"Eames: Beautiful Details celebrates the seamlessness and fluidity
in which Charles and Ray Eames operated as both a husband and wife
team and as designers unrestricted by traditionally professional
boundaries. Select details of their life and work, from their
refined designs to their innovative experiments, and even including
images depicting the everyday poetic moments of their lives, and
are shared here in this exhibit within a book. Inspired by
Charles's immersive and original slideshows, in which he expertly
selected and grouped images together that communicated information
in an aesthetic, direct, and accessible way, this book strives to
visually create the Eameses' life and work by taking the viewer
through a delightful journey, focusing on their ""beautiful
details."" The packaging design of the Eames: Beautiful Details
slipcase is a pattern inspired by the triangles and colors of one
of their most inventive, if lesser known, designs for children,
simply called, ""the toy."" It also pays homage to the patterns
they used on their well loved House of Cards. The Eameses brought a
sense of humor and joy to everything they created, and the design
and layout of the book aims to convey that spirit in a visual feast
for the eyes. It is a testament to the Eameses and the lasting
value of good design that their Eames lounge chair, created in
1956, endures today as perhaps the most recognizable and coveted
piece of mid century furniture design. Their experiments in
technological innovations, like molded plywood and fiberglass,
resulted in such classic pieces as the bent plywood LCW and DCM
Chairs, the Molded Plastic Chairs, and the Aluminum Group; all of
which are still in production by Herman Miller. Likewise, Charles
and Ray designed and built their own home in 1949 in Pacific
Palisades, and it is still revered as a landmark of modern
architecture. Built as part of the Case Study program in
California, sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, it was
one of the earliest experiments in pre fab construction, using off
the shelf industrial parts. But unlike the austerity of much of
modern architectural design, their factory like shell was lovingly
lived in along with their personal collections of folk art,
treasures from their travels, and everyday objects refreshingly
displayed with affection and without pretense. In exhibition design
as well, ""Mathematica: A World of Numbers ... and Beyond, 1961,""
for IBM is considered groundbreaking as an interactive,
educational, and experiential way to communicate the wonder and
magic of math. Similarly, their seminal film, Powers of Ten, 1977,
expresses the mathematical concept of multiplying to the tenth
power, in a very direct, simple, and powerful way. Unlike any other
book previously published on Charles and Ray Eames, this unique
monograph is a visual celebration of their work and life, and was
created in true collaboration with Charles s grandson, Eames
Demetrios, and other members of the Eames family."
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