Title & Author:

The work of Charles and Ray Eames : a legacy of invention / essays by Donald Albrecht [and others].

Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Library of Congress and the Vitra Design Museum, 1997.

Description:

205 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
"This publication accompanies an international traveling exhibition organized by the Library of Congress in partnership with the Vitra Design Museum"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-196) and index.
Design is a method of action / Donald Albrecht -- The office of Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser : the material trail / Joseph Giovannini -- Evolving forms : a photographic essay of Eames furniture, prototypes, and experiments / Donald Albrecht -- A happy octopus : Charles and Ray learn science and teach it with images / Philip and Phylis Morrison -- A sense of the mysterious / Alan Lightman -- Reflections on the Eames house / Beatriz Colomina -- "Natural overlap" : Charles and Ray Eames and the federal government / Hélèna Lipstadt.

Summary:

"Charles and Ray Eames gave shape to America's twentieth century." "From the 1940s to the 1970s, the Los Angeles-based husband-and-wife team practiced design at its most virtuous and its most expansive: their furniture, toys, buildings, films, graphics, exhibitions, and books all aimed to improve society - not only functionally but also culturally and intellectually. While designers with a social mission are now regarded with some skepticism, in the Eameses' time it was plausible that designers, businessmen, and government leaders had common goals, and their mutual aims were considered in their country's best interest." "This volume is published on the occasion of a major exhibition organized by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, the holders of the two richest Eames collections in the world. The book takes a multifaceted approach to the multifaceted careers of Charles and Ray Eames. Rather than focus on separate aspects of their work, the book examines the Eameses' projects in the contexts of science, corporate patronage, and politics as well as those of modern design, architecture, and art."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0810917998 (clothbound)
9780810917996 (clothbound)
0810927527 (pbk.)
9780810927520 (pbk.)
0810992329 (trade pbk.)
9780810992320

Subject:

Eames, Charles Criticism and interpretation.
Eames, Ray Criticism and interpretation.
Eames, Charles Critique et interprétation.
Eames, Ray Critique et interprétation.
Eames, Charles
Eames, Ray
Eames, Charles, (1907-1978) Catalogues d'exposition.
Eames, Ray, (1912-1988) Catalogues d'exposition.
Design United States History 20th century.
Design États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Design
United States
Designers

Form/genre:

Catalog
Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
Quotations (texts)
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Albrecht, Donald.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207148
Call No.: NA44.E12.9 W6 1997
Status: Available