Charles & Ray Eames: 1907-1978, 1912-1988 : Pioneers of Mid-Century Modernism - Softcover

Koenig, Gloria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3822836516 ISBN 13: 9783822836514

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2006

Synopsis

Design's dynamic duo: The illustrious career of Charles and Ray Eames   "Eventually everything connects – people, ideas, objects, etc. ... the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."
- Charles Eames

"... everything hangs on something else."
- Ray Eames

Nothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design. Though they are best known to the general public for their furniture, the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames (1907-78 and 1912-88, respectively) were also forerunners in the fields of architecture, industrial design, photography, and film. This book covers all the aspects of their illustrious career, from the earliest furniture experiments and molded plywood designs to the Case Study Houses to their work for Herman Miller and films such as the seminal short, Powers of Ten.   About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture Series features:

• an introduction to the life and work of the architect
• the major works in chronological order
• information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
• a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
• approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)

About this title

About the Author:

Gloria Koenig is an architectural historian and author. She has published and lectured widely on a variety of topics in contemporary architecture, and served as consultant with filmmakers on a documentary about her late husband, modernist architect Pierre Koenig.

Review:

"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects, etc.... the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se." (Charles Eames) "... everything hangs on something else." (Ray Eames)"

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3822836516
• ISBN 13: 9783822836514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Gossel Peter