Vitra Eames Elephant Small Sky Blue RE

Vitra Eames Elephant Small Sky Blue RE.

The Elephant is a design by Charles & Ray Eames from 1945.

The Elephant is loved by both young and old. The majestic animal of the savannah in a lovely shape in distinct and special colors. The oversized ears increase the not-so-small huggable content of the Elephant. Designed in 1945 but still with enormous appeal.

This model is now manufactured from plastic sourced from post industrial wast.
The transition to recycled material is accompanied by a revision of the colour palette: the previous colours black, white and pale pink are complemented by the four new colours emerald green, sky blue, Eames red Orange and canary yellow - making it easy to find the perfect Eames Elephant RE in just the right colour for every play area, inside and out.

Dimensions: The elephant Small is: H21 x 39 x 20.5 cm.

About the designers:

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.