A design monograph on Charles and Ray Eames, the golden couple of
postwar American design.
A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers,
brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,
each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and
work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of
groundbreaking work.
Charles and Ray Eames were the golden couple of postwar American
design. True multimedia pioneers, they worked in furniture design,
architecture, print, photography and filmmaking. They imbued the modern
twentieth-century aesthetic with originality, colour and freshness, and
their ability to mould plastics and plywood with an elegance not
previously seen resulted in some of the most influential furniture
design of the modern age - witnessed not just in the continuing
popularity of their original designs but also in the mass prodcution of
countless imitations.