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CharlesOrmondEames,Jr(June17,1907-August21,1978)wasanAmerican
designer,architectandfilmmakerwho,togetherwithhiswifeRay,isresponsiblefor
manyclassic,iconicdesignsofthe20thcentury.HewasborninSaintLouis,Missouri,
wherehestudiedarchitectureatWashingtonUniversityandlateropenedan
architecturalpractice.
OneOnegreatinfluenceonhim wastheFinnisharchitectElielSaarinen(whosesonEero,
alsoanarchitect,wouldbecomeapartnerandfriend).AtSaarinen'sinvitation,he
movedin1938withhisfirstwifeCatherineWoermannEamesanddaughterLuciato
Cranbrook,Michigan,tofurtherstudyarchitectureanddesignattheCranbrook
AcademyofArt,wherehewouldbecomeateacherandheadoftheindustrialdesign
department.department.TogetherwithEeroSaarinenhedesignedprize-winningfurnitureforNew
York'sMuseum ofModernArt"OrganicDesign"competition.Theirworkdisplayedthe
newtechniqueofwoodmoulding,thatEameswouldfurtherdevelopinmanymoulded
plywoodproducts,including,besideschairsandotherfurniture,splintsand
stretchersfortheUSNavyduringWorldWarII.
InIn1941,CharlesandCatherinedivorced,andhemarriedhisCranbrookcolleagueRay
Kaiser,movingwithhertoLosAngeles,California,wheretheywouldworkandlivefor
therestoftheirlives.InthelateForties,aspartoftheArts&Architecturemagazine
"CaseStudy"program,RayandCharlesdesignedandbuiltthegroundbreakingEames
House,theirhome.LocateduponacliffoverlookingthePacificOcean,and
constructedentirelyofpre-fabricatedsteelpartsintendedforindustrialconstruction,
itremainsamilestoneofmodernarchitecture.
InIntheFifties,theEameseswouldcontinuetheirworkinarchitectureandfurniture
design,often(likeintheearliermouldedplywoodwork)pioneeringinnovative
technologies,suchasthefiberglassandplasticresinchairsandthewiremeshchairs
designedforHermannMiller.Besidesthiswork,Charleswouldsoonchannelhis
interestinphotographyintotheproductionofshortfilms.From theirfirstone,the
unfinishedTravelingBoy(1950),totheextraordinaryPowersofTen(1977),their
cinematicworkwasanoutletforideas,avehicleforexperimentationandeducation.

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