Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in chicago, this famous film transports us to the. Frequently photographed in matching clothes, poses, or both, each brought a rich array of talents to. Jun 21, 20 in anticipation of this months dwell on design show, we have been thinking a lot about one of the most prominent duos in modern design history. The donation included paper, photographs, and motion pictures. Their collaborative oeuvre contributed to the development of postwar american modernism. They also wrote books, made motion pictures, and designed exhibitions, fabrics, and industrial and consumer products. The husband and wife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as americas most important designers. Get inside the minds and the workspace of charles and ray eames, two of the 20th centurys most influential designers. In anticipation of this months dwell on design show, we have been thinking a lot about one of the most prominent duos in modern design history.
Design history was born in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in venice beach, california, where charles and ray eames set up their renaissancestyle studio in the optimistic flush of american victory during world war ii. Charles died in 1978 with ray dying of cancer on 21 august 1988, ten years to the day after charles. Apr 21, 2020 a selection of the movies of charles and ray eames. The 10 best eames designs in pictures culture the guardian. The husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as americas most important designers. Ray and charles working on a conceptual model for the exhibition mathematica, 1960, photograph. From 1941 to 1978 charles and ray eames, a husbandandwife team, brought unique talents to their partnership. Due to a number of delays, the relocation of the moving image materials from the eames office to the librarys landover, maryland, facility was not finished until 2004. Charles and ray eames are counted among the most important figures of twentiethcentury design. Vitra brings original eames radio into production for the first time. The eames foundation has released a plan to maintain the modernist californian residence that charles and ray eames built for themselves to make it look like the designers just stepped out for. Preserving the charles and ray eamesherman miller films. He attended school there and developed an interest in engineering and architecture. Though best known for their furniture designs, charles and ray eames made more than 125 filmsstriking attempts to get across an idea.
On november 19, 1982, ray eames signed a deed of gift to bequeath the eames collection to the library of congress. Design writers and editors were asked to reveal their favorite instagram pages, and the eames office made the list. Charles and ray eames continued to experiment in their flat with a press they called kazam. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Powers of ten takes us on an adventure in magnitudes. The couple met at cranbrook academy of art, in the 1930s, where they collaborated with eero saarinen on designs for furniture. The architect and the painter a film by jason cohn and bill jersey. Charles and ray eames headed the most creative design office in post world war ii america. Charles and ray eames were two of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Between 1950 and 1982, charles and ray eames made over 125 short films ranging from minutes in length. Louis on scholarship for two years and being thrown out for his advocacy of frank lloyd wright, he began working in an architectural office.
Vitra design museum, weil am rhein, germany 30 sept 201725 feb 2018. Admired for their creations and fascinating as individuals, they have risen to iconic status in american culture. Dec 06, 2011 charles and ray eames headed the most creative design office in post world war ii america. From 1941 to 1978 charles and ray eames, a husbandandwife team, brought unique. Toccata for toy trains and powers of ten are two brilliant examples of the eameses skill, creativity and farreaching interests.
They also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art, and film. The eames furniture, especially office chairs such as the lounge and aluminium series are today synonymous with mid20th century corporate america. Charles eames and ray eames, american designers best known for the beauty, comfort, elegance, and delicacy of their massproducible furniture. Charles and ray eamess careers in the 1950s mirrored americas postwar shift from an industrial economy of goods to a postindustrial society of information. At the world of charles and ray eames making its u. Charles and ray eames films shine a light on their design. The two are ranked among the finest american designers of the 20th century, renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, industrial design and the photographic arts. Interesting to see the beginnings of their design group and all of. He was married to ray eames and catherine woermann.
