Gloria Koenig Boeken

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.

"Los Angeles is a city whose buildings define it, a city whose buildings are instantly recognizable. A bestseller in hardcover, Iconic L.A. has been completely updated and revised to include Case Study House #8, the famed steel-and- glass masterpiece designed by Charles and Ray Eames"--Provided by publisher.

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 EamesNothing 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.

Das kreative Duo Charles Eames (1907–1978) und Ray Kaiser Eames (1912–1988) veränderte das Aussehen Amerikas. Das Ehepaar ist vor allem für seine Möbel bekannt, leistete aber auch Bahnbrechendes in den Bereichen Architektur, Textildesign, Fotografie und Film. Die Arbeiten der Eames standen für eine neue multifunktionale Modernität, die sich durch ihre Verbindung von Handwerk und Design sowie die Verwendung von modernen Materialien wie Sperrholz und Kunststoff auszeichnete. Der Eames Lounge Chair Wood, mit einer neuen Sperrholz-Verformungstechnik hergestellt, wurde zu einem Markenzeichen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Für die Case Study Houses setzte das Paar nicht nur auf innovative Weise Industriewerkstoffe ein, sondern entwickelte auch einen flexiblen Grundriss für multifunktionale Räumlichkeiten, der zu einem Markenzeichen der modernen Nachkriegsarchitektur wurde. Dieser Band deckt alle Aspekte des illustren Eames-Œuvres ab, von den frühesten Möbelexperimenten bis zum wegweisenden Kurzfilm Powers of Ten, und untersucht seinen revolutionären Einfluss auf den Wohnstil der amerikanischen Mittelschicht.