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	Charles Eames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Ormond Eames, Jr (June 17, 1907 - August 21, 1978) was an American designer, architect and filmmaker who, together with his wife Ray, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century.
		In 1941, Charles and Catherine divorced, and he married his Cranbrook colleague Ray Kaiser, moving with her to Los Angeles, California, where they would work and live for the rest of their lives.
		Charles Eames died in 1978 while on a consulting trip in his native Saint Louis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Eames (593 words)

	Eames Office Resources - Charles and Ray Eames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri.
		Ray Kaiser Eames was born in Sacramento, California in the middle of the century's second decade.
		Charles was an appointee to the National Council of the Arts and held the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship at Harvard in 1970-71.
	eamesoffice.org /pages/intro.php (702 words)

	Charles & Ray Eames Biography: The husband and wife team of Charles and Ray Eames broke new ground for furniture, ...
		Charles & Ray Eames Biography: The husband and wife team of Charles and Ray Eames broke new ground for furniture, graphic and interior design in the United States.
		Charles was born in St. Louis and studied architecture at Washington University, graduating in 1928.
		Ray was born in Sacramento and studied painting at the Art Students League and the Hans Hoffman School in New York.
	www.r20thcentury.com /bios/designer.cfm?article_id=111 (814 words)

	museumnetwork.com - The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The ambition and legacy of Charles and Ray Eames extends from a mix of utilitarian philosophy, objectivist poetics, and an understanding of the socioeconomic conditions of the post-war state.
		Another desire of Charles and Ray Eames was to nurture a universal understanding of the social benefits of science.
		Ray and Charles Eames met at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit in 1940.
	www.museumnetwork.com /features/06_26_highlight_eames.asp (693 words)

	Charles and Ray Eames -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Eames worked with Eliel Saarinen at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He was director of research and...
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	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9363300?tocId=9363300 (778 words)

	DESIGNERS - Charles & Ray EAMES
		As Charles noted about the molded plywood chair, "Yes, it was a flash of inspiration," he said, "a kind of 30-year flash." Combining imagination and thought, art and science, Charles and Ray Eames created some of the most influential expressions of 20th century design--furniture that remains stylish, fresh and functional today.
		Charles Eames is one of the creative personalities of the century.
		Eames is one of the fortunate few who has always been able to do only that which he wanted to do.
	home.tiscali.be /d.side/pag43_041.htm (496 words)

	Work of Charles and Ray Eames : Berichte, Bewertungen, Informationen, Preise
		Taking a multifaceted approach to their multifaceted careers, this comprehensive, clothbound volume with French folds includes a filmography, making clear the pair's profound influence on the visual vernacular of the 20th century.
		Charles and Ray did it all - industrial design, architecture, graphics, film and of course furniture.
		I have Eames furniture and love it, but only a small part of this book is about the furniture.
	www.medfools.com /shopde/product/ASIN/0810917998/Work_of_Charles_and_Ray_Eames.html (326 words)

	New Statesman: When Charles met Ray - Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Design Museum, Shad Thames, London, England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles Eames, an architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition, married Ray Kaiser, an abstract artist, in 1941.
		Although its model is the English club chair, and the design is intended to have "the warm, receptive look of a well-used first baseman's mitt", the chair is in effect an upmarket version of the Barcalounger, the all-adjustable armchair that is the throne of middle America's breadwinners (Frasier's father has one, to Frasier's chagrin).
		She produces evidence that reveals the foolishness of terming Charles and Ray's creative partnership anything but equal.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_n4402_v127/ai_21172957 (788 words)

	Design Classics
		Charles and Ray Eames conceived of this exceptionally comfortable chair as the 20th-century American answer to the Edwardian English Club Chair.
		Charles and Ray loved their work, which was a combination of art and science, design and architecture, process and product, style and function.
		Charles and Ray Eames first designed the stools in 1960 for the lobby of the Time Life Building in New York City, but they soon became popular products and with time, one of the more charming classics of modern design.
	www.arno.org /designclassics (2377 words)

	Ray Eames ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention, examining for the first time the extraordinary artistic and cultural impact of husband and wife team Charles and Ray Eames on twentieth-centu...
		The work of Charles and Ray Eames exhibition has been organized by the Washington DC Library of Congress and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
		Charles and Ray Biography -- The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention (Library of Congress...
	wwar.com /masters/e/eames-ray.html (897 words)

