PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Here's a great primer on the life and work of Modern Design Masters, Charles and Ray Eames at a cool site called Design History Mashup. Check it out by following the link. Photos courtesy of Design History Mashup
No Good for Me (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Powers of Ten by American designers Charles & Ray Eames is one of my favorite anythings of all time. If I had to make a Laura Jane time capsule explaining to a future alien-android everything good about the twenty-three years...
Six Different Ways (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
When you think Eames, there are probably a few things that come to mind- the Eames Lounge, the Eames Aluminum Group, the molded plastic chair collection- but elephant probably isn’t one of them. Well maybe it should be! In the early 1940’s, Charles & Ray Eames developed a method for molding plywood into complex three-dimensional shapes. [...]
Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
The designs of Charles and Ray Eames have inspired countless other fields since they first appeared. We’ve never seen Eames’ inspirations in the medical field before—until now. We really admire
Apartment Therapy (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... the son of antique and curio enthusiasts, and cites many influences — Brancusi, Charles and Ray Eames — people often thought of as designers before they are thought of as sculptors or artists. "Pentacle", 2004, and "Stool with heads", 2007 The recognizable forms of discarded furniture in these pieces, and the ways in which they are reformed and repurposed give us that contagious feeling...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
You've seen some of the strategies in Daniel Eatock's work before. The embrace of the vernacular everything, seriality, obsessive collecting and child's play recall earlier efforts by Charles and Ray Eames, Paula Scher, Andy Warhol, Walker Evans and Jan Dibbets, as well as those by such contemporary artists as Damien Hirst and Tony Feher.
Pulse Laser (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
In 1977 Charles and Ray Eames made a documentary film called Powers of Ten. The second half of the film includes a slow zoom into a man’s hand, right the way through cells and molecules all the way down to an atomic structure. It’s extraordinarily engaging, beginning at a familiar human context, and visualising something [...]
This is London (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... Directions Sensuousness in Design CitiesRowan Moore, Evening Standard 15.09.08 left, Charles and Ray Eames’ postwar sideboard; above, a Christopher Dresser teapot from 1879 - Cubism 50 years ahead of its timeLook here too The theme of Design Cities suggests a sprawling epic, something to fill a Royal Academy or a Tate: a century-and-a-half of design, spread over seven great cities, each...
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Part exhibition, part gallery and part retail, the show offers up 25 leading dealers in original design from the 40s to the 80s, covering everything from furniture and lighting through to decorative items, art and jewellery. That means the likes of Mies Van der Rohe, Friso Kramer, Jean Prouvé, Arne Jacobsen, Bruno Mathsson, Charles and Ray Eames and Joe Colombo over an 863 square metre space....
Dexigner Design Portal (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
... as Mies Van der Rohe, Friso Kramer, Jean Prouv?, Arne Jacobsen, Bruno Mathsson, Charles and Ray Eames or Joe Colombo and many others will be on show at the exhibition area that expands to some 863 sqm.Most of the dealers and galleries, from the Germany, Netherlands, France and Belgium, will present their treasures for the first time in Berlin.All merchandise offered for sale during the event...
Better Living Through Design (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... for Emeco. (Retail: $825) Swan Chair, Designed by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen.(Retail: $3,045) Eames® Management Chair, Designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. (Retail: $1,999) Saarinen Tulip™ Stool, Designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. (Retail: $1,014) Wassily™ Chair, Designed by Marcel Breuer for Knoll. (Retail: $1,824) [posted by katie]
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... Corbusier in1936. In the post-war period, the exhibition moves to the Los Angeles of Charles and Ray Eames in 1949, then to Milan in 1957 and Tokyo’s creative flowering in1987. Finally, returning to present day London which is once again the world’s leading centre for design, the base for Ron Arad and Ross Lovegrove, Jasper Morrison and many other leading contemporary designers. The exhibition...
Apartment Therapy - Chicago (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Now at the MCA gift shop, some new pieces and a few old: Above, from top left: Eames house bird , $195: Charles and Ray Eames augmented the interior “collage” of the Eames House with numerous objects brought back from their extensive travels. The figure of a black wooden bird — evidently one of their most prized objects of American folk art — has stood in the centre of their living...
core77.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
A cupboard by Charles and Ray Eames, Los Angeles, 1949 London's Design Museum will inaugurate a century spanning exhibition - Design Cities 1851-2008 - this week to celebrate 150 years of style. Curated by Deyan Sudjic, director of the Museum, it is set to open there on Friday- an array of design and architecture assembled from across Europe, categorised by the city and year of their creation....
Apartment Therapy - San Francisco (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Retro@Home specializes in Scandinavian and American mid-century furnishings, textiles and decorative arts. Owner Val Ibardolasa has a practiced eye for this era and continually refreshes the showroom with new pieces. Showcasing designers such as Hans J. Wegner, Jens Risom, Charles and Ray Eames, and Paul McCobb (among many others), Retro@Home's furniture collection is extensive and includes...
