Charles Eames (1907–1978) and his wife, Ray Eames (1912–1988) were American designers who made significant contributions to modern architecture and industrial design. These Cranbrook Academy of Art grads turned mid-century-modernist power couple are a case study in excellent design. Charles and Ray’s prolific partnership took shape with the molded plywood chair in the 1940s, but the duo also dabbled in film, exhibition installations, toys, and even a miniature train in Los Angeles’s Griffith Park.

The Eames Office is dedicated to communicating, preserving and extending the work of Charles and Ray Eames. They feel that all three of those dimensions are important to keeping the office useful and vital, and that all of Charles and Ray’s work was the result of a way of looking at the world—a design philosophy and process that is worth sharing in many different dimensions. They do create new works as well, believing that creating wholly new works is as consistent with that philosophy as restoring and distributing classic ones.

The totes© Story In 1923, the SoLo Marx Company was founded in Oakley, Ohio, a small suburb of Cincinnati. The plant was moved to Loveland, Ohio in 1942 where the very first totes rubber rain boots were manufactured. These rubber rain boots, called "totes" to emphasize how portable and easy-to-carry they were, eventually became the company's most popular product. In 1961, Brad Phillips, a Chicago businessman, bought SoLo Marx and changed the name to totes, Incorporated. In 1969 he obtained the first patent for a working folding umbrella. In 1970, totes introduced the very first folding umbrella in the United States and it quickly became a hit. In the 1970s, in addition to the folding rain umbrella, many products were introduced under the totes name, including totes rain scarves, rainwear, hats, expanding bags, and slipper socks. 1985 brought the development of the Chromatics program, a line of weather products targeted to the supermarket, drugstore, and mass merchandiser trade classes. About this time totes established offices in New York, Toronto, the United Kingdom and Asia.

Aplat totes are inspired by the French notion "Art de Vivre." Designed to carry your cuisine, wine and garden in style. Innovative, practical and sustainably designed with 100% organic cotton, including hand-picked raw denim surplus from local cut/sew factories. These culinary totes are engineered to have zero waste of material in production. Made in San Francisco, CA.

A collection of ceramics, wooden objects, textiles, accessories and furniture for the home created by artisans and craftsmen from the US and abroad, the Canvas collection represents simple, sustainable style