Vitra Eames Desk Unit (EDU) Florence Knoll A total of over 100

A total of over 100 hand-made Shoji-paper models for table lights

each design contrasts and balances the soft (curves) with the architectural (stitched seams)

Like Eero Saarinen and Mies van der Rohe

This meticulously detailed solid wood table features a sculptural leg with complex joinery

The design process involves a special die-casting process and the chair is composed of only 2 parts and made without welding

Vitra Eames Desk Unit (EDU) Florence Knoll A total of over 100In 1949, Charles and Ray Eames developed a new system of free standing multifunctional shelves and writing desks which similar to the Eames House that dates from the same time were constructed strictly in keeping with the principles of industrial mass production: the Eames Storage Units (ESU) and Eames Desk Units (EDU). The top is made of plywood with a maple veneer, the screens are in coloured lacquer, the metal surfaces are brushed and chromed and