Designer
Egon Eiermann
Egon Eiermann (1904-1970) was one of the leading architects of post-war modernism in Germany.
Alongside the buildings, he showed the same grasp of craftsmanship in furniture that has outlasted its period.
The maker
Biography
Eiermann studied architecture at the Technische UniversitƤt Berlin and opened an architecture studio with Fritz Jaenecke early in his career. After the Second World War he began teaching at the university of Karlsruhe and started his own practice.
Models & collaborations
Models and collaborations
Eiermann's designs took up the new materials and forms of the post-war years with a sharp eye, and in 1953 his SE 18 chair received the Good Design Award from the Museum of Modern Art.
Available works