Jobs

Employer: Eames Office

Title: Designer

City: Venice, Los Angeles

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1943

End Date: January 01, 1948

Collaborators

Name: Charles Eames

Project: various, most notably furniture design with molded plywood

Organization: Eames Office

State: California

Country: United States

Apprenticeships

No apprenticeships on record

Awards

No awards on record

Exhibitions

Title: The Work of Charles and Ray Eames

Description: Library of Congress Exhibition, traveling to New York, Saint Louis, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, Vienna and Berlin

City: Washington

State: District of Columbia

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1999

End Date: January 01, 2002

Url: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/

Notable Projects

Title: Kwikset House

Description: Low-cost prefabricated residence designed to be assembled by homeowners

Title: Powers of Ten

Description: Film

Title: Toccata for Toy Trains

Description: Film

Title: Molded Plywood Experiments

Start Date: January 01, 1941

End Date: January 01, 1945

Title: Eames Lounge Chair Wood (LCW)

Description: also called Low Chair Wood and Eames Plywood Lounge Chair

Start Date: January 01, 1945

Title: Eames Dining Chair Metal (DCM)

Start Date: January 01, 1946

Title: Plywood Screen

Start Date: January 01, 1946

Title: La Chaise

Description: designed for MoMA's International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design. The Design was inspired by Gaston Lachaise's 1927 sculpture Reclining Nude. Vitra began production of the design in 1990 with a fiberglass shell and natural oak base with metal supports.

Start Date: January 10, 1948

Title: Fiberglass Shell Chair

Start Date: January 01, 1950

Title: Low Table Rod (LTR)

Description: also called the "strut" table

Start Date: January 01, 1950

Title: Eames Storage Unit (ESU)

Description: Modular shelve and drawer system

Start Date: January 01, 1950

Title: Eames Wire Chair

Start Date: January 01, 1951

Title: Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman

Description: Designed for Herman Miller furniture company. Materials are Molded Plywood and Leather

Start Date: January 01, 1956

Title: Eames Aluminum Group

Description: Designed for Herman Miller furniture company. Plush-cushioned Soft Pad series was released in 1969.

Start Date: January 01, 1958

Title: Time-Life Chair

Description: Executive Work Chair

Start Date: January 01, 1960

Title: Eames House

Description: Originally designed (as the Bridge House) by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, then redesigned by Charles and Ray Eames before construction. One of the 25 homes built in conjunction with John Entenza's "Case Study House Program".

City: Pacific Palisades

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1945

End Date: January 01, 1949

Title: 3473 Sofa

Description: Designed for Herman Miller furniture company.

Start Date: January 01, 1964

Title: Eames Chaise

Description: Narrow Office Couch, inspired by conversation with film director Billy Wilder.

Start Date: January 01, 1968

Education

Institution: Cranbrook Academy

Department: Design

Licensing

No licenses on record

Professional Affiliations

No affiliations on record

Publications By

No publications by on record

Publications About

Title: An Eames Primer

Author: Eames Demetrios

Publisher: Universe Publishing

Notes: December 2001

Title: Eames House: An Appreciation of the Work of Charles and Ray

Author: James Barkley

Publisher: American Vessel

Notes: August 2000

Title: Charles and Ray Eames

Author: Naomi Stungo

Publisher: Carlton Books

Notes: July 2000

Title: Charles and Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Century

Author: Pat Kirkham

Publisher: MIT Press

Notes: February 1998