Eamesiana - The Universe of Charles and Ray Eames and Their Huge Influence in Design and Lifestyle.: Fifty Modern Buildings

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

News: Eames House in Deyan Sudjic's "Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World"

For the newest installment in its colorful “Fifty” book series, the London Design Museum takes on the world of contemporary architecture. In "Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World" (Conran, $20), museum director Deyan Sudjic offers a lushly illustrated cross section of design from 1851 to the present. The chronology starts with Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace and ends with David Adjaye’s yet-to-be-completed National Museum of African American History and Culture, stopping at greats such as Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye and Eames House in Venice, along the way.

"Fifty Modern Buildings" will be released on July 7.
Via: architecturaldigest.com
Read all at: www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2015/06/modern-architecture-design-museum

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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.