EAMESthe architect and the painter

Ray and Charles Eames

Charles and Ray  Eames were American designers.They made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture.

Ray and Charles Eames•they occupy a central position in the history of postwar American design.

Charles Eames

Charles Eames was not only furniture designer. He was also an architect and filmmaker.

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“I had been trainedas a painter, but when we were workingon furniture, and again in film, it never seemed like leaving painting in any way, because it was just another form.”

Everything that they didin design, she saw asan extension of her painting.

RayEames

architectpainter &

EAMES OFFICEFurniture, toys,

architecture, exhibitions,

photography, and film were all

connected in the wild, whimsical

world of the Eames Office.

The Eames chair TIME magazine called it "the greatest design of the 20th century.“

Responding to a competition at the museum of modern art (MOMA) in 1940, Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, set out to reinvent the very idea of the chair.

They won the competition. The irony is that the chair that Eames and Saarinen designed,they couldn't really manufacture

MOMA Competitio

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After many unsuccessful attempts, Eero Saarinen scrapped the project.

New partnership

At Cranbrook, Charles had become friendly with Ray Kaiser.

They sparked, and the rest is literally history..

Charles quit his job at Cranbrook, and, in one last letter to Ray, he asked for her hand in marriage.

His future with his new bride now depended on making the chair work.

 

Second World War troubles and opportunities.

U.S. military needed new splints. Charles and Ray

Eames were designed splints made of molded plywood.

In a rented warehouse space, their team of skilled designers and craftspeople made 150,000 splints.

The beginningof the Eames

design process

a process of learning by

doingThe plywood furniture was good to go in 1946.

Charles and Ray scored success with line after line of Eames furniture.

"We wanted to make the bestfor the most for the least."

EAMES PRODUCTS

EAMES MOLDED PLASTIC CHAIR

Side chair

EAMES MOLDED WOOD CHAIR

Side chair

Eames Meets New Technology

Today's technology has finally allowed the flexibility of wood.

Since the first public release in 1951, "Eames Molded Plastic Side Chair", also known as the miracle of design has come a long way.

LA CHAISE chair

“Floating figure”, Gaston Lachaise

This chair was originally designed in 1948 for the Museum of Modern Art's "International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design.". 

The play on words of the name "La Chaise" references both the furniture form and an observation by Charles and Ray that a floating sculpture by Gaston LaChaise could fit in this chair.

ALUMINIUM GROUP

Multipurpose chairs

The lithe chairs of the Eames Aluminum Group have been a popular design since

their introduction in 1958.And a wide range of material options lets

you create the chair you want.

EAMES LONGUE CHAIR AND OTTOMAN

 They were released in 1956 after years of development by designers. The

quintessential modern classic, the set is now available in an expanded range of materials, to suit any interior and every

taste.

THE EAMES HOUSE

The facade is broken down into a rigidly geometric composition of brightly colored panels between thin steel columns and braces, painted black.

Besides the dry brush that hangs from the ceiling, two

images of Hans Hofmann were hanging too.

The colors and banners of the facade also have a functional character. They dictate the relationship between interior and exterior architecture, and they vary according to the needs of light, air, privacy and views.

House interior

The Eames house in Los Angeles on that bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean is surely one of the

great buildings of the 20th century.

The house was included in a list of all time top 10 houses in Los Angeles.

IMPORTANCE OF EAMES FOR DESIGN OF 20TH CENTURY

For more than four decades, American designers Charles and Ray Eames helped shape nearly every facet of American life.

From their architecture, furniture, and textile designs to their photography and corporate

design, the husband-and-wife team exerted a profound influence on the visual character

of daily life in America, whether at work or at home.

Thankfully, they lived long enough to have a profound impact on American culture and society.

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