Charles and Ray Eames

My Project 3 booklet is “Charles and Ray Eames.” I chose the first moodboard. It was my favorite one. Images are big and bleed to the edge of the pages. I liked big letters that break the colums, and I also liked the grids how they used. For my own project, I wanted to fill the page with a picture, but pictures have low resolution, so I changed my plan to scale down all the images and wrote the quotation on top of the images to break the grid like my mood board. I tried to use limited colors, but

One does not think the name Charles Eames without considering his other half Ray Eames. Ranked among the elite of American designers, they were one of the largest contributors to what we know as modernism today. “their pronouncements on design emphasized the centrality of function in the use of the technologies of mass production to make quality goods cheaper and more affordable.” Charles was not successful just an architect, also in furniture design, film and exhibition design all of which brought

Although I am familiar with the Eames’ name and especially their contributions to chair design, I admittedly did not know the Eames’ were so engrained in American history beyond their contributions to the chair. The one thing that really stands out to me as the main reason for their success is specifically Charles Eames’ insatiable desire to learn, and further, the incorporation of his artistic and architectural visions to produce novel ideas and projects to epitomize Gardner’s great man/woman definition

Ray Kaiser was born in Sacramento, California in 1912. She attended the Art Students League and the Hans Hoffman School in New York where she studied painting. In 1936, Ray was involved in the creation of the radical American Abstract Artist group, which would protest art galleries with very strict rules about what to exhibit, and would do many other things to help abstract artists. ("Charles & Ray Eames - R & Company.") She was very active and was one of the first participants of American-Born abstract

The Private House in Regensburg was built in 1979, which is Thomas Herzog’s own home; one can declare that he is the client and designer himself thus fulfilling his own needs or desires for the site. The house demonstrates particular principles of energy efficiency, making it an early eco-home. This can be shown by the use of local materials, or taking advantage of the site for characteristics like protection and aesthetics. Thomas Herzog was born in during World War 2 (1941), in Munich, Germany

“Design is for living”. The adage fashioned a widespread shift in design during the 1940s and 1950s. It revolutionized the form by creating an electrifying visual language that signaled a new age and a fresh start- two of the powerhouses were Charles and Ray Eames. The Eameses were a husband and wife team whose unique synergy led to a whole new expression in furniture and architecture. The couple advocated the principles of Modernism through the adaptation of innova¬tion from wartime technology .Their

America is seen as the land of opportunity in that there are endless possibilities for an individual. In this land of opportunity, Americans strive to obtain the ideal known as the American dream. The American Dream is seen as the accomplishment of an ambition achieved while challenged by adversity.1 Americans often associate this success with the ownership of a home. The home is not simply a place of basic protection; there is a much deeper connection to the individual. Ownership of a home grants

The Private House in Regensburg was built in 1979, is Thomas Herzog’s own home; one can declare that he is the client and designer himself thus fulfilling his own needs or desires for the site itself, is referred to as ‘his Wohnhaus in Regensberg (1979), with its steep, ground-sweeping pitched roof, is content to get its summer shading from the tree canopy above’. (Rattenbury, et al., 2004) Throughout this essay I will analyse Thomas Herzog’s House at Regensburg explaining the commonalities of

For manufactured products to be successful, they must accomplish several crucial points. These points are highlighted in the belief system founded by Dieter Rams known as the ten design principles of good design. Beginning at the drawing board, it is vital that designers keep all of these aspects and margins in mind while developing their product. Brita, a company that focuses on water filtration products, is one of the few corporations that satisfy almost all of Ram’s commandments. In particular

Herman Miller has been in the business for over 90 years and is known for its innovation and design processes. Through more than a few name changes, changes in leadership, and difficult economic times, Herman Miller has managed to keep its hold on the market. It remains the leader in innovation and design processes by remaining committed to Research and Development and continues to commit to it even through rough financial times. There will be several areas of focus during this analysis including