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Charles and Ray Eames Free FREE CHARLES AND RAY EAMES PDF Patricia De Muga,Sandra Dachs,Laura Garcia Hintze | 128 pages | 28 Feb 2008 | EDICIONES POLIGRAFA | 9788434311459 | English | Barcelona, Spain Eames Lounge Chair - Wikipedia Charles Eames, born in St. Louis, Missouri, studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and designed a number of houses and churches in collaboration with various partners. His work caught the attention of Eliel Saarinen, who offered him a fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan in Eames was appointed head of the industrial design department at Cranbrook the same year. During this year she exhibited her work in the first exhibition of the American Abstract Artists group at the Riverside Museum in New York. She matriculated at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Charles and Ray Eames married in and moved to Los Angeles, where together they began experimenting with techniques for the three-dimensional moulding of plywood. The aim was to create comfortable chairs that were affordable. However, the war interrupted their work, and Charles and Ray turned instead to the design and development of leg splints made of plywood, which were manufactured in large quantities for the US Navy. Inthey exhibited their experimental furniture designs at MoMA. In addition to their work in furniture design and architecture, they also regularly turned their hand to graphic design, photography, film and exhibition design. Charles and Ray Eames have had a profound and lasting influence on Vitra. It was the encounter with their work that spurred the company's beginnings as a furniture manufacturer. Yet it is not just Charles and Ray Eames products of Charles and Ray Eames that have left a mark on Vitra. Even today, their design philosophy continues to significantly shape the company's values, orientation and goals. This seminal influence is most clearly reflected in the question that is always asked at Vitra when making important design decisions: What would Charles Charles and Ray Eames Ray say? Over the course of their shared lifetime, the couple gave their answers during trips to Europe and return visits to California. Since the death of Charles and RayVitra has remained in close contact with the Eames family, which now runs the Eames Office, regarding all matters concerning the preservation, further development and production of Eames designs. Vitra is the sole authorised manufacturer of Eames products for Europe and the Charles and Ray Eames East. When you own an Eames product made by Vitra, you know it is an original. Charles and Ray Eames major part of the objects in the couple's estate was received in From personal letters, photographs, drawings and artwork, to their products, models, multimedia installations and furniture, the book 'Essential Eames' includes not only some of the designs for which Charles and Ray Eames are best known, but provides an insight into the lives of the Eameses, the Eames Office and Charles and Ray Eames breadth of their pioneering work, bringing their ideas and playful spirit to life. Get the book at shop. VitraHaus Vitra Home Collection Autumn Workspace Expo. Design Processes. Vitra Design Museum. Vitra Schaudepot. Back to Charles and Ray Eames top. For your home. This might also interest you. The Chair in Charles Eames' Office. The Kazam! Downloads Projects Our Clients Tools. About Vitra. Online Shop. AD Classics: Eames House / Charles and Ray Eames | ArchDaily Shop Now. Your browser's Javascript functionality is turned off. Please turn it on so that you can experience the full capabilities of this site. Clear All. Store Contract Customer Service Login Register. Search Catalog Search No results found. Store Contract Herman Miller. Customer Service United States. They make the product. Showing Charles and Ray Eames of 46 Results. Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. More Options. Eames Hang-It-All. Eames Soft Pad Management Chair. Eames Aluminum Group Executive Chair. Eames Aluminum Group Lounge Chair. Eames Walnut Stool. Eames Soft Pad Executive Chair. Eames Executive Chair. Eames Aluminum Group Ottoman. Eames Aluminum Group Ottoman Outdoor. Eames Storage Unit, 1x2. Eames Desk Unit. Eames Storage Unit, 4x2. Eames Storage Unit, 2x2 with Doors. Eames Storage Unit, 1x1. Eames Storage Unit, 2x2. Eames Coffee Table. Eames Wire Base Low Table. Eames Task Armchair, Upholstered. Eames Rectangular Coffee Table. Eames Wire Base Elliptical Charles and Ray Eames. Eames Task Armchair. Eames Round Table, Universal Base. Eames Task Side Chair, Upholstered. Eames Wire Chair, Seat Pad. Eames Square Table, Universal Base. Eames Molded Plywood Folding Screen. Eames Task Side Chair. View More. Are you visiting store. Shop your regional site for more relevant pricing and promotions:. Charles