News: an interview with Daniel Ostroff author of "An Eames Anthology: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes, and Speeches,"

Monday, April 27, 2015

News: an interview with Daniel Ostroff author of "An Eames Anthology: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes, and Speeches,"

Eames scholar Daniel Ostroff has compiled an anthology of design couple Charles and Ray Eames' written output -- articles, film scripts, interviews, letters, notes and speeches -- from 1941 to 1986.

The book is illustrated with rarely seen drawings and photographs, and about 70% of the collected texts are previously unpublished, Ostroff notes. "They were as careful with their words as they were with their designs and very good at coming up with one-liners, such as 'Take your pleasure seriously.'"

Read all at http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-ostroff-20150425-story.html

Courtesy Los Angelse Times

Eamesiana is a project by Andrea Terranova and Raffaela Cardia, italian trends scouts on contemporary design.

"The Eameses created the future we're still living"

metropolismag.com

Charles Eames (1907–78) and Ray Eames (1912–88) gave shape to America's twentieth century. Their lives and work represented the US's defining movements: the West Coast's coming-of-age, the economy's shift from making goods to producing information, and the global expansion of American culture. The Eameses embraced the era's visionary concept of modern design as an agent of social change, elevating it to a national agenda. Their evolution from furniture designers to cultural ambassadors demonstrated their boundless talents and the overlap of their interests with those of their country. In a rare era of shared objectives, the Eameses partnered with the governments (US, India) and the country's top businesses to lead the charge to modernize postwar America.