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	Eames Office Resources - Charles and Ray Eames
		Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri.
		Charles and Ray married in 1941 and moved to California where they continued their furniture design work with molding plywood.
		Charles was an appointee to the National Council of the Arts and held the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship at Harvard in 1970-71.
	www.eamesoffice.com /index2.php?mod=intro (726 words)

	Furniture by designers Charles and Ray Eames
		Charles Eames is one of the most important designers of the 20th century.
		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.
		Charles and Ray Eames were renowned for their attention to detail...
	www.iconicinteriors.co.uk /charlesrayeames.shtml (223 words)

	Charles Eames
		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.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Charles_Eames.html (526 words)

	- Charles Eames - Italian Classics Direct
		Charles Eames is among the most important American designers of this century.
		Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri.
		Charles married in 1941 and moved to California where he continued his furniture design work with molding plywood.
	www.italianclassicsdirect.com /eames.asp (144 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 died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1978.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Charles_Eames.html (254 words)

	Lost City Arts Designer Charles & Ray Eames
		Charles Eames (1907 - 78), and Ray Eames (1912 - 88).
		Charles Eames was born in St. Louis, MO. He briefly attended Washington University before finding work at a local architecture firm.
		Eames was eventually appointed head of the experimental design department.
	www.lostcityarts.com /designers/showcase/eames.htm (202 words)

	Charles Eames \| American Icons \| Area of Design
		Charles briefly studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis on an architectural scholarship.
		Charles was a prolific photographer as well with thousands of images of their furniture, exhibits and collections, and now a part of the Library of Congress.
		Charles Eames died of a heart attack on August 21, 1978 while on a consulting trip in his native Saint Louis, and now has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
	www.areaofdesign.com /americanicons/eames.htm (1012 words)

	Charles + Ray Eames / Design Museum Collection : Product Designers (1907-1978 + 1912-1988) - Design/Designer Information
		Not only did CHARLES EAMES (1907-1978) and his wife, RAY (1912-1988) design some of the most important examples of 20th century furniture, they also applied their talents to devising ingenious children's toys, puzzles, films, exhibitions and such iconic mid-20th century Los Angeles buildings as the Eames House and Entenza House in Pacific Palisades.
		Both Charles and Ray were the youngest of two children in middle-class families and gifted students with a flair for art: otherwise their backgrounds were very different.
		Charles and Ray sustained this spirit in the way they dressed: he in open-necked shirts and loose pants, she in a bohemian version of a conventionally feminine wardrobe of short-sleeved blouses and full skirts.
	www.designmuseum.org /design/charles-ray-eames (1986 words)

	LA OBSCURA: Eames Biography
		Eames, and his wife and partner Ray Eames, achieved something much more rare: they caused a shift in the way we look at everything.
		When the steel framing members were already fabricated, Eames completely changed the design, from a bridge house spanning between two supports to a ground-hugging house tucked into the bank.
		Charles and Ray Eames added a touch of whimsy, lightness and delicacy, which expanded into their museum installations and films.
	www.usc.edu /dept/architecture/shulman/architects/eames (335 words)

	Charles Eames - Encyclopedia.com
		Louis, Mo. He opened his own architectural practice in 1930 and in the late 30s studied with Eliel Saarinen at the Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., later teaching there, and becoming head of the design department.
		Most famous is the stackable "Eames chair," with its molded-plywood back and seat and stainless steel legs.
		Abbas Kiarostami and Charles and Ray Eames at Andrea Rosen.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-EamesC.html (538 words)

	Eames Foundation - History of the Eames House
		The Eames House, Case Study House #8, was one of 25 homes built as part of The Case Study House Program.
		Charles and Ray then posed themselves a new problem: How to build a house with maximized volume with the same elements and not destroy the meadow.
		Charles and Ray moved into the House on Christmas Eve, 1949, and lived here for the rest of their lives.
	www.eamesfoundation.org /history.html (361 words)

	Classic Modern American Furniture Designer Biography Charles Eames
		Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen won the award for "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1940.
		Charles Eames was the first architect to be totally at home with technology.
		Eames and Saarinen mastered the machine so that it was no longer threatening and able to do as they asked.
	www.modernfurnituredesigners.interiordezine.com /designerbio/designerbiocharleseames.html (300 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)

	Charles Eames Aluminium Group office chairs designed by Charles Eames and Ray Eames from Laporta
		The Charles Eames directors chairs and Charles Eames boardroom chairs shown here have the classic polished aluminium frame with a 5 star base and castors.
		Charles Eames Aluminium group chairs and Charles Eames Soft Pad group chairs are also highly successful boardroom chairs and conference room chairs.
		The Charles Eames visitors chairs are also available without the swivel mechanism at the same price.
	www.laporta.co.uk /products/officechairs_eames.html (336 words)

