Charles e Ray Eames sono considerati tra i più significativi designer del ventesimo secolo. Con i loro mobili, film, libri, esposizioni ed installazioni mediali hanno influenzato diverse generazioni di progettisti e ancora oggi condizionano la nostra quotidianità. Nessun altro nome del #design rappresenta quanto il loro la perfezione tecnica e viene considerato »senza tempo«. Il loro nome si identifica anche con un modo
ludico di intendere la cultura delle start up, tipica della costa occidentale americana, influenzata in modo decisivo dagli Eames. Dal 30 settembre 2017 al 25 Febbraio 2018 il #vitra Museum #design presenta quattro mostre parallele con il titolo »An Eames celebration«: le opere della leggendaria coppia vi sono esposte in modo completo come mai prima.
Al centro del percorso espositivo si trova la grande retrospettiva »Charles & Ray Eames. The Power of Design«, ospitata nella struttura principale del #vitra #design Museum. Nella Fire Station è possibile vedere una selezione di più di 100 film degli Eames intitolata »Ideas and Information. The Eames Films « La mostra »Play Parade. An Eames Exhibition for Kids« è situata nella #vitra Museum #design Gallery e invita a scoprire e a provare molti giochi della celebre coppia. Nello Schaudepot #vitra, un vero e proprio »deposito d'esposizione«, si può invece vedere la mostra »Kazam! The Furniture Experiments of Charles & Ray Eames«. Puntualmente per il 110° compleanno di Charles Eames viene presentata la collezione del Eames Office in tutta la sua grandezza: presente già dal 1988 nel #vitra #design Museum, è costituita da quasi tutti i prototipi e modelli degli Eames.
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13. An Eames Celebration. Photo shoot of the Aluminium Group with Charles Eames, 1960. â Eames Office LLC
14. An Eames Celebration. Set of photoshoot for the Aluminium Group. â Eames Office LLC
38. An Eames Celebration. Ray Eames sitting on an experimental lounge chair, 1946. â Eames Office LLC
46. Backrest of the DKR (Dining Height K-Wire Shell Rod Steel Base), 1951-52. â Vitra Design Museum, Photo JAÌrgen Hans
48. Experimental moulded plywood seat shells, 1941-45. Vitra Design Museum, Photo Thomas Dix
24. Experimental plywood sculpture by Ray Eames (Ray's Sculpture), 1943. â Vitra Design Museum, Photo Andreas SAÌtterlin
02. An Eames Celebration. Charles and Ray Eames selecting slides. â Eames Office LLC
39. Frances Bishop, Robert Jacobsen and Ray Eames working on the mould for La Chaise, 1948. â Eames Office LLC
19. An Eames Celebration. Display of Eames Plastic Armchair models, Herman Miller catalogue, 1952. â Herman Miller Archives
30. DCM (Dining Height Chair Metal), 1946-47. â Vitra Design Museum, Photo JAÌrgen Hans
35. Ray Eames with an early prototype of The Toy in the patio of the Eames House, 1950. â Eames Office LLC
45. An Eames Celebration. Experimental Wire Armchair, 1951 â Vitra Design Museum, Photo JAÌrgen Hans
25. ESU (Eames Storage Unit) No. 421-C, 1950-1952. â Vitra Design Museum, Photo JAÌrgen Hans
08. An Eames Celebration. Eames House, exterior view. â Eames Office LLC, Photo Timothy Street Porter
33. Publicity photograph of The Toy in the airplane configuration. â Eames Office LLC
57. An Eames Celebration. Charles and Ray Eames, Film still Day of the Dead, 1957. â Eames Office LLC
23. Advertisement for the Herman MIller Collection, designed by Don Ervin, 1961. â Herman Miller Archives
27. LCW (Low Lounge Height Chair Wood), 1947-1949. â Vitra Design Museum, Photo JAÌrgen Hans
18. An Eames Celebration. Charles Eames posing in the Lounge Chair, photo for an advertisement, 1956. â Eames Office LLC
53. Parke Meek, Charles Eames and Virgil Mirano shooting at the Eames Office, 1965. â Eames Office LLC
43. Underside of the DAX (Dining Height Armchair X-Basel), 1951-52. â Vitra Design Museum, Photo JAÌrgen Hans
04. An Eames Celebration. Charles and Ray Eames posing with metal chair bases. â Eames Office LLC
52. An Eames Celebration. Charles and Ray Eames, Film still Powers of Ten... â Eames Office LLC
11. Installation view of Glimpses of the U.S.A', American National Exhibition, Moscow, 1959. â Eames Office LLC
58. An Eames Celebration. Charles and Ray Eames, Film still Blacktop, 1952. â Eames Office LLC
21. Cover of Arts & Architecture, September 1946, front page designed by Herbert Matter. â Eames Office LLC
37. An Eames Celebration. Charles and Ray Eames, Film still Toccata for Toy Trains, 1957. â Eames Office LLC
03. An Eames Celebration. Charles and Ray Eames posing on a Velocette Motorcycle, 1946. â Eames Office LLC
15. An Eames Celebration.Two women in India with lotas, 1958. Photo Charles Eames â Eames Office LLC
16. An Eames Celebration. Wire Chairs with Eames House bird, 1953. Photo Charles Eames. â Eames Office LLC
55. Charles and Ray Eames, Film still A Communications Primer, 1953. Eames Office LLC
10. Installation view of A Computer Perspective, IBM Corporate Exhibit Center, New York, 1971. â Eames Office
01. An Eames Celebration. Charles and Ray Eames. â Eames Office LLC, Photomontage Boros, Berlin
09. Installation view of Mathematica, California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles 1961 â Eames Office LLC
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