Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Eames (1912–1988) | View | Architectural Review
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The Eameses, the ‘painters who didn’t paint and architects who didn’t build,’ did however manage to change the way we see the world
As America’s mid-century modern sweethearts, Charles and Ray Eames covered the waterfront. Over time, the gravitational pull of their binary star sucked in everything, from cushion covers to the cosmos, transmuting and regurgitating it in a spirit of optimistic possibility. A curious mixture of obsession and whimsy, the Eameses rethought the relationship between design and society and in doing so changed the way we see the world.