In 1961 Playboy magazine brought these gentlemen together for a photo. From left are George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom. I found this photo to be incredibly cool as sitting together here are, really, six pivotal individuals in the development and perpetuation of modernist design. Men who both individually and collectively left a lasting design legacy. Heavyweights, if you will. These six also had significant influence on the concept and execution of the open plan office environment, and its relationship to modernism, working with companies like Knoll, Herman Miller and Steelcase. How little we have progressed in the intervening time and how much potential still remains.
DWR highlighted the image and commentary from Jens Risom about the photo shoot and the accompanying article in Playboy.
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