Cult of Eames
Charles and Ray Eames posing on a Velocette motorcycle, 1948, as seen in Jason Cohn and Billl Jersey’s documentary Eames: the Architect and the Painter.
Ray and Charles Eames examining the sling locations to be covered by fabric lapping in a prototype of the Aluminum Group Lounge Chair, 1957, as seen in Jason Cohn and Billl Jersey’s documentary Eames: the Architect and the Painter.
Ray and Charles Eames picking slides for the exhibition, Photography & the City, 1968, as seen in Jason Cohn and Billl Jersey’s documentary Eames: the Architect and the Painter.
Promotional poster.
One to watch out for – a new feature-length film on the life and works of Ray and Charles Eames.
Film synopsis: The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.
