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they kick ass and shit

― anthony, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I knew their work by default of growing up in the post-Eames design empire of America, where their influence is astounding, but I really didn't know them by name or more of what they did until very recently. I also think that film they did about the powers of ten -- focusing out to the entire universe and then in down to the molecular level -- was one of the best science films ever made! First saw that at Terrastock II of all places...

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

only thing i know about them is that even though their house was enormously large and tall, everything they'd hung on the walls was at or slightly above eye-level when u r seated on one of their magnificent chairs. they wanted you to be able to check things out at your leisure, which seems very considerate. once i get a single thing to put up on the wall of my new apartment i will adopt the same principle.

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned - the other crucial movers of that movie were Philip and Phylis Morrison, friends of Escher and geniuses of Science for the Masses; better than Sagan. "The Ring of Truth" = best science miniseries I've ever seen.

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Some bk company brought out a wonderful little flipbook of 'Powers of Ten' a couple of years ago. It makes a great Christmas present! They used to show that film A LOT on 'Blue Peter' (famously 'educational' UK kids TV show) when I was growing up - childhood psychedelia, ya can't beat it!

Did Charles (?) Eames also do packaging design for airlines, coca-cola, lucky strike - or is that somebody else? And I presume the bros created the Eames chair...

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

bros = husband and wife (doesn't help that her name is "ray")

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well well well you learn something every day on ILE ... TY TH

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"only thing i know about them" obv utter lie. but i think i actualy am used up now.

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

for years I tht they were a gay married couple (yeah, right, mark: lots of those in the 40s and50s!! i guess i kind of tht their designwork was SO SUCCESSFUL and POPULAR that they "got away" with it)

― mark s, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

we bought the video and flipbook yesterday and they have all sorts of tchtokes. i love there social utopiaism that seems to be connected to a long traditon of american design. and mark for the longest time i thought they were a queer couple as well.

― anthony, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think the famous coke bottle guy was named Raymond Lowey (Lowery?) or something like that.

― nickn, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

nine years pass...

Mentioned early in the thread, so fantastically elegant

― willem, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 13:55 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Saw the documentary tonight (knew virtually nothing about them beforehand):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YMzmuBBBzo

Weird serendipity: their Bicentennial show, "The World of Franklin and Jefferson," gets panned in the Times, and supposedly Charles Eames never really gets over that. You see the review ("What Is This Stuff Doing at the Met?") on screen, with Hilton Kramer's byline.

― clemenza, Thursday, 29 March 2012 04:18 (thirteen years ago)

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