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Charles Eames
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architecte et designer américain (1907-1978)
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Charles Eames (1907–1978) was an American designer, architect, filmmaker, and film director. Born and deceased in St. Louis, he was educated at Washington University in St. Louis and later worked for Harvard University. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His professional activities included participation in Documenta III and work within the Catalan modernism movement.
Eames is known for his contributions to modern architecture, furniture design, industrial design, and graphic design. His work often involved furniture construction and was produced in Los Angeles. He was married to Ray Eames, and the pair operated as the entity Charles and Ray Eames. His works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. He spoke English.
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Charles Eames was an American designer, architect and film maker. In creative partnership with his spouse, Ray Kaiser Eames, he was responsible for groundbreaking contributions in the field of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts.
Known for
- Eames: The Architect and the Painter — Self (archive footage)2011
- Design Q & A — Self1972
- Toccata for Toy Trains — Narrator1957
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Place of death
- St. Louis
- Spouse
- Ray Eames
- Occupation
- production designer
- Educated at
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta III
- Field of work
- industrial design
- Movement
- Catalan modernism
- Official website
- eamesfoundation.org
- Image
- Charles Eames in Arts & Architecture, January 1945 (page 41 crop).jpg
- Work location
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1907-06-17
- date of death
- 1978-08-21
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- has works in the collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Commons category
- Charles Eames
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Ray Eames
- described at URL
- arch-pavouk.cz/index.php/architekti/1337-eames-charles
- pseudonym
- Eames Jr., Charles Ormond
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Charles Ormond Eames Jr., dit Charles Eames, est un designer, architecte et cinéaste américain, né le 17 juin 1907 à Saint-Louis (Missouri) et mort dans la même ville le 21 août 1978. Il a principalement travaillé avec sa femme Ray Eames au sein du Eames Office. Créant du mobilier devenu iconique, il est considéré comme un designer majeur du XXe siècle, car il a su faire évoluer le design vers la production de masse et apporter des innovations techniques. Parmi ses travaux sur le contreplaqué moulé figurent la chaise LCW et le fauteuil Lounge Chair & Ottoman, et, parmi ses travaux sur la fibre de verre, La Chaise et les Stacking Chairs. Sur le plan architectural, il a conçu la Case Study House no 8, le Showroom pour l'éditeur de mobilier Herman Miller et le Pavillon IBM de la Foire internationale de New York (1964-1965). Polyvalent, Charles Eames est actif dans de nombreux domaines créatifs. Il conçoit également des documentaires et films publicitaires, ainsi que des jouets.
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