	Essential Eames
		Born in 1907, Charles Eames began studying architecture at Washington University, and later opened an architectural practice in St. Louis.
		It was shortly after this that Charles and Ray Eames relocated to California and began research into methods for molding plywood.
		Upon conclusion of the war, Charles and Ray began to produce their first molded plywood furniture designs, which were ultimately manufactured by Herman Miller.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/Architecture/21638/1 (458 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Charles and Ray Eames
		The husband and wife team of Charles and Ray Eames created a multitude of artistic works in various fields from the 1940s to the 1970s.
		Charles Eames was trained as an architect; Ray (Kaiser) was an artist.
		"Eames Chairs" were widely praised in the 1940s and 1950s for their curving plywood forms, light weight, simplicity, and inexpensive price; they were also widely imitated.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200349 (254 words)

	Eames, Charles and Ray Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman for Herman Miller
		Eames, Charles and Ray Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman for Herman Miller
		Probably the most widely recognized of all the Eames furniture designs, the Eames lounge chair occupies a favored place in thousands of living rooms, studies, libraries, and dens—as well as in the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
		Charles Eames’s aspirations for the chair were less lofty.
	www.retromodern.com /item_detail.asp?2408. (354 words)

	Furniture -- The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention (Library of Congress Exhibition)
		Early in their careers together, Charles and Ray identified the need for affordable, yet high-quality furniture for the average consumer -- furniture that could serve a variety of uses.
		The Eames Office fabricated two versions of the minimum chair: one with a seat and back of sheet metal and another using metal mesh.
		Made by the Eames Office to demonstrate the durability of their molded-plywood chairs, the drum was displayed in the 1946 exhibition New Furniture Designed by Charles Eames at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/eames/furniture.html (1034 words)

	A Communications Primer and View from the People Wall
		Ray in particular was noted for her commitment to the European Modern approach to Information Design (1).
		The interests of the Eames are many and varied, although their approach to any subject matter is consistently contained within one central motif: complex ideas can and should be made simple.
		The Eames thus celebrate the potential of the modern age, withthe caveat that humans are ultimately responsible for the actions performed by machines.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/cteq/04/33/charles_and_ray_eames.html (1148 words)

	EAMES - Charles and Ray Eames products
		Although the role that Ray played in his work is only now being uncovered, it is clear that her contribution should not be underestimated, as they worked collaboratively on many projects.
		Charles and Ray Eames are without doubt best remembered as two of the most influential furniture designers of the 20th century.
		Charles Eames was trained as an architect in his home town of St Louis, missouri, he briefly set up in architectural practice only to return to architectural education on a Fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan in 1936.
	www.shopcreator.com /mall/designconscious/topic/topic-12279-1.stm (407 words)

	Charles Eames - Great Buildings Online
		Eames House, at Pacific Palisades, California, 1945 to 1949.
		Charles Ormand Eames was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1907.
		Eames continued to work as an architect until the mid 1960s after which he concentrated on furniture design, film-making and exhibition design.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Charles_Eames.html (258 words)

	Ray Eames Artworks and Fine Art at arthistorynet.com
		Charles and Ray Eames, who are among the designers most responsible for modernizing postwar America,...
		Charles and Ray Eames practiced design at its most economical and its most expansive.
		The Eames Office is dedicated to communicating, preserving and extending the work of Charles and Ray...
	www.absolutearts.com /masters/e/eames-ray.html (258 words)

	Charles and Ray Eames
		The famous name was actually a famous couple, Charles and Ray, and they have strong ties to our own neighborhood because they settled in SoCal in 1949, setting up an office in Venice.
		The Eames were an integral part of the post-war prosperity zeitgeist, paticipating during the ‘40s in the Los Angeles Case Study Program, sponsored by Arts and Architecture Magazine.
		In the context of a gallery exhibition it may be tempting to simply enjoy these displays, but the point is more to reflect on the designers’ perspective: The decisions that went into the look of each station together with their accumulated layout.
	artscenecal.com /ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles2000/Articles0900/CREamesA.html (812 words)

	Whimsical Works. The Playful Designs of Charles and Ray Eames
		Whimsical Works: The Playful Designs of Charles and Ray Eames Featuring toys, children’s furniture, and quirky films, along with photographs chronicling their history and creation, this exhibition focuses on the famous husband and wife design team’s serious approach to playful things.
		Charles and Ray Eames are best known for the molded plywood and plastic furniture they introduced to America in the 1940s.
		Organized in cooperation with the Eames office by students in the Halpern-Rogath Curatorial Seminar supported by Penn’s Department of Art History and taught by Professor George H. Marcus for the Masters of Liberal Arts Program of the College of General Studies.
	www.upenn.edu /pennnews/artsandculture/index.php?pagename=content/dsp_content&template=event&mode=view&pname=1347&cid=1348&day=1122004800 (129 words)

