Gloria Koenig Bücher

Das dynamische Designer-Duo Die illustre Karriere von Charles und Ray Eames "Irgendwann ist alles mit allem verbunden - Menschen, Ideen, Dinge etc. ... die Qualität der Verbindungen ist der Schlüssel zur Qualität insgesamt." - Charles Eames "... alles hängt an irgendetwas anderem." - Ray Eames Nichts drückt die Vollkommenheit der Moderne besser aus als ein Eames-Design. Das Ehepaar Eames ist dem breiten Publikum vor allem durch seine Möbelklassiker bekannt. Charles (1907-1978) und Ray Eames (1912-1988) waren aber auch wegweisend in den Bereichen Architektur, Industriedesign, Fotografie und Film. Dieses Buch deckt alle Aspekte ihres Schaffens ab, von den frühesten Experimenten mit geformtem Schichtholz über die "Case Study Houses" und ihre Zusammenarbeit mit dem Möbelhersteller Herman Miller bis hin zu Experimentalfilmen wie dem bahnbrechenden Kurzfilm Powers of Ten (1977).

"Los Angeles is a city whose buildings define it, a city whose buildings are instantly recognizable. A bestseller in hardcover, Iconic L.A. has been completely updated and revised to include Case Study House #8, the famed steel-and- glass masterpiece designed by Charles and Ray Eames"--Provided by publisher.

Creative duo Charles and Ray Eames were one of the most transformative forces in design history: through furniture, photography, architecture, textile design, industrial design, and film, the husband and wife defined a new, multifunctional modernity. Discover all aspects of their illustrious repertoire and its revolutionary impact on...

Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects, etc.,... the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.- Charles Eames... everything hangs on something else.- Ray EamesNothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design. Though they are best known to the general public for their furniture, the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames (1907-78 and 1912-88, respectively) were also forerunners in the fields of architecture, industrial design, photography, and film. This book covers all the aspects of their illustrious career, from the earliest furniture experiments and molded plywood designs to the Case Study Houses to their work for Herman Miller and films such as the seminal short, Powers of Ten.