The world of Charles and Ray Eames

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Charles (1907-1978) and Ray (1912-1988) Eames are among the most important designers of the 20th century, and the story of the Eames Office is that of visual and material culture in the post-war, modern period. The World of Charles and Ray Eames charts the history of their inspiring and prolific world and brings together key works and ideas explored at the Eames Office throughout its extraordinary history. This definitive monograph explores the e...

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ISBN:

9780847847655
0847847659

Edition:

First American publication

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 33 cm

Notes:

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with Barbican Art Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition The World of Charles and Ray Eames, curated by Catherine Ince, 21 October 2015-14 February, 2016"--Page 320
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Something about the world of Charles and Ray Eames / Catherine Ince
A contemporary practice : the Eameses in the 1940s / Eames Demetrios
An affection for objects / Esther McCoy
Eames House / John Winter
Charles and Ray Eames, the proto-brutalists / Steve Parnell
'At home' with the Eameses : performance, hosting and hospitality / Pat Kirkham
The dress of Charles and Ray Eames / Alison Moloney
Context as destiny : the Eameses from Californian dreams to the Californiafication of everywhere / Sam Jacob
Poetry of ideas : the films of Charles Eames / Paul Schrader
The travelling Eameses / Pat Kirkham and Elizabeth St. George
Celebrating connections : from Aby Warburg's 'Iconology of the interval' to the 'New kinds of models' of Charles and Ray Eames / Lotte Johnson
Art X : the Georgia experiment / George Nelson
Towards a communication-oriented society : the Eameses' India report / Anthony Acciavatti
Communicating America : Moscow, 1959 / Luke Naessens
Squaring the hypothetical circle : getting around Mathematica / Kristen Gallerneaux
Think / Amy Gallick
Peaks of perpetual excitement : exhibition-making at the Eames office / Barbara Fahs Charles
The artefacts of innovation / Eric Schuldenfrei

LCCN:

2015950265

Control Number:

3254371

Other Authors:

Barbican Art Gallery, host institution
Eames, Charles. Works. Selections
Eames, Ray. Works. Selections
Ince, Catherine, editor
Johnson, Lotte, editor

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