TIME LIFE LOBBY CASE GOODS DESK, BOOKCASE, CREDENZA

DATE - 1961

When George Nelson asked Charles and Ray Eames to help design the U.S. Pavilion at the American Exhibition in Moscow in 1959, they needed to work fast. So Charles called upon Henry Luce, chairman of Time-Life, to ask if he could use the company’s vast archive of images for a film he and Ray planned to make for the exhibition. Luce’s only condition was that Charles would return the favor one day. 

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A year after the exhibition in Moscow, which was a great success featuring an impressive Eames multiscreen slideshow, Luce asked the Eames Office to design the lobby for the executive floors of his new building.

The Eames Office created the basic elements of the lobby, including a solid walnut reception desk, matching credenza, and a display bookshelf. Charles and Ray also responded with the Eames Executive Chair, in both lobby and desk versions, and solid walnut stools, which are still in production today from Herman Miller and Vitra.

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