An architect friend humorously recalls a dinner party at charles and ray eames s home where a visual dessert of floral centerpieces was. Charles eames 19071978 and ray kaiser eames 19121988 were a creative couple renown for their furniture design and architecture, as well as textiles, photography, and film. Jason cohn and bill jerseys definitive documentary delves into the private world the eameses created in their renaissancestyle, venice beach. Media in category charles and ray eames the following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total. Charles and ray eames were a husband and wife team whose unique synergy gave shape to americas 20th century. Charles eames biography childhood, life achievements. In creative partnership with his spouse, ray kaiser eames, he was responsible for groundbreaking contributions in the field of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts. Jun 14, 2017 though best known for their furniture designs, charles and ray eames made more than 125 filmsstriking attempts to get across an idea. Charles had a daughter, lucia jenkins eames, with his first wife. Their work spans the fields of furniture design, filmmaking, photography and exhibition design. Netflix documentary about eames and modern design popsugar home. Perhaps best remembered for their midcentury plywood and fiberglass furniture, the eames office also created a mindbending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during world war ii, to photography, interiors, multimedia exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. Documentary shorts mostly, these films continue to be very influential. They are best remembered for their midcentury modern furniture, built from innovative materials, including molded plywood, fiberglass.
The two are ranked among the finest american designers of the 20th century, renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, industrial design and. Nov 30, 2017 charles had a daughter, lucia jenkins eames, with his first wife. Rather than furnishings and buildings, the eames office focused its efforts on communication systemsexhibitions, publications, and films. Here youll find drawings of some of the most iconic eames designs, a few downloadable goodies and little bit of text should you need to brush up on your eames history. These three film essays touch on critical issues in charles and rays work. The architect and the painter premieres nationally monday, december 19 from 1011. Charles eames 190778 and ray eames 191288 gave shape to americas twentieth century. Volume 2 of the eames films contains three films that are absolutely crucial to any meaningful understanding of the eames work.
When you own an eames product made by vitra, you know it is an original. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in chicago, this famous film transports us to the outer edges of the universe. The eameses produced these media for governments at home and abroad, for industry, and for the education and pleasure of their friends and colleagues. He was an architect by training, she was a painter and sculptor. Nothing says modernist perfection like an eames design. Beyond the age of information, charles eames said in 1971, is the age of choices.
Frequently photographed in matching clothes, poses, or both, each brought a. Charles eames june 17, 1907 august 21, 1978 was an american designer, architect and film maker. Aug 26, 2010 powers of ten takes us on an adventure in magnitudes. Vitra is the sole authorised manufacturer of eames products for europe and the middle east. This is an excellent documentary about charles and ray eames, their lives and their designs. Charles ormond eames and ray bernice alexandra kaiser met at the cranbrook academy of art in michigan, where they both studied design and architecture in the late 1930s. During that time 193941 he collaborated with the architectdesigner eero saarinen on various design projects, one of which was a formfitting shell chair that won first place in the organic design competition conducted in 1940. The husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as. The husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames were americas most influential and important industrial designers.
Watch the definitive documentary on the husbandwife design icons. With charles eames, ray eames, james franco, jeannine oppewall. The world of charles and ray eames exhibition toured to. They eventually married and developed a joint career based on a commitment to devising elegant solutions to design problems. Charles and ray eames eames office, llc is committed to communicating, preserving, and extending the legacy and work of charles and ray eames. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. William cook looks at how the pair worked together to create designs that still inspire today. Charles eames, who was also an architect, was for several years head of the experimental design department at cranbrook academy of art, bloomfield hills, michigan.
Dec 18, 2017 charles and ray eames were two of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Perhaps best remembered for their midcentury plywood and fiberglass furniture, the eames office also created a mindbending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during world war ii, to photography, interiors, multimedia exhibits, graphics. Their lives and work represented the nations defining social movements. Charles american, 19071978 and ray eames american, 19121988 were designers most well known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, and furniture and industrial design and manufacturing. The eames office focused its efforts on exhibitions, publications, and films. He was a director and writer, known for where did you go. Eames office official site of charles and ray eames. This is the first work ive consulted that describes their films in detail. Their communications projects elevated charles and ray eames to the status of cultural ambassadors overseas and interpreters of the meaning of america at home.
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