设计师
Charles and Ray Eames
Charles Eames (1907–1978), born in St. Louis, studied architecture at Washington University and was offered a fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy of Art by Eliel Saarinen in 1938. Ray Eames (born Bernice Alexandra Kaiser, 1912–1988,…
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Background
Charles Eames (1907–1978), born in St. Louis, studied architecture at Washington University and was offered a fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy of Art by Eliel Saarinen in 1938. Ray Eames (born Bernice Alexandra Kaiser, 1912–1988, Sacramento) studied painting with Hans Hofmann and exhibited with the American Abstract Artists before enrolling at Cranbrook in 1940. They married in 1941 and moved to Los Angeles.
Signature Style
The Eameses explored moulded plywood and fiberglass for mass-produced furniture, aiming for comfortable chairs that were affordable. Their work spans furniture, architecture, film, photography, graphic and exhibition design, driven by the conviction that 'the details are not the details. They make the product.'
Notable Works
- Plywood leg splints for the US Navy (1941–42) and the moulded plywood chairs shown at MoMA (1946)
- Eames Fiberglass Armchair and the Eames House (Case Study House No. 8, 1949)
- Lounge Chair & Ottoman (1956), Aluminum Group, La Chaise
- Films such as Powers of Ten
Legacy
Their Eames Office in Venice, California ran from 1943 to 1988. Herman Miller produced their furniture in the US, and since 1957 Vitra has made it for Europe and the Middle East – the encounter with their work launched Vitra as a furniture maker. Honours include the AIA Twenty-five Year Award (1977) and the Royal Gold Medal (1979).
系列
产品
Soft Pad Chair EA 223
Eames stool for the EA 222 lounge chair, with a sewn-on cushion and an aluminium base, 1969.
Plywood Group DCW
Eames' Dining Chair Wood: made entirely of moulded plywood, 1945/1946.
Eames Chaise
The 1968 Eames Chaise, an 18-inch-wide leather chaise on a die-cast aluminum frame.
Eames Contract Tables
Eames small meeting and bistro tables on the universal four-star base, round or square tops, 1968.
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
The Eameses' updated English club chair of 1956, with swivel base and matching Ottoman
Eames Tandem Seating ETS
Modular Eames waiting-area seating of 1962 with vinyl or leather panels on a chrome frame.
Aluminium Chair EA 117
Medium-backrest swivel task chair of the Eames Aluminium Group, with tilt adjusted to body weight
Wire Chair LKR
Eames Wire Chair LKR: lounge-height welded steel wire shell on a rod base, 1951.
Eames Plastic Armchair RE DAR
Eames armchair shell on the wire 'Eiffel Tower' base, in recycled polypropylene
Aluminium Chair EA 124
Eames lounge chair with an extra-high backrest, head cushion and weight-adjusting tilt, 1958.
Wire Stool High
Eames Wire Stool High: welded steel wire shell on a footrest base for standing-height tables.
Occasional Table LTR
Eames low occasional table of 1950 with a steel-wire rod base and wood, HPL, linoleum or marble top.