	The work of Charles and Ray Eames \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles Eames (1907-78) and Ray Eames (1912-88) gave shape to America's twentieth century.
		It is wonderfully illustrated with artifacts, photos of their life and work, and examples from the Eames' collection of 350,000 slides.
		I always had to wonder if the name of the character of Detective Eames from Law and Order: Criminal Intent was inspired by the chair dudes.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/38556 (738 words)

	Charles and Ray Eames Chairs Business Card Case
		Charles and Ray Eames are ranked among the finest American designers of the twentieth century.
		They are best known for their ground-breaking contributions to architecture, furniture design (the Eames Chair), industrial design and manufacturing, and the photographic arts.
		The legacy of this husband and wife team includes more than 100 films that reflect the breadth and depth of their interests and the integrity of their vision.
	www.maclinstudio.com /chandrayeach.html (232 words)

	Eames House - Charles Eames - Great Buildings Online
		"Charles Eames' own house was one of a number of Case Study Houses sponsored by the West Coast journal Arts and Architecture.
		Eames' house was certainly unconventional, a package of standard, off-the-peg components which, when assembled, made up an art-work as unique as a Duchamp ready-made.
		Basically it is a double-storey unit divided into house and studio areas by an open court.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Eames_House.html (715 words)

	Ray Charles
		Charles, Ray (Ray Charles Robinson), 1930–2004, African-American musician and composer, b.
		Charles rose to fame in the 1950s singing rhythm-and-blues tunes in an exuberant yet sophisticated style to the accompaniment of his piano and band.
		Darker side of the original soul man; The story of Ray Charles - maestro, womaniser and drug addict - was too risky for Hollywood's money men.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0811469.html (369 words)

	Eames, Charles & Ray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles and Ray Eames - brief biography from the Herman Miller furniture designers.
		charles eames collection - photographs of various pieces of furniture.
		The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention - companion site to the Library of Congress exhibition touring New York, Saint Louis, and Los Angeles through September 2000.
	www.architecture.com /go/Architecture/Reference/Links_1382.html (86 words)

	Eames, Charles and Ray Eames Shell Rocker (RAR) for Herman Miller
		Eames, Charles and Ray Eames Shell Rocker (RAR) for Herman Miller
		The Eames-designed single shell chairs were a breakthrough in the commercial use of fiberglass-reinforced plastic for seating.
		In addition to free shipping, you also receive a gift of an Eames graphic t-shirt; please specify large or x-large in the comments section of your on-line order.
	www.retromodern.com /item_detail.asp?7700. (245 words)

	DesignAddict
		Charles Eames is one of the most important designers of the 20th century.
		The Eames collaborated with Saarinen on a molded-plywood chair that won two prizes in 1940.
		Charles and Ray’s interest in new techniques led them to experiment with fiberglass reinforced plastics with a one-piece fiberglass-shell chair, which was much admired.
	www.designaddict.com /design_index/index.cfm/fuseaction/designer_show_one/DESIGNER_ID/63/index.cfm (401 words)

	The Michigan Daily Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		No guarantees, but it may just be a piece originally designed by Charles and Ray Eames, distributed by Herman Miller, Inc. The husband and wife designing team, most productive in the '40s and '50s, made such contributions not only to design, but to architecture and film as well.
		The couple met at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where Charles Eames held a fellowship from the late '30s.
		The importance of the couple's works and its long existence is evidenced by the ongoing production of Eames' designs by Herman Miller Inc. The advances in technology which the couple made through their exploration of different materials was originally intended to produce inexpensive but high-quality products, modern and functional for the '50s family.
	www.pub.umich.edu /daily/1998/oct/10-29-98/arts/arts1.html (361 words)

	Media Nugget : Charles and Ray Eames :
		Not quite, but the Eames' collection of 350,000 slides is easy to link to the far-ranging online photostreams that are being curated today.
		Lucky for us, the legacy of Charles and Ray Eames is being carried on and many of their films, photos, and furniture designs are still readily available.
		Charles and Ray Eames is in the Misc category
	www.medianugget.com /2004/07/charles_and_ray.html (170 words)

	Herman Miller - for Business - Charles and Ray Eames
		With a grand sense of adventure, Charles and Ray Eames turned their curiosity and boundless enthusiasm into creations that established them as a truly great husband-and-wife design team.
		That look and their relationship with Herman Miller started with molded plywood chairs in the late 1940s and includes the world-renowned Eames lounge chair, now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
		As Charles noted about the development of the Molded Plywood Chairs, "Yes, it was a flash of inspiration," he said, "a kind of 30-year flash."
	www.hermanmiller.com /CDA/SSA/Designer/0,1597,a10-c80-b5,00.html (482 words)

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