Charles and ray eames

Charles & Ray Eames

● Born 1907, June 17, in st. Louis, Missouri

● 1925 Enters Washington University on an architecture scholarship.

● 1928 Left the University after his sophomore year.

● 1930 opened an architectural office – Gray and Eames.

● 1935 opened a new architectural firm called Eames and Walsh.

● 1938 Offered a fellowship to study architecture and design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Cranbrook, Michigan.

● Died 1978.

Charles Eames

Ray Eames

● Born December 15th, 1912.

● Studied painting with Hans Hofmann 1933-1939.

● 1936 became a founding member of American Abstract Artists.

● Died in 1988.

● Charles and Ray first met in 1940 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

● Got marry on June 20,1941, moved to Los Angeles and establish an office together.

● Eames were apart of “The Case Study House Program” in 1945 , an Art and Architecture magazine challengewhere they designed their home for modern living.

THE EAMES

BECAME FAMOUS FOR . . .

Became Famous For...

Organic Chair (1940)Eames and Saarinen


DCM Molded Plywood Chair (1946)Charles and Ray Eames

Walnut Dining Chair (1920)Baker Furniture


Lounge Chair with Ottoman (1956) Charles and Ray Eames


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Who Influenced the Eames...

Who influenced them...

"Their own work was strongly influenced by the tenets of the arts and craft

movement"

- Kirkham, 1998, pp.15

(Left) La Chaise Charles and Ray EamesUSA, 1948

(Right) French Rococo Style couch

Who influenced them...

How They Influence Contemporary Design...


(Left) Director Office Chair from Zuo Modern

(Left) Maui Sedi by Mohd

(Right) Lounge Chair with Ottoman

(1956)

(Right) DCM Molded

Plywood Chair (1946)


Ergonomic Testing at the Eames Office (1946)

Similar Testing at IKEA (2010)


INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE EAMES

Interesting Things...

Charles and Ray Eames working on a model of Mathematica (1960)

THEIR PROCESS

Eames Design Diagram (1969)

THEIR PROCESS


"It is not that I'm embarrassed about “designer” so much as the degree to which I prefer the word

“architect”, I call myself a tradesman, but any good tradesman should work only on problems that come from genuine interest, and you solve a

problem for your client where your two interests overlap".

Charles Eames, 'Eames the architect and the painter.'

“Ray saw everything they didn't design as an extension of her painting”

'Eames the architect and the painter.'


"EVERYTHING I CAN DO, SHE CAN DO BETTER"

Charles Eames, 'Eames: the Architect and the Painter'.


Charles and Ray Eames home from 1949, living and working their for the remainder of

their lives.

Eames Home, California. (1950)

BibliographyCohn, J. and Jersey, B. (Directors). (2011). Eames: the architect and the painter [film]. USA: Bread & Butter Films.

Craven, J. [Date Unavailable] Case Study #8 by Charles and Ray Eames. Retrieved from http://architecture.about.com/od/houses/ss/Eames-House.htm

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Kirkham, P. (1998). Humanizing modernism: The crafts ‘functioning decoration’ and the Eameses. Journal of Design History, 11(1), 15-29. Retrieved from JSTOR online article database.

Lockwood, T. (Ed.), Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience and Brand Value. New York: Allworth Press.

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Petty, J. (2013). The Continuing Curve [powerpoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.schoolofdesign.ac.nz/

Stevenson, R. (2005). Living Images: Charles and Ray Eames “At Home”. Perspecta, 37, pp.32-41. Retrieved from JSTOR online article database.

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List of ImagesCharles and Ray Eames General Information:

Sherman, N. (2010). Peggy Olson on a Honda reminds me of Ray Eames on a Velocette (online image).Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman/4949218731/

Spitz, R. (1958). Charles Eames (photograph). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/36685798@N07/4700926292/

Spitz, R. (1958). The View Behind the Foreground (photograph). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/renespitz/3383386968/in/photostream/

Newton, C. (2007). Apartment by Eames (photograph). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cnewtoncom/581439678/in/photostream/

Became FamousFfor:

Zárate, P. (2011). I'm a Plywood (online image). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/84433591@N00/5850913438/

Noble, J. (2006). [Modern Design Pioneers]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/69745777@N00/129184889/

Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen. For the "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" Competition [Organic Chair]. 1940. Molded plywood, wood, foam rubber, and fabric: Courtesy of Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/images/vc9658.jpg

Ray and Charles Eames. DCM (Dining Chair Metal). 1952. Black aniline dye on wood, chrome finish legs, domes of silence glides. 29 1/8" H by 19 1/2" W by 21 3/4" W: J.F. Chen Collection. Retrieved from http://eamesdesigns.com/catalog-entry/dcm-1952/

Baker Furniture. Walnut Dining Chairs. c 1920. Retrieved from http://www.rubylane.com/item/564331-MA109/Set-6-Baker-Walnut-Dining

Ray and Charles Eames. Eames Lounge Chair with Ottoman [model 670/671]. 1970. cast aluminium, plywood, palisander veneer, leather upholstery. h.: 79,5 cm x w.: 84 cm x d.: 85 cm/h.: 43 cm x w.: 64 cm x d.: 60 cm. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeitlos-berlin/7779951292/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Who Influenced the Eames:[Unknown Owner]. (2009). EAMES - LCW - WALNUT (photograph). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksonkuo/3254166437/

Ganann, S. (2003). [Photograph of Eames at the Prince]. Melbourne, Australia. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/89338458@N00/5318842/

[Unknown owner]. (2008). [Photograph of Rococo Style Couch]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-turtle/2978251547/

How They Influenced Contemporary Design:[Unknown owner]. (2010). [Photograph of Eames Chairs]. Designhaus, Vitra, Weil am Rhein. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/56196301@N00/4903178772/

Modern office chair from: http://davinong.com/design/2670/director-modern-office-chair-low-back-espresso

Modern dining chair from: http://listenozze.mohd.it/catalogo/view/kartell-maui-sedia

[Eames investigating ergonomics]. (n.d.). Screenshot taken from Eames: the architect and the painter [film]. Cohn, J. and Jersey, B. (Directors). (2011). USA: Bread & Butter Films.

Interesting Things:London Permaculture. (2011). [Eames Design Diagram 1969 Exhibition]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/naturewise/6461210207/in/photostream/

[Unknown owner]. (2012). [IBM's Minds of Modern Mathematics iPad app - Charles and Ray Eames (1960)]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/21317126@N04/7000929409/

Morgan, G. (2006). Eames LCW and CTW and La Chaise (photograph). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/geraintandkim/140534298/

Street-Porter, T. (1950) Eames House Studio With Dried Desert Plants. Eames Office. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/space.html

List of Images

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CREDITSAtiya Sadangharn:

Research, Images, Referencing for: "Background"Images for: "Title Slides"; "Who Influence them" "Interesting Things- Process".

Overall Powerpoint.

Louis Elwood-Leach:Research, Images, Referencing and Powerpoint Layout for: "Became Famous

for"; "How They Influenced Contemporary Design"; "Interesting Things- process".Presenting.

Sophie Walker:Research, Referencing for: "Who Influenced Them";

"Interesting things - Their work relationship".Presenting.

Zara Nathan:Research, Image and Referencing for: "Interesting Things - Orthodox

modernists".Research for: "Background"; "Charles Tradesman Quote".

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