	Charles Eames - Design Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Charles Eames studied architecture at the George Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, US, from 1924 to 1926.
		In 1940 with Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames had submitted an innovative piece of furniture realised in moulded plywood to a competition sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art.
		While compromising with official institutions, however, Charles and Ray Eemes were also trying to establish and communicate their own creative ideals.
	www.designdictionary.co.uk /ENG/eames.htm (332 words)

	Herman Miller - for Business - Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
		Charles Eames said his goal for the chair was the "warm, receptive look of a well-used first baseman's mitt." Every one is a special refuge from the strains of modern living.
		The veneer of an Eames lounge chair and ottoman is cut from a single log and laid together in sequence so that grains are matched; the edges and surfaces are hand finished.
		The Eames lounge chair is permanently tilted at a 15-degree angle to properly distribute a person's weight to the back of the chair for maximum comfort.
	www.hermanmiller.com /CDA/SSA/Product/0,,a10-c440-p47,00.html (618 words)

	Design Within Reach - Eames Lounge & Ottoman 50th Anniversary Edition
		This special edition celebrates the 2006 50th anniversary of the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, and comes with a commemorative medallion and coffee table book.
		This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, one of the iconic designs of the 20th century that timelessly blends elegant, old-fashioned luxury and visionary modernism.
		Charles and Ray Eames paired the warm, inviting look of seductively soft leather with the sleek form of molded plywood, then balanced the seat on a rugged star-shaped base.
	www.dwr.com /productdetail.cfm?id=9100 (250 words)

	Wilsonart Laminate - The Statement: An Eames Primer
		Author Eames Demetrios explores the rich energy of the Eames' world from a unique perspective, formed by his close relationship with Charles and Ray.
		Eames Demetrios, a Harvard graduate, is a multimedia designer, exhibit designer, lecturer, filmmaker and author.
		Additionally, as the principal of the Eames Office, he directs "preserving, communicating and extending the work of Charles and Ray Eames." Coincidentally, he is also the grandson of Ray and Charles Eames.
	www.wilsonart.com /design/statement/viewarticle.asp?articleid=11 (378 words)

	The Eames Experience \| Metropolis Magazine
		Charles Eames’s only daughter, Lucia, inherited the iconic Eames house in 1988 after the death of her stepmother Ray.
		This gap between the value of the land and the modesty of the house (its pedigree, notwithstanding) is essentially a preservation issue.
		Lucia and her five children have chosen to address this issue by establishing the Eames Foundation, dedicated to preserving the house and extending the work and legacy of Charles and Ray through education.
	www.metropolismag.com /cda/story.php?artid=1066 (353 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Charles Eames
		Selections of molded plywood furniture created by Ray and Charles Eames in the 1940s will also be on display, as well as a molded plywood sculpture constructed during the same period by Ray Eames.
		Designers Charles Eames (1907-1978) and his wife Ray (1912-1988) are said to have given shape to 20th-century style in the United States.
		The type of wood, such as a Charles Eames rosewood and leather lounge chair Emmite owns, can be traced to the late '60s when the rare rosewood was still available.
	news.surfwax.com /art/files/Charles_Eames_Art.html (963 words)

	Charles Eames Office Chairs - Scott Howard Office Furniture Ltd
		All of our Charles Eames chairs are guaranteed originals.
		The Charles Eames Range provides a comprehensive collection of chairs designed in the 1960's which are still suitable for all working requirements today.
		Even though the Charles Eames range is now regarded as a classic, it still meets present EC VDU Directives and conforms to current standards for quality, safety and stability.
	www.scotthoward.co.uk /seatingclassics.htm (214 words)

	Charles Eames
		Charles Eames (1907-78) and Ray Eames (1912-88) gave shape to America’s twentieth century.
		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.
		As Charles noted about the development of the molded plywood chair, "Yes, it was a flash of inspiration," he said, "a kind of 30-year flash."
	www.brennamarie.com /brennamarie/eames.htm (437 words)

	Charles Eames - Biografie WHO'S WHO.
		Charles Eames verbrachte seine Kinder- und Jugendjahre in St. Louis, wo er auch die High School besuchte.
		Eames experimentierte mit dem Werkstoff Fiberglas zur Herstellung von Möbeln.
		Diese Grundsätze machte Eames auch in der Architektur geltend.
	www.rasscass.com /templ/te_bio.php?PID=502&RID=1 (665 words)

	America 1950-1959: Fashion History: Charles Eames \| American Decades
		Although he worked with a variety of fabrics, machinery, and buildings, Charles Eames was best known for the series of chairs that still bear his name.
		In the late 1930s Eames was offered a fellowship to study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
		Later in life Eames became a documentary filmmaker, winning awards from the Edinburgh International Film Festival (1954 and 1957), the San Francisco International Film Festival (1958), and the American Film Festival (1959).
	www.bookrags.com /history/america-1950s-fashion/sub23.html (313 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.
		We appreciate your suggestions for links about Eames House.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Eames_House.html (714 words)

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