Charles and Ray Eames: Influence on Today
After watching the film "Eames: The Architect and the Painter "(https://www(dot)kanopy(dot)com/en/product/127012?vp=sva) write a 200-300 word essay, choosing one of the three directions below:
Choose an object in your home that you feel is inspired by the Eameses in some way. Consider their quirky aesthetic, the modularity of the objects they designed, how the simplicity of production was an important factor or how they sought to bring design to the masses in an easily accessible (i.e. affordable) fashion.
The design studio that Charles and Ray ran in Venice, California, has been described as a hive of creativity. Can you find any studio today that operates in a similar fashion? Is this a place you would personally like to work, or does the free-form style of their work day seem too overwhelming and all encompassing?
The Eames' motto was “the best for the least to the most” — a pithy statement about a utopian ideal of capitalist mass production. Is there a product or brand which exists today that carries on this motto and strives to bring good design to the masses for the best price?
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After watching the film Eames: The architect and the painter, I am inspired to choose my dad's study room, particularly his table. My dad’s study room is designed to represent a vintage and traditional theme, thus the most beautiful area of our home. The study table legs are made of exquisite dark oak wood arranged vertically and designed to represent the beauty and earthiness of Mother Nature. The top is made of thick ancient glass with a giraffe antique. The study room walls are yellow, with a painting of an elephant under a tree grazing at sunset. Satirically, my mom's design and taste in things are completely different from my dad's, which makes the film interesting.
The table is simple yet very sophisticated. It represents my dad's personality and conservative nature. My dad created the specific design and gave the detai...
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