Eames

Midcentury design name

Eames refers to the American design partnership of Charles and Ray Eames, whose mid-century modern furniture became iconic.

An Eames chair or Eames lounge typically means their molded plywood and leather designs, now synonymous with sophisticated modernist taste: The office had an Eames in the corner.

furniture

lounge chair

Extended seat for resting

side chair · dining chair · stacking chair · upholstery · bent plywood · ergonomic · iconic · mid-century

people

Charles

Popular regal name

partnership · Cranbrook · California · Pacific Palisades · duo · visionaries · architects · filmmakers · designers · multidisciplinary

design

Herman Miller

American furniture design company

organic forms · experimentation · functionality · aesthetics · innovation · prototyping · materials · craftsmanship · problem-solving · affordable

architecture

Pacific Palisades

Wealthy Los Angeles coastal community

residential · modular · eucalyptus · meadow · studio · living space · experimental

films

House

Building for habitation

IBM · mathematical · scientific · visual storytelling · multimedia · exhibitions · communication · Polaroid

Categories
Opposites
design philosophy

EamesVictorian design

Ornate nineteenth-century British style

Rococo · Art Nouveau · maximalism · William Morris · Louis XV style

market positioning

EamesIKEA

Swedish home-goods chain

flat-pack · particle board · big-box store · Wayfair · generic

design era/movement

EamesVictorian

Of a prim era

Edwardian · pre-modern · Rococo · traditional · Baroque

Phrases
Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G