On the 20th of August we celebrate the life and work of one of our favourite mid-century designers here at Pash Classics. Eero Saarinen may be well known to our followers as the creator of the beautiful Tulip Tables and Chairs,...
Posts from the category: Designers
Rocking the RAR with NetMums
How do you find the perfect nursery chair? At Pash Classics, we believe it’s got to be beautifully designed, fun, hardwearing – and hopefully excellent value for money, too. This month we have teamed up with NetMums, the UK’s...
Eero Saarinen’s Secret Intelligence
A one time poster boy of modernist architecture in 1950s America (in 1956 he appeared on the cover of Time magazine) shortly after his death in 1961 (aged 51) Saarinen reputation took a nose dive. However, recently his legacy has...
Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier and E.1027
All disciplines have their personal jealousies, their leading lights and their enfant terrible. In the relationship between Eileen Gray & Le Corbusier we get all three and then more besides. In this relationship we get...
Le Corbusier – enfant terrible of Modernist Architecture?
Le Corbusier (1885-1965), the Swiss born architect, is considered both the High Priest and enfant terrible of twentieth century modernist architecture and town planning. He helped to define and clarify an approach to urban design...