Eames Foundation

Resources

• Films

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    Volume 2 of the Eames Films

    Volume 2 of the Eames Films contains two films that allow you to see the Eames House through Charles and Ray’s eyes: House: after 5 years of living and Lucia Chase Vignette. These, along with the remaining films, touch on critical issues in the Eameses’ body of work: the honest use of materials, the uncommon beauty of common things, and more.

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    Eames: The Architect and the Painter

    From 1941 to 1978, this husband-and-wife team brought unique talents to their partnership. He was an architect by training, she was a painter and sculptor. Their work helped shape the second half of the 20th century and remains culturally vital and commercially popular today. A film by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey, part of American Masters.

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• Books

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    Eames Design - Ray Eames, John and Marilyn Neuhart

    Eames Design is a chronological study of the work of the husband-and-wife team whose creative imprint revolutionized the look of postwar American society. Filled with thousands of images, this book was written by Ray Eames with help from John and Marilyn Neuhart. Eames Design is a must have for any Eames or design enthusiast.

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    An Eames Primer - Eames Demetrios

    The first book to capture the philosophy and spirit behind the work of Charles and Ray Eames, An Eames Primer offers an in-depth look at the couple’s prolific legacy. Author Eames Demetrios explores the rich energy of the Eameses’ world from a unique perspective as grandson, informed by extensive interviews with former friends and colleagues of the Eameses.

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    an Eames anthology - Daniel Ostroff

    An Eames anthology collects for the first time the writing of the esteemed American architects and designers Charles and Ray Eames, illuminating their marriage and professional partnership of fifty years. Previously unpublished materials appear alongside published writings by and about the Eameses and their work, lending new insight into their creative process.

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    NHL Nomination

    The National Park Service’s National Historic Landmark Nomination is the wonderful in-depth study of the Eames House, the Eameses, and the Case Study program that led to the site’s dedication as a National Historic Landmark on September 20, 2006.

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    Charles and Ray Eames - Gloria Koenig

    Nothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design. Though best known to the general public for their furniture, the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames (1907-1978 and 1912-1988, respectively) were also forerunners in the fields of architecture, industrial design, photography, and film. Eames covers all the aspects of their illustrious career.

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    100 Quotes by Charles Eames - Edited by Carla Hartman and Eames Demetrios

    “Who ever said that pleasure wasn’t functional?” once asked Charles Eames, the late and great mid-century modern designer. His words have been captured in this smart and playful book of 100 quotations compiled by the Eames Office and Herman Miller and published in 2007 for the centennial of his birth.

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    Eames: Beautiful Details - Eames Demetrios

    Produced by Eames Demetrios, Beautiful Details contains essays and quotes by the Eames family: Charles+Ray Eames, Lucia Eames, Carla Hartman, Byron Atwood, Lucia Dewey Atwood, Eames Demetrios, Llisa Demetrios, and edited by Gloria Fowler and Steve Crist Eames. The ultimate Eames book, Beautiful Details is a visual celebration of the Eameses.

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