The work of Charles and Ray Eames : a legacy of invention / essays by Donald Albrecht [and others].
Albrecht, Donald.
1997
NK1535.E25 W67 1997 (Mapit)
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Title The work of Charles and Ray Eames : a legacy of invention / essays by Donald Albrecht [and others].
ISBN 0810917998 (clothbound)
9780810917996 (clothbound)
0810927527 (pbk.)
9780810927520 (pbk.)
0810992329 (trade pbk.)
9780810992320
Imprint New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Library of Congress and the Vitra Design Museum, 1997.
Language English
Description 205 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Other Standard Identifiers 99816758678
Call Number NK1535.E25 W67 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 745.4/4922
Summary "Charles and Ray Eames gave shape to America's twentieth century." "From the 1940s to the 1970s, the Los Angeles-based husband-and-wife team 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. While designers with a social mission are now regarded with some skepticism, in the Eameses' time it was plausible that designers, businessmen, and government leaders had common goals, and their mutual aims were considered in their country's best interest." "This volume is published on the occasion of a major exhibition organized by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, the holders of the two richest Eames collections in the world. The book takes a multifaceted approach to the multifaceted careers of Charles and Ray Eames. Rather than focus on separate aspects of their work, the book examines the Eameses' projects in the contexts of science, corporate patronage, and politics as well as those of modern design, architecture, and art."--Jacket.
Note "This publication accompanies an international traveling exhibition organized by the Library of Congress in partnership with the Vitra Design Museum"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-196) and index.
Added Author Albrecht, Donald.
Available in Other Form Work of Charles and Ray Eames.
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Design is a method of action / Donald Albrecht
The office of Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser : the material trail / Joseph Giovannini
Evolving forms : a photographic essay of Eames furniture, prototypes, and experiments / Donald Albrecht
A happy octopus : Charles and Ray learn science and teach it with images / Philip and Phylis Morrison
A sense of the mysterious / Alan Lightman
Reflections on the Eames house / Beatriz Colomina
"Natural overlap" : Charles and Ray Eames and the federal government / Hélèna Lipstadt.

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