The world of Charles and Ray Eames / edited by Catherine Ince with Lotte Johnson.
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TextPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 319 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 33 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500518304 (hbk.) :Contained works: Eames, Charles. Works. Selections | Eames, Ray. Works. SelectionsSubject(s): Eames, Charles -- Exhibitions | Eames, Ray -- Exhibitions | Design -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 745.4'0922 Summary: 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 era-defining work of the Eames Office, a laboratory active for over four decades, where the Eameses and their collaborators produced a vast array of pioneering and influential projects from architecture, furniture and product design to film, photography, multi-media installation and exhibitions, as well as new models for arts education.
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Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, 21st October 2015-14th February 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 era-defining work of the Eames Office, a laboratory active for over four decades, where the Eameses and their collaborators produced a vast array of pioneering and influential projects from architecture, furniture and product design to film, photography, multi-media installation and exhibitions, as well as new models for arts education.
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