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Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Eames The Founder of the mid century design



Charles Eames was undoubtedly the founder of modern classic furniture and mid century design. He was a top revolutionary designer who stood up amongst his contemporaries and became an American household name and a international iconic designer.He was the first furniture designer in the history of modern classics furniture to introduce and apply a new technologies and techniques on his furniture designs.Modern classic furniture bloomed in revolutionary way by Charles Eames furniture Designs.His combined knowledge of architectural designs and the new technologies allowed him to break the boundaries of the classic conventional furniture designs and create a modern vision in home furnishing and furniture designs.Eames pioneered all new technologies and designed furniture made of plywood,fibreglass,wire rod,reinforced plastic and other materials were completely alien and new territory during the mid century. Eames revolution in modern classics furniture started well before the mid century.His major challenge was to design a single piece of furniture from a single shell without using the classic methods of woods and heavy traditional materials and that led him to collaborate with Eero Saarinen in 1940 to design the organic chair during the competition of *Organic Design in Home Furnishing* organised by the museum of modern Art in New York.The organic chair was the starting point of the mid century modern design.The chair witnessed a huge success and attracted a massive interests amongst artists and furniture designers and was awarded the first winning price,unfortunately the organic chair reproductions discontinued because of the secons world wartime conditions.Eames spirit was not defeated by the breaking of the second world war.Designing furniture was his deepest passion and greatest power to fight the war and inspire the world by the mid century modern design,Eames furniture designs were not inspired by cheer necessity but driven by a powerful mind and deep sens to change the world after the war and create a completely a new environment and modern living urban space..Eames is very well remembered by his powerful designer mind and the rich variety of his design ideas and techniques.Furniture companies,Artists and furniture designers realised the revolutionary ideas and inspirations in Eames furniture designs.That is simply the reason why Eames furniture reproductions spread quickly around the world .More than half of a century yet still regarded internationally modern and undeniably elegant.Looking to the details of every single iconic design made by Eames and soon you realise that Eames was truly a revolutionary furniture designer with a mission to change the world by inspiring the mid century modern design and founding the basics of modern classics furniture and the basics of human needs when it comes to sheer comfort and style.

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