We’re finally off on our long-awaited trip to Southern California, where we’re looking forward to seeing lots of modernist architecture and amazing design (plus great beaches!). We hope to visit the iconic Eames House in Los Angeles, and leave you for a fortnight with just a few of the works of Charles and Ray Eames two of the most influential American designers of the 20th century.
Image: Eamesfoundation.org
Above: the Vitra Eames DSR Side Chair and RAR Rocking Chair are contemporary versions of the original fibreglass designs (1948) for the Museum of Modern Art in New York’s Low-Cost Furniture Design Competition. Below: Eames Lounge Armchair and Ottoman in white leather/walnut. 
Above left: The Eames Elephant was originally designed in 1945 in plywood but never made it into mass production; today’s version is in sturdy plastic. Above right: The brightly coloured knobs of the Hang-it-All, designed in 1953, were intended to encourage children to hang up all their belongings.
Below: These three solid Walnut Stools, with differently shaped mid-sections, were designed in 1960 for the lobbies of the Rockefeller Centre, and were intended to be used as tables as well as seating.
Above: The Eames Desk Unit (EDU). In 1949, Charles and Ray Eames developed a new system of free-standing multifunctional shelves and writing desks which were constructed, like their house, in keeping with the principles of industrial mass production.
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