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In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames will be honored next summer with a pane of 16 stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever sat in a stackable molded chair, you’ve experienced their creativity. Perhaps best known for their furniture, the Eameses were husband and wife as well as design partners. Their extraordinary body of creative work — which reflected the nation’s youthful and inventive outlook after World War II — also included architecture, films and exhibits. Without abandoning tradition, Charles and Ray Eames used new materials and technology to create high-quality products that addressed everyday problems and made modern design available to the American public.
The Eames have a wonderful approach to architecture and design which has been buried a bit amidst their high price luxury design within reach furniture reputation. Future posts will revive some of their original ideas and theories such as the “sensory overload.” I’m also having a bit of fun experimenting with molded plywood for furniture and “small architecture” applications. Tips, tricks, and experiments with molded plying are to come – stay tuned!
Eames Stamps
The Eames 2008 stamp collection
In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames will be honored next summer with a pane of 16 stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever sat in a stackable molded chair, you’ve experienced their creativity. Perhaps best known for their furniture, the Eameses were husband and wife as well as design partners. Their extraordinary body of creative work — which reflected the nation’s youthful and inventive outlook after World War II — also included architecture, films and exhibits. Without abandoning tradition, Charles and Ray Eames used new materials and technology to create high-quality products that addressed everyday problems and made modern design available to the American public.
The Eames have a wonderful approach to architecture and design which has been buried a bit amidst their high price luxury design within reach furniture reputation. Future posts will revive some of their original ideas and theories such as the “sensory overload.” I’m also having a bit of fun experimenting with molded plywood for furniture and “small architecture” applications. Tips, tricks, and experiments with molded plying are to come – stay tuned!
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