The work of Charles and Ray Eames: A legacy of Invention. Essays by Donald Albrecht, Beatriz Colomina, Joseph Giovannini, Alan Lightman, Helene Lipstadt and Philip and Phylis Morrison.

Eames, Charles and Ray:

ISBN 10: 0810992329 / ISBN 13: 9780810992320

Published by Library of Congress and Vitra Design Museum/Abrams, 1997

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zahlreiche Abb, 205 Seiten, Srache: Englisch; Zustand: sehr gutes, neuwertiges Exemplar. Eine wunderbare Übersicht zum Schaffen von Charles und Ray Eames! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1300 30,0 x 23,0 cm, Broschiert, Softcover/Paperback.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The work of Charles and Ray Eames: A legacy of Invention. Essays by Donald Albrecht, Beatriz Colomina, Joseph Giovannini, Alan Lightman, Helene Lipstadt and Philip and Phylis Morrison.
• Publisher: Library of Congress and Vitra Design Museum/Abrams
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810992329
• ISBN 13: 9780810992320
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 10. Auflage,.
• Weight: 1300 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Design & Typographie

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Synopsis

From the 1940s to the 1970s, the Los Angeles-based husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames practiced design at its most virtuous and its most expansive. Their furniture, toys, buildings, films, graphics, exhibitions, and books all aimed to improve society-not only functionally but also culturally and intellectually. The essays in this handsome and generously illustrated volume examine the Eameses' projects in the contexts of science, corporate patronage, and politics as well as those of modern design, architecture, and art.

Review

Published on the occasion of a major international traveling exhibition organized by the U.S. Library of Congress and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (holders of the two richest Eames collections in the world), this comprehensive volume is a testament to the Eameses' belief that good design could improve people's lives. From the 1940s to the 1970s, the prolific husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames designed furniture, buildings, exhibitions, and interiors, and made films. They are perhaps best known for the form-fitting chairs that were mass-produced using the same techniques the Eameses developed in their first apartment. Taking a multifaceted approach to their multifaceted careers, this comprehensive, clothbound volume with French folds includes a filmography, making clear the pair's profound influence on the visual vernacular of the 20th century.