Ice Cube talks about the Eames House for Pacific Standard Time.

Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames for Pacific Standard Time the birth of the LA art scene.

For more info on Ice Cube & The Eames visit http://pacificstandardtime.org.

Ice Cube drives Inglewood blvd. describing the Los Angeles that he knows. He talks of landmarks like The Forum, Five Torches, Cockatoo Inn, Brolly Hut, and Watts Towers. He refers to the 110 as "Gangsta Highway". Cube says coming from South Central LA teaches you how to be resourceful. The video cuts to Cube walking the Eames House perimeter, through the Eames living room, and sitting in the Eames lounge chair. He brings us back to his NWA years when he studied architectural drafting before launching his rap career. One thing he learned that translates is to always have a plan. Cube describes the modern, green and resourceful building design of Charles and Ray Eames. Visionaries of connecting nature and structure. Cube ends by saying "Who are these people who got a problem with LA? Maybe they mad cuz they don't live here."

Eames Blank House of Cards

Now available for purchase a new version of the Eames Classic toy, House of Cards.  These interlocking cards are blank and awaiting your imagination!  Draw, paint, college and build.  Wonderful for group activies -- classes, birthday parties and workshops of all sorts.  They connect ideas, hopes and aspirations.

The blank cards match the size of the medium House of Cards deck, 6 7/8" x 4 5/8".  They are sold individaully and in bundles of 10, 25, 50 or 100+ cards.

Essential Eames: The Design of Knowledge

Visit the Eames Office to see our newly arrived stars: the Probability Machine and Celestial Mechanics.

Essential Eames explores the classic yet contemporary educational philosophies of Charles and Ray Eames through an intimate look at their films, exhibitions, presentations, and former staff members’ recollections. Three additional components from the original 1961 exhibition, Mathematica: A World of Numbers . . . and Beyond, are also featured: the Moebius Strip, History Wall and Image Wall.

Eames Alphabet Blocks