Charles Eames and Ray Eames
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Charles Eames and Ray Eames, Ray Eames née Bernice Alexandria Kaiser, (respectively, born June 17, 1907, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died August 21, 1978, St. Louis; born December 15, 1912, Sacramento, California—died August 21, 1988, Los Angeles), American designers best known for the beauty, comfort, elegance, and delicacy of their mass-producible furniture. They also wrote books, made motion pictures, and designed exhibitions, fabrics, and industrial and consumer products. Charles Eames, who was also an architect, was for several years head of the experimental design department at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. During that time (1939–41) he collaborated with the ...(100 of 538 words)