Exhibition
Eames Designs: The Guest Host Relationship
October 01–January 16
A+D Museum Los Angeles, 6032 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90036
Eames Designs: The Guest Host Relationship is a part of the city-wide Pacific Standard Time initiative. Pacific Standard Time is an unprecedented collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California, coming together to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene.
This exhibition will focus in on the words of Charles and Ray Eames. This theme will be explored through a display of Eames' quotes shown typographically and on film – alongside key related objects (from tumbleweed; to bread; to a keg of nails) and vintage furniture. It will examine the relationship between these objects and the ideas that flow from them. It will aim to illustrate how their innovative insights can inspire us to appreciate the world differently by honoring “the uncommon beauty of common things.”
More info: aplusd.org
Events
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Collecting Eames, the JF Chen Collection
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Eames: The Architect and the Painter
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Of Tools and 10's: A Celebration of Works by Charles and Ray Eames
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Articles
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Eames Words
The A+D Museum on L.A.’s Museum Row has just opened "Eames Words," named for its highly conceptual, and lexical, approach to the Eames legacy. “The whole idea is based on an…
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The Eames Bow Tie, designed by Ray!
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Epic Eames Auction Tomorrow
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Dwell Collection
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Dreams of Eames
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Products
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Eames Elephant
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Eames House Blocks
Industrial off-the-shelf materials like steel and glass were the building blocks of the original Eames House, the 1949 landmark home of mid-century maestros Charles and Ray, but a set of kiln-dried…
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Eames Lounge Chair
Designed and built by the Eames genius duo, sat in and admired by countless people over the years, this is the ultimate lounge chair.
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