The illustrious career of Charles and Ray Eames “Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects, etc. ... the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.”
—Charles Eames
“... everything hangs on something else.”
—Ray Eames
Nothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design. Though they are best known to the general public for their furniture, the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames (1907–78 and 1912–88, respectively) were also forerunners in the fields of architecture, industrial design, photography, and film. This book covers all the aspects of their illustrious career, from the earliest furniture experiments and molded plywood designs to the Case Study Houses to their work for Herman Miller and films such as the seminal short, Powers of Ten.
Thankfully, consummate designers Charles Eames Jr. (1907-1978) and his wife Bernice "Ray" Eames (1912-1988) no longer have to be discovered. Even the general public is now familiar with at least the furniture creations of this modest, diligent couple. This Taschen hardcover celebration displays the surprisingly wide range of these collaborative genius in architecture, photography, industrial design, and film. Editor's recommendation.
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The illustrious career of Charles and Ray Eames “Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects, etc. ... the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.”
—Charles Eames
“... everything hangs on something else.”
—Ray Eames
Nothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design. Though they are best known to the general public for their furniture, the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames (1907–78 and 1912–88, ...