Dive deep into the Eames world through articles exploring Charles and Ray's beautiful designs, anecdotes, and connections. Written primarily by Eames Office staff and incorporating historical images from our photographic archives.
We’re showing a glimpse of the friendship between Saul Steinberg, Hedda Sterne, and the Eameses while highlighting that some of their inspiration was derived from the attitudes of the circus. Learn about the beginnings of their relationship and how a series of Eames chairs received a performative Steinberg personalization....
In 1933, during the era of the Great Depression, Charles Eames left his architecture career and young family in St. Louis…
The Spirit of St. Louis, a Warner Brothers feature film released in 1957, tells the story of Charles Lindbergh’s historic…
As the Eameses aimed to solve the lifestyle needs of their most cherished relationships, they concluded that the general public…
Traveling Boy was the first film made by Charles and Ray. The lessons learned from its creation helped grow the Eameses into experienced filmmakers. …
Seventy-five years ago (1948) in Los Angeles, Charles Eames photographed the circus using a 4×5 Linhof camera. The circus always…
The very first toys designed by Charles and Ray for mass production were large head and body masks for children…
The Eames Solar Do-Nothing Machine was a solar-powered toy made as a commission for the Aluminum Company of America, or…
