Tag Archives: Charles and Ray Eames

pinned to pavement

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) … Charles Eames (1907-1978)! This issue of the UK magazine Architectural Design features a thematic celebration of the work of Charles and Ray Eames. The cover has them “pinned” (like … Continue reading

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planned obsolesence :to be unworthy we are

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) the critics all talk about how we’ve entered into the era of ‘design as commodity’ like never before. so many designers are household names that we even buy clowns like phillipe stark in big … Continue reading

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single handedly george and samurai lumberjack

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) everybody knows all about the eames chair designs. in fact, right now, everything ‘charles and ray eames’ is solid-gold cool standard. whenever my designer friends start talking about 20th century modernism, they always immediately blurt, … Continue reading

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like Dada like son

Henry Jenkins is the digital media guru who made the ”if it doesn’t spread its dead” stick as a mantra for today’s media culture where events and personalities are able to get exposure over different media platforms in which each … Continue reading

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A PIED PIETER OF THE LESS DROLL

In Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s picturizations of proverbs and parables, the Netherlandish peasant is employed only as a pantominist, but in the paintings of peasant life he comes into his own as Bruegel’s symbol of significant man. People who are … Continue reading

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ATTRACTIVE BUT INCOMPATIBLE

When Disney‘s Mary Blair was working to design ”Its a Small World” for the 1964-65 World’s Fair in New York, she was up to date and well aware with the art and design trends of the era, and was able … Continue reading

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