WARREN PLATNER (1919-2016)
Side Table
USA, 1966
Intricate steel and glass
Measurements
38 cm diameter x 51 cm h
14,96 in. diameter x 20,07 in. h
Biography
Warren Platner graduated from the Cornell University School of Architecture in 1941, and soon after he started working in the of ces of legendary designers Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei. He opened his own New Haven of ce in 1967, which quickly became an important design studio, creating furniture, lighting and textiles, as well as interiors. Platner outlined the de nition of a ‘classic’ as being: something that every time you look at it, you accept it as it is and you see no way of improving it.