In 1960, Charles and Ray Eames designed the furnishings for the new Time Life Building lobby. Their overall design was anchored by a site-specific reception desk made of solid walnut and a book rack on which the many Time-Life publications could be displayed. As stand-alone furniture, in addition to the “Lobby Chairs, “ they also…
The most outstanding example of an industrial film ever conceived, the film documents Westinghouse’s mid-1960s line by using live-action and still images selected from the company’s archives, annual reports, magazines, and other sources. Showing products in alphabetical order by corporate inventory name, ranging from small household appliances made for the retail market, to enormous generators…
The subject of problem solving begins with an explanation of what the Eameses called “the information machine, “a device for presenting information in fragments so that viewers are compelled to see new relationships among events, objects and people.” The narrative accompanying the images points out the relationships between solving both simple and complicated problems, and…
In 1968, as part of developing the Eames Intermediate Chair to production, Charles and Ray Eames designed an entirely new contract base, known as the Eames Universal Base. It has the same structure as the earlier Eames Contract Base, but instead of the flat planes and sharp-angled edges of the contract base blades, the Universal blades…
This is a cinematic celebration of the ancient art and craft of top-making and spinning. One hundred and twenty three tops spin through the film to the accompaniment of a lively score by Elmer Bernstein. In the words of one child who saw the film, “Tops are born, they live, and then they die.” Melbourne…
When George Nelson asked Charles and Ray Eames to help design the U.S. Pavilion at the American Exhibition in Moscow in 1959, they needed to work fast. So Charles called upon Henry Luce, chairman of Time-Life, to ask if he could use the company’s vast archive of images for a film he and Ray planned…
A ninety-two image, single-screen slide show, was composed of photographs shot during a visit by Charles and Ray to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the first day of the garden’s annual spring opening in 1959. The slide show includes general views of the park and its attractions—flowers, ponds, lights, restaurants, and a fireworks display….
A multi-screen film that demonstrates with both humor and exciting action sequences that a computer can help solve problems of any scale, including seating at a dinner party, city planning, weather prediction and coaching football. Academy Award winning screenwriter, IAL Diamond, co-wrote the script. 30 minutes Think served as the main attraction of IBM’s Pavilion for…
A cinematic record of the hand-powered calculating machine—a “Difference Engine”—built by George and Edvard Scheutz in Sweden, in 1853. The featured machine, one of two built, was based on the plans for the Difference Engine designed by Charles Babbage. The Scheutz Machine, unlike the Babbage engine, actually performed calculations. The Scheutz is one of the…
“The Fabulous Fifties” was a television program broadcast on January 22, 1960, on the CBS network. The program produced by Leland Hayward for CBS, recapped the significant events of the 1950s and included six film segments made by the Eames Office. The short film segments, designed as visual interludes to be shown between appearances by…
“The Fabulous Fifties” was a television program broadcast on January 22, 1960, on the CBS network. The program produced by Leland Hayward for CBS, recapped the significant events of the 1950s and included six film segments made by the Eames Office. The short film segments, designed as visual interludes to be shown between appearances by…
“The Fabulous Fifties” was a television program broadcast on January 22, 1960, on the CBS network. The program produced by Leland Hayward for CBS, recapped the significant events of the 1950s and included six film segments made by the Eames Office. The short film segments, designed as visual interludes to be shown between appearances by…
