Humanizing modernism: The crafts, 'functioning decoration' and the eameses

Journal of Design History

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-29

  Kirkham, Pat ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles and Ray Eames; Crafts; Furniture; Interior Design; Modernism; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038094279     PISSN: 09524649     EISSN: 17417279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jdh/11.1.15     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. For a fuller study of their work, see my book Charles and Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Century, MIT Press, 1995.
2. See also John Neuhart, Marilyn Neuhart, and Ray Eames, Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, New York, 1989
3. Donald Albrecht (ed.), The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention, New York, 1997
4. and Pat Kirkham, 'The personal, the professional, and partner(ship): exploring the husband/wife collaboration of Charles and Ray Eames, designers and film-makers, USA, 1941-1978', in Beverley Skeggs, Feminists Produce Cultural Theory, Manchester, 1995. (NB: all references to 'Kirkham' in this article relate to the MIT Press book of 1995.)
5. See R. J. Clark et al. (eds.), Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, New York, 1983.
6. Kirkham, p. 167.
7. For the film Bread, see p. 144.
8. Joseph Giovannini, "The Office of Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser: the material trail', in Albrecht, op. cit., p. 52.
9. Kirkham, p. 18.
10. For Saarinen, see Aline Saarinen (ed.), Eero Saarinen on His Own Work, New Haven, 1968
11. Allan Temko, Eero Saarinen, New York, 1962
12. Lamia Doumato, The Work of Eero Saarinen, Monticello, Illinois, 1980
13. and Eric Larrabee and Massimo Vignelli, Knoll Design, New York, 1981.
14. For Eames and Saarinen, see Eliot Noyes, Organic Design in Home Furnishings, New York, 1941.
15. Kirkham, p. 13.
16. Giovannini, op. cit., is the first major article since the publication of my book on the Eameses to argue the importance of Ray, especially in the early years of the partnership.
17. Kirkham, pp. 216-18.
18. Ray Eames in conversation with Pat Kirkham, New York, 1987.
19. Kirkham, pp. 41-2.
20. The stool is not currently (October 1997) on display in the Museum of Modern Art galleries. Contemporary production versions are on display in the Eames exhibition currently travelling in Europe (Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany, until 4 January 1998, and at other venues thereafter. Contact Interpretive Programs Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA for further details). For the stool, see also Neuhart et al., p. 249.
21. Kirkham, pp. 250-2.
22. Neuhart et al., p. 249.
23. Quoted in Bill N. Lacey, 'Warehouse full of ideas', Horizon, September 1980, p. 22. See Kirkham, p. 143.
24. For films and multi-media work, see Kirkham, Chapter 7.
25. Kirkham, p. 183.
26. For a discussion of 'femmage', see Kirkham, p. 177.
27. See Kirkham, Chapters 6 and 7.
28. Beatriz Colomina, 'Reflections on the Eames House', in Albrecht, op. cit., p. 129.
29. Kirkham, pp. 168-79.
30. For the Eameses and India, see Kirkham, pp. 278-88.
31. The Eames Report, 1958, is often referred to in the USA as the India Report.