and Ray Eames | Eames Office The Eames Lounge Chair and ottoman are furnishings made of molded plywood and leatherdesigned by Charles and Ray Eames for the Herman Miller furniture company. They are officially titled Eames Lounge and Ottoman and were released in after Charles and Ray Eames of development by designers. It was the first chair that the Eameses designed for a high-end Charles and Ray Eames. Examples of these furnishings are part of the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art. Charles and Ray Eames sought to develop furniture that could be mass-produced and affordable, with the exception of the Eames Lounge Chair. This luxury item was inspired by the traditional English club chair. The Eames Lounge Chair is an icon of Charles and Ray Eames style design, although when it was first made, Ray Eames remarked in a letter to Charles that the chair looked "comfortable and un-designy". The layers are glued together and shaped under heat and pressure. The shells and the Charles and Ray Eames cushions are essentially of the same shape, and composed of two curved forms interlocking to form a solid mass. The chair back and headrest are identical in proportion, as are the seat and the ottoman. The products have changed in various ways over time. Beginning in and running through the very early s, the shells were made up of five thin layers of plywood which were covered by a veneer of Charles and Ray Eames rosewood. The use of Brazilian rosewood was discontinued in the early s, and current production since then consists of seven layers of plywood covered by finishing veneers of cherry, walnut, Palisander rosewood a sustainably grown wood with similar grain patterns to the original Brazilian versionsand other finishes. Further, early ottomans had removable rubber slide-on feet with metal glides, and early labels are of Charles and Ray Eames foil. The Eameses constantly made use of new materials. The pair's first plywood chair—the Eames Lounge Chair Wood LCW —made use of a heavy rubber washer glued to the backrest of the chair and screwed to the lumbar support. These washers, which have come to be called "shock mounts", allow the backrest to flex slightly. The backrest and headrest are screwed together by a pair of aluminum supports. This unit is suspended on the seat via two connection points in the armrests. The armrests are screwed to shock mounts, which are connected only by glue to the interior of the backrest Charles and Ray Eames, allowing the backrest and headrest to flex when the chair is in use. This is part of the chair's unusual design, as well as its weakest link, as the shock mounts have been known to tear free, causing collapse and damage. Other creative uses of materials include the seat cushions, which eschew standard stapled or nailed upholstery. Instead, the cushions are sewn with a zipper around the outer edge that connects them to a stiff plastic backing. The backing affixes to the plywood shells with a series of hidden clips and rings. Charles and Ray Eames design, along with the Charles and Ray Eames shock mounts in the armrest allow the outside veneer of the chair to be unmarred by screws or bolts. The chair has a low seat which is permanently fixed at a recline. The seat of the chair swivels on a cast aluminum base, with glides that are threaded so that the chair will remain level. Print ads depicted the in Charles and Ray Eames Victorian parlor, occupied by a grandmother shelling peas on the Charles and Ray Eames porch of an American Gothic style house, and in the middle of a sunny field of hay. Since its introduction, the chair has been in continuous production by Herman Miller in America. Immediately following its release, other furniture companies began to copy the chair's design. Some made direct copies, others were merely influenced by the design. The former Plycraft Company issued dozens of chairs that were direct copies of or in-the-style-of the Eames Later Chinese and European companies began making direct copies. However, Herman Miller and Vitra remain the only two companies to produce these chairs with the Eames name attached. Into commemorate the 50th anniversary of the chair, Herman Miller released models using a sustainable Palisander rosewood veneer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames. Lounge Chair and Ottoman. The Museum of Modern Art. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, The Spruce. Retrieved Home show. Retrieved 22 June University of Minnesota Press, Frasier: A Cultural History. Manhattan Home Design. October 2, Eames Spotting. Retrieved 16 September Film and Furniture. January 13, Retrieved 30 March Charles and Ray Eames. Eames House. Mathematica: A World of Numbers Toccata for Toy Trains Powers of Ten Herman Miller. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version.
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