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Essential Eames exhibition to open in Singapore next month
We are very proud to present Essential Eames: A Herman Miller Exhibition to Singapore, which will open at Marina Bay Sands ArtScience Museum on the 29th June, 2013. Lovers of Charles and Ray Eames...
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10 day countdown: Essential Eames in Singapore
There are just ten days to go until the opening of Essential Eames in Singapore, the exhibition that traces the life and work of Charles and Ray Eames. We are going to countdown to the opening here on...
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9 days go! Essential Eames: Process
“Charles was once asked, “Did you think of the Eames chair in a flash?” He replied, “Yes, sort of a 30-year flash.” This is a quote from the book An Eames Primer, which the exhibition was based on and...
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8 days to go! Essential Eames: Architecture
You may be familiar with the Eames house Case study #8 (above) that Charles and Ray Eames designed and lived in for the rest of their lives. But did you know Charles Eames was expelled from...
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7 days to go! Essential Eames: Exhibitions
The Eames were passionate about learning and designed a number of groundbreaking exhibitions that gave the public the gift of education about complex topics including science and mathematics, allowing...
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6 days to go! Essential Eames: Graphics
The Eames Office generated an enormous body of graphics including advertising, brochures, posters, invites, packaging design and toys, each treated with the same diligence and thoughtfulness as...
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5 days to go! Essential Eames: Photography
Photography was critical to the Eames’ process and Charles particularly had a great love of the lens. The photo above shows Charles, Ray and Eames Office staff members posing with their cameras outside...
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4 days to go! Essential Eames: Film
Film-making was a natural progression for Charles and Ray Eames as it satisfied their love of visual communication and allowed them to extend their exploration of themes and concepts. Topics were...
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2 days to go! Essential Eames: Connection
Charles and Ray Eames story is interwoven with some of the leading characters of 20th century design and the connections are as intriguing as the cast themselves. This famous photo above shows (from...
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1 day to go: Essential Eames starts tomorrow!
Essential Eames opens at the ArtScience Museum tomorrow, which brings us to the end of our ten day countdown. We hope you have enjoyed our preview of some of the highlights to be found at the...
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New products to be launched at REACH
There are some pretty exciting new products being launched at REACH Singapore in just a few weeks time, so we thought we’d let you in on a few of the highlights… The Eames Moulded Wood Chair is a new...
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Buckminster Fuller and the Eames
We were recently reminded of the friendship between Charles and Ray Eames and the inventor and visionary Buckminster Fuller (1895 -1983), whom they referred to fondly as Bucky. The Eames...
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Eat Your History: A Shared Table
The exhibition Eat Your History: A Shared Table invites you to into eight historic homes that capture the different ages of Sydney’s food culture from 1788 to the 1950s. It opens in Sydney tomorrow –...
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Sighted: Moulded Ply Lounges at Cowshed House, Glebe
Classic Eames Moulded Plywood lounge chairs are the seat of choice in the fabulous renovation ‘Cowshed House’ by Carterwilliamson Architects, situated in the Sydney suburb of Glebe.
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Sighted: Carl Liu’s Eames Tribute Rocker
Carl Liu is a Chinese industrial designer based in Shanghai, passionate about elevating design awareness in Asia. Whilst exploring his website we came across this modified Eames Rocker Liu created as...
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Sighted: New Majestic Hotel, Singapore
A red Eames Moulded Plywood Chair provides a lovely pop of contrasting colour in one of the rooms at the New Majestic Hotel, Singapore.
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Sighted: Manly home by CM Studio
Stacked Eames wire base tables and an all-black Eames Lounge and Ottoman make a statement in the sleek and sophisticated interior scheme of this home in the beachside suburb of Manly (Sydney,...
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Charles and Ray Eames in India
(above) Eames House interior, Los Angeles, 1944 (photograph by Timothy Street-Porter, © Eames Office, LLC) We recently came across an essay that examines the Eames relationship with India. During the...
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Inspired? Charles the Chair
Singapore based Fred Lives Here has taken the notion of ‘replica’ one step further with his concrete version of the Eames Lounge and Ottoman. ‘Charles the Chair’ is cast from fibre-reinforced concrete...
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