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***ON DECK***A complete Kent Coffey Impact bedroom set (highboy, lowboy, nightstand), another four Kai Kristiansen chairs, two Dunbar (one Edward Wormley) sofas, one Folke Ohlssen sofa, three Adrian Pearsall sofas, four Lawrence Peabody chairs, more lounge chairs. Stacked and packed with full diesel awesome. Gotta work harder!!! Must. Work. Harder.
My Vitra Eames House Bird ...
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"the hand of man has created such beautiful objects inspired by nature"
Orange, Yellow, Dark Green, Dark Blue. Eames Herman Miller Shell Chairs. 1200 with free international shipping for shells and bases.
The Lounge Chair Wood actually ranks its own Wikipedia Entry; it's significant not only as the breakthrough production-ready design from the Eames studio, but also as the first complexly-curved molded plywood furniture design by anybody.
The Eameses had been working on the problem for quite some time; with Eero Saarinen, they won the MOMA Organic Furniture competition back in 1940. They ran into trouble trying to actually realize mass-producible versions of their designs. The shortages and demands of World War II thankfully drew the project to a close before it could become really embarrassing, and during the war Charles and Ray perfected a means of molding plywood (originally experimenting, in their apartment, with a contraption that used a bicycle pump to provide the needed pressure).
Designing the chair around the capabilities of the technique (rather than hoping that techniques would catch up with the design) they scrapped the original dream of a single curving piece that would accommodate both seat and back. This ambition would be eventually realized when they discovered fiberglass - but in the meantime, there was the LCW.
(For more on this story, I strongly recommend An Eames Primer by Eames Demetrios.)
So how is it as a chair? I find it supremely comfortable, surprisingly so for a wooden thing with no upholstery whatsoever. Partly it's the curvature, and partly it's the rubber "shock mount" design for attaching the back to the seat - this thing has a little bit of give to it. It is, however, ill-suited as library furniture; like many of the other items in the KSA collection, it seems intended for cocktail conversation and, well, lounging. Without armrests, and set at a height that makes resting one's elbows on a table unlikely, it's just not cut out for reading in. But just as a thing to sit in, it's one of my favorites, and I've occasionally stuck it in project renderings just to amuse myself.
This is the house of the husband and wife design team of Charles and Ray Eames, they designed and built this place in the late 1940s as their family home and work studio. It's now open to the public in limited capacity.
It rained a couple hours before we got here so the yard was rich and lush. We walked around, hung out, and explored a bit. It was like they just left for a trip, the house still looks lived in with their trinkets, books and furniture all around. The yard was much the same way with nice little patio gardens and potted plants that looked well loved. In a way I could picture my own grandmother walking around outside making sure little rocks are in the right place in each garden and no dead leaves are on the plants…
The husband and wife design team of Charles and Ray Eames are well-known for their contributions to furniture and industrial design, films, exhibitions, toys and architecture. They approached problem solving as an adventure, combining discipline with a sense of play. Together with the multi-talented Eames Office staff, the pair set a standard for design excellence that still inspires current generations.
How would the Eames decorate a cheap West L.A. apartment? Here is your answer. Their first residence in Los Angeles was just that. In the bg you can see the awful pane window that plauges those of us who try to decorate West L.A. apartments. They don't seem to be bothered by it. (From the "Charles Eames: St. Louis to California" exhibit at the Eames Office in Santa Monica.)
The dining room has DAR en DSR chairs by Eames for Vitra Dining Table Presto by Martin Haksteen for Fibonacci, the table is made of aluminium and trespa. The color on the wall is Stone Blue by Farrow&Ball, the classical indigo color. The photograph of Yosemite Valley was made by myself.
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Eames lounge chair.
Brazilian rosewood with dark chocolate coloured leather. Mid to late 60's production by Herman Miller.
REF: 01800
STYLE: Mid-Century Modern Design
DESIGNER: Ray & Charles Eames
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
MANUFACTURER: Herman Miller
MODEL: 670/671
MATERIAL: cast aluminium, plywood, palisander veneer, leather upholstery
YEAR: 1970
CONDITION: original
DIMENSIONS: h.: 79,5 cm x w.: 84 cm x d.: 85 cm/h.: 43 cm x w.: 64 cm x d.: 60 cm