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Book

The work of Charles and Ray Eames : a legacy of invention

Call Number

  • 745 W92618 (CEN)

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Edition

Trade paperback ed.

Publication Information

New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Library of Congress and the Vitra Design Museum, 2005, c1997.

Physical Description

205 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Notes

"This publication accompanied an international traveling exhibition organized by the Library of Congress in partnership with the Vitra Design Museum"--T.p. verso.

Contents

  • 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
  • The Eamesian aesthetic in popular culture : a timeline of chairs
  • 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 / Hélène Lipstadt.

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