tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6088197010445264842..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Modern design - Charles & Ray Eames, and the BauhausHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-41969136767828122062016-11-30T11:54:30.716+11:002016-11-30T11:54:30.716+11:00Anmol
I don't like advertising, but I am very...Anmol<br /><br />I don't like advertising, but I am very interested in knowing whether you have Eames chairs or Charles Eames Style chairs?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-70317849594550645542016-11-29T21:43:10.194+11:002016-11-29T21:43:10.194+11:00vintage chair
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Very popular! There is a small referenc...Parnassus<br /><br />Very popular! There is a small reference book that our students were asked to keep in their top desk drawer all the time - Icons of Design of the 20th Century, written by Charlotte and Peter Fiell and published by Taschen. The catalogue goes from Aalto to Zanuso! Dozens of the designers get 1 or 2 pages each. Mies van der Rohe gets 3 pages and only Le Corbusier and the Eameses get 4 pages each!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47739850735044236412016-01-28T10:07:14.468+11:002016-01-28T10:07:14.468+11:00Mandy
I have a rule of thumb about design that se...Mandy<br /><br />I have a rule of thumb about design that seems to work. We loathe our parents' choices because we grew up with them, so we throw their items into an charity shop as soon as we can. We quite like our grandparents' design tastes but may not take the pieces into our homes because they are old and falling apart. But designs from the great parents' generation are now historical treasures and we pay a fortune to buy them from antiques shops :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83022817812134715292016-01-28T04:03:24.368+11:002016-01-28T04:03:24.368+11:00Hello Hels, The Eames's were popular in Ameri...Hello Hels, The Eames's were popular in America, and much copied, to the point of cliche. We had a set of white moulded chairs which were of that ilk, which were comfortable and sturdy. I can't remember what happened to them. Since I am a fan of the famous American singer Emma Eames (first married to painter Julian Story), I wondered if she were somehow related, but a few quick searches turned up no information. <br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79236731619760046422016-01-28T04:00:00.770+11:002016-01-28T04:00:00.770+11:00Oh, I love that living room. Sigh. I'm afraid ...Oh, I love that living room. Sigh. I'm afraid I couldn't live there - I'd never be able to tear myself away to work. I am a 70s child and also hated retro or moulded furniture for many years but over time I came to appreciate them, I guess. Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-64913118765526102612016-01-28T01:51:25.650+11:002016-01-28T01:51:25.650+11:00Herman Miller
many thanks. I grew up in the 1950s...Herman Miller<br /><br />many thanks. I grew up in the 1950s so I am not very fond of moulded plywood furniture. But I understand how important the Eames innovations were. The seat and backrest were originally joined together in a single mould. Then they created two separate pieces for the seat and backrest, joined by a spine. So I will go back into the post and add a photo of moulded plywood furniture from the late 1940s.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83228748161924850702016-01-27T18:29:02.549+11:002016-01-27T18:29:02.549+11:00Designers Charles and Ray Eames established their ...Designers Charles and Ray Eames established their long and legendary relationship with Herman Miller in 1946 with their boldly original molded plywood chairs. The aesthetic integrity, enduring charm, and comfort of the chairs earned them recognition from Time magazine as The Best Design of the 20th Century. Time called the design "something elegant, light and comfortable. Much copied but never bettered." Herman Miller Inchttp://www.hermanmiller.com.au/products/seating/multi-use-guest-chairs/eames-molded-plywood-chairs.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40768462334942101432016-01-26T23:43:36.246+11:002016-01-26T23:43:36.246+11:00Joseph
Charles had a daughter with his first wife...Joseph<br /><br />Charles had a daughter with his first wife, but he and Ray did not have any children together. <br /><br />The living room was a delight, but would it have been doable in the rough and tumble of family life? From the photos, it looked like a rather luxurious space where kids and dogs should not have been allowed to run around freely. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29765463696350966782016-01-26T23:31:41.665+11:002016-01-26T23:31:41.665+11:00Andrew
One paper says we certainly can! In 1948 t...Andrew<br /><br />One paper says we certainly can! In 1948 the International Competition for the Design of Low-Cost Furniture officially opened for submissions. Charles Eames arrived at the workshop of John Wills, a noted fibreglass manufacturer. Wills had already developed a manufacturing technique which allowed for fibreglass to cure at room temperature, eliminating the need for heat and pressure to be involved the process. An armchair was the first piece of furniture to be thus designed.<br /><br />See a photo at: http://www.eamesoffice.com/scholars-walk/eames-molded-plastic-chair-history/Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-21243105679099580182016-01-26T21:38:10.891+11:002016-01-26T21:38:10.891+11:00The living room looked attractive and airy but qui...The living room looked attractive and airy but quite crowded. I assume the couple did not have small children.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-70208700449430787652016-01-26T21:37:37.386+11:002016-01-26T21:37:37.386+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-78259927866746052032016-01-26T18:35:11.384+11:002016-01-26T18:35:11.384+11:00Can we blame them for present day plastic moulded ...Can we blame them for present day plastic moulded chairs? The Eames chair almost looks like it might be comfortable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com