The Eameses had first used fiberglass cloth and plastic resin material (which they had found in war-surplus stores) as screens in Case Study House #8. The office had also experimented with plastic resins before submitting chair designs and prototype chairs of stamped metal to The Museum of Modern Art’s “International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design”…
Charles and Ray Eames realized consumer goods could offer better service if made with the same high-strength, low-weight structures used for industrial designs, such as airplanes. The Eames Wire Base Low Tables, first introduced in 1950, is an example of how Charles and Ray applied this insight. Bracing struts and wires of many kinds were extensively…
After successfully adapting the stamped metal armchair to plastic, the metal side chair submitted to the “Low-Cost Furniture” competition was developed by the Eames Office for production: The Eames Molded Plastic Side Chair. Eames Molded Plastic Side Chair The sourcing of fiberglass for modern furniture was very forward-thinking. In 1949, when Charles and Ray made…
