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The definitive monograph of Charles and Ray Eames, charting the history of their inspiring and era-defining design work
Charles and Ray Eames are among the most important designers of the 20th century. The story of the Eames Office embodies the development of visual and material culture of the post-war period.
This definitive monograph explores the era-defining work of the Eames Office, an active ‘laboratory’ 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 installations and exhibitions, as well as new models for arts education.
Drawing on new sources and unpublished material, and with newly commissioned texts by leading design experts, The World of Charles and Ray Eames brings together contemporaneous reviews and magazine articles, writings by Charles and Ray Eames themselves, personal correspondence and a thorough reference section to offer the most comprehensive overview of the designers in many years.
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Catherine Ince is Chief Curator, V&A East, Victoria and Albert Museum. She previously worked at the Barbican Art Gallery, where she curated ‘The World of Charles and Ray Eames’ (2015) and ‘Bauhaus: Art As Life’ (2012).
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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 embodies the development of visual and material culture of 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. Published to accompany a major international exhibition, this definitive monograph explores the era-defining work of the Eames Office, an active 'laboratory' for over four decades, where the Eameses and their collaborators produced a vast array of pioneering and influential projects. Drawing on new sources and unpublished material, and with newly commissioned texts by leading design experts, The World of Charles and Ray Eames brings together contemporaneous reviews and magazine articles, writings by Charles and Ray Eames themselves, personal correspondence and a thorough reference section to offer the most comprehensive overview of the designers in many years.
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The World of Charles and Ray Eames
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ISBN 10: 0500518300
ISBN 13: 9780500518304
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. 320pp with colour photographs. Seller Inventory # 040119
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The World of Charles and Ray Eames
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ISBN 10: 0500518300
ISBN 13: 9780500518304
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First Edition. 33 x 25cm. Hardcover with dustjacket (which constitutes a poster when fully unfolded), 319pp. Illustrated in colour throughout. Produced on the occasion of the exhibition held from October 21 2015 to February 14 2016 at Barbican Art Gallery, London, and published by them in association with Thames and Hudson. Rare edition. 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 pioneering and influential projects from architecture, furniture and product design to film, photography, multimedia installation and exhibitions, as well as new models for arts education. Alongside newly commissioned texts by leading design experts are writings by Charles and Ray Eames themselves, personal correspondence, etc. Sections include 'Contemporary Practice: The Eameses in the 1940s' by Eames Demetrios, 'Affection for Objects' by Esther McCoy, 'Eames House' by John Winter, 'Charles and Ray Eames, the Proto-Brutalists' by Steve Parnell, 'At Home with the Eameses: Performance, Hosting and Hospitality' by Pat Kirkham, 'Dress of Charles and Ray Eames' by Alison Moloney, 'Context as Destiny: The Eameses from Californian Dreams to the Californiafication of Everywhere' by Sam Jacob, 'Poetry of Ideas: The Films of Charles Eames' by Paul Schrader, 'Travelling Eameses' by Elizabeth St George, 'Celebrating Connections: From Aby Warburg's Iconology of the Interval to the New Kinds of Models of Charles and Ray Eames' by Lotte Johnson, 'Art X: The Georgia Experiment' by George Nelson, 'Towards a Communication-Oriented Society' by Anthony Acciavatti, 'Communicating America: Moscow, 1959' by Luke Naessens, 'Squaring the Hypothetical Circle: Getting Around Mathematics' by Kristen Gallerneaux, 'Think' by Amy Gallick, 'Peaks of Perpetual Excitement: Exhibition-Making at the Eames Office' by Barbara Fahs Charles, 'Artefacts of Innovation' by Eric Schuldenfrei, and many reproductions of original source material. Near fine condition.A heavy book, may need extra postage. Seller Inventory # 28675
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