News: Eames-style Nolan side table from West Elm

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

News: Eames-style Nolan side table from West Elm

For a contemporary, high street take on a mid-century look, check out the Nolan side table from West Elm. The table is similar in shape to the 1960 Charles and Ray Eames stool designs - those objects, like this, offering the possibility of being either a side table or a stool.
The Nolan has been given a luxurious look, with an antiqued brass finish, rather than the solid wood of the Eames' numbers.

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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"

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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.