In a series of commissions for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, the 1964 New York World’s Fair, and the 1968…
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Eames Archives: Collaging Ideas
The care and stewardship of the Eames Office’s photographic archive have undergone a transition in the last few months as…
What is a House?
Charles felt very keenly that providing the best possible homes at the lowest possible cost was an architect’s primary responsibility,…
Charles and Ray Eames: Tradesman Who Made Models
Looking at the couple’s expansive body of work that includes everything from furniture and films to exhibitions and architecture, we…
Eames in the Seventies: The Eames Loose Cushion Arm Chair
Arthur Drexler had a record run as the Curator of Architecture and Industrial Design at the Museum of Modern Art,…
Charles Eames asks “How is it going to look in ten years?”
Hugh DePree and Charles Eames In his book, “Business as Unusual: The People and Principles of Herman Miller,” DePree noted:…
Eames Archives: Bread Smells
Sample Lesson was a lecture series hosted by the University of Georgia’s Department of Fine Arts in January 1953. The…
Your Eames Story: How Charles and Ray Impacted My Life
I knew it first as the “comfy chair,” which sits on the right side of my grandfather’s living room when…
Eames Archives: On a Hollywood Set
When Charles and Ray first moved to Los Angeles in 1941, Charles worked as a set designer for MGM. The job…
Eames Archives: Parking Lot Photography
Charles Eames once remarked, “never let the blood show.” When the Eames Office presented a project to the public—whether it…
Eames Archives: Two Sculptures for a House
Charles and Ray felt free to move and reorganize their belongings during their first decade in the Eames House. Similar…
