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MOMA Organic Design 1941 – The cover page by McKnight Kauffer is a distinctive image of a hand & ball with a red line between the word design & the fingertip
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MOMA Organic Design 1941 – The cover page by McKnight Kauffer is a distinctive image of a hand & ball with a red line between the word design & the fingertip

Cover Page
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Inner pages outline the competition & list winners with Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen in Category A for living room seating

Inner Pages
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Pages 2 & 3 are the contents with the design of Eames & Saarinen given as chairs on page 12 & furniture on 26

Pages 2 & 3
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Pages 4 & 5 give a comprehensive outline to the competition and what it hopes to achieve with a piece on modern development

Pages 4 & 5
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Pages 10 & 11 use text and photographs to show the Organic Chair design of Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen, winner in its class

Pages 10 & 11
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Pages 12 & 13 show the original Organic Chair design drawings and photos and show the early use of plywood and rubber mounts

Pages 12 & 13
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Pages 14 & 15 show the many developmental experiments and finished pieces of the Eames & Saarinen Organic Chair design

Pages 14 & 15
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Pages 16 & 17 show the architectural drawings and photos of the Eames & Saarinen Sectional Sofa made for the competition

Pages 16 & 17
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Pages 46 & 47 show the early career of Charles Eames in the Biographical index which showed him teaching design at Cranbrook

Pages 46 & 47
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – Page 48 has the biographical career of Saarinen at this point with more architectural achievements than his friend Charles

Page 48
MOMA Organic Design 1941 – The rear cover page utilizes the same hand and world design from the front but using an orange background and white outline

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