

My hunch
is that they were designed by his pop Eliel?

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17/01/2014 10:49 pm

And while on that subject
if you can get to Bloomington Hills, MI, take the tour of Saarinen House at Cranbrook, it's fantastic-

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17/01/2014 11:45 pm

Thanks for the replies! I...
Thanks for the replies! I live in Chicago, so Michigan isn't too far of a trek. Come summertime, I may make it over there. I've been meaning to make it to Columbus, IN too...

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