Vitra - Eames Elephant multiplex American cherry wood

Vitra Eames elephant american cherry wood

Design by Charles & Ray Eames.

The Vitra Elephant is a design by Charles & Ray Eames from 1945, but it was not put into production until much later. The process of bending plywood took a few years, first there had to be a lot of experimentation because of the material use. For a long time, the only existing copy stood in the Modern Museum of Art in New York until now, of course.

Vitra is now much further with the technology to produce this special design with all its curvatures and it is possible to enjoy all of this wonderful design elephant. After the plastic version, which is very suitable for children, there is now the plywood version covered with beautiful American cherry veneer, a jewel for your modern interior.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the iconic piece in 2020, Vitra launched Eames Elephant in cherry wood as a limited, numbered edition of 999 pieces. The beautiful finish not only keeps the beautiful natural grain of the plywood visible, but also pays tribute to the color of the toy's natural counterpart.

Product Features:

The elephant is 35 centimeters wide, 42 centimeters high and 41 centimeters deep.

The designer:

Ray and Charles Eames were an American designer couple whose name is known to anyone with an interest in modern design. Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied architecture at the University of Washington and, at the invitation of the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, continued his studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Michigan in 1940. There he met Eero Saarinen, with whom he entered a competition called " Organic Design in Home Decor" organized by MoMA in New York. Eames and Saarinen won the competition using a plywood molding technique originally developed by Alvar Aalto. In Cranbrook, Charles Eames also met her future wife Ray, and the couple married in 1941.