Suggestion for a Christmas gift #2

Friday, December 12, 2014

Suggestion for a Christmas gift #2

An inspirational combination of quirky British style and lively cosmopolitanism.

Designers, stylists and artists from across the country and around the globe make the capital their home.

Celebrating the city’s rich mix of living spaces – with several eamesians pieces – "Creative Living London" is an exclusive peek inside the personal spaces of the city’s most ingenious talents.
This stunning book is sold in Turin at Nb NotaBene Bookshop.

Emily Wheeler, Creative Living: London, Thames and Hudson, 2014.
Photographs by Ingrid Rasmussen

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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.