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The Toy
Posted September 9, 2019Continue readingIn 1951, Charles and Ray Eames brought to market The Toy, a colorful, thoughtful product,...
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The Eames Dash Ninety-Nine Collaboration with Alexander Girard
Posted August 22, 2019Continue readingBy 1966, two million Eames Fiberglass Shell Chairs had been produced. Herman Miller marked...
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#TBT Pharrell Williams and an Eames chair in GQ
Posted March 26, 2018Continue readingFour years ago this month, Pharrell Williams was on the GQ cover, and on the inside he’s...
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Yves Behar Specifies Eames for Canopy
Posted March 20, 2018Continue readingWe salute Herman Miller designer Yves Behar (of the Sayl chair and more) for specifying Eames...
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Exploded Eames at the Henry Ford Museum
Posted September 7, 2017Continue readingIf you’re curious to see how the Eames Lounge Chair looks when suspended into an...
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14 Eamesian Parables
Posted September 6, 2017Continue readingThis is the first of many Director’s Blogs to come. The posts will be a regular installment...
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The Need for Orange
Posted July 5, 2017Continue readingFor fifty five years, employees and shoppers at Toy House, a toy store in Jackson, Michigan,...
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Vintage Graphics from the Eames Vaults
Posted September 23, 2016Continue readingFor many years, the Eames Office produced the sales materials used to promote their products.
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The Chair in Charles Eames’s Office
Posted September 9, 2016Continue readingVisitors to Schaudepot, the newest building at the Vitra Design Museum (VDM), can now see Charles...
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The Secret of the Eames Segmented Base
Posted August 16, 2016Continue readingCharles and Ray Eames introduced the Segmented Base Table design in 1964.