The Architect Designer (Page 19)

The Architect Designers collection at Encyclopedia.Design explores how visionaries trained in architecture extend their expertise beyond buildings to design furniture, lighting, home decor, and industrial objects. Applying architectural principles—structure, proportion, materials, and function—these designers redefine everyday objects as functional works of art.

What You’ll Find in This Collection:

Profiles of Renowned Architect Designers – Explore the work of Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Zaha Hadid, Alvar Aalto, Jean Prouvé, and contemporary architect-designers.
Architectural Influence in Product Design – Discover how principles like form follows function, minimalism, and modularity shape furniture, lighting, and industrial objects.
Iconic Architect-Designed Objects – Learn about Le Corbusier’s LC4 Chaise Lounge, Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Chair, Eero Saarinen’s Tulip Table, and Zaha Hadid’s fluid furniture.
Materials & Structural Innovation – See how architects experiment with concrete, wood, glass, metal, and sustainable materials in object design.
The Future of Architect-Designed Objects – Explore how 3D printing, computational design, and parametric modeling are revolutionizing furniture and product design.

From Bauhaus-inspired chairs to parametric-designed furniture, architect designers blur the line between architecture, sculpture, and functional design, creating objects that are both artistic and structurally refined.

📌 Discover how architects bring their visionary spatial thinking to product design, redefining everyday objects through the lens of architecture.

Saarinen Houses - featured image

They are architecture’s most famous father-son duo: Eero, the younger Saarinen, designer of such masterpieces as the TWA Terminal Building at Kennedy Airport, and his father Eliel, celebrated for triumphs such as the art nouveau railway station in Helsinki. Lesser known, but no less impressive, are their houses, which, regardless of style, share a belief in architecture as a total work of art.Read More →