UID:
kobvindex_INT0000317
Format:
96 pages :
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richly illustrated (colour and black & white) ;
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26.5 x 21.5 cm.
Edition:
Reprint.
ISBN:
9783836560214 (hbk.)
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3836560216 (hbk.)
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9783822836514 (pbk.)
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3822836516 (pbk.)
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "The creative duo Charles Eames (1907-1978) and Ray Kaiser Eames (1912-1988) transformed the visual character of America. Though best known for their furniture, the husband and wife team were also forerunners in architecture, textile design, photography, and film.The Eameses' work defined a new, multifunctional modernity, exemplary for its integration of craft and design, as well as for the use of modern materials, notably plywood and plastics. The Eames Lounge Chair Wood, designed with molded plywood technology, became a defining furniture piece of the 20th century, while the couple's contribution to the Case Study Houses project not only made inventive use of industrial materials but also developed an adaptable floor plan of multipurpose spaces which would become a hallmark of postwar modern architecture.From the couple's earliest furniture experiments to their seminal short film Powers of Ten, this book covers all the aspects of the illustrious Eames repertoire and its revolutionary impact on middle-class American living."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: first published 2005.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Early plywood experiments -- Molded plywood productions -- Arts & architecture covers -- Plywood furniture -- Case study house #8 -- Case study house #9 -- MoMa International competition for low-cost furniture design -- Herman Miller showroom -- Storage units -- Carson Pirie Scott window displays -- Plastic chairs -- Wire-mesh chairs -- House of cards -- Kwikset house -- Max De Press house -- Lounge chair and ottoman -- Film: Day of the Dead -- Aluminum group -- Exhibition: mathematica -- Tandem sling seating -- IBM pavilion -- Exhibition: photography & the city -- Film: Banana Leaf -- Film: Powers of Ten.
Language:
English
