Eamesian mood: Overgaard & Dyrman launched Wire Collection

Monday, May 25, 2015

Eamesian mood: Overgaard & Dyrman launched Wire Collection

Danish furniture maker Overgaard & Dyrman have launched a film showing the passion and craftsmanship behind their recently launched Wire Collection. The creation of fixtures and custom made tools has become a significant part of the identity of Overgaard & Dyrman. A special made fixture makes it possible for a highly skilled welder to do all welding by hand. This also applies to the creation of the ‘saddles’ for the wire chairs. Here, thick full-grain tooling leather is combined with a layer of foam and soft leather, as it has been done for generations within saddle making. In this way a construction that meets structural, ergonomic and visual desires has been made.

Courtesy: yellowtrace.com.au

Read all at: http://www.yellowtrace.com.au/the-passion-of-making-by-overgaard-dyrman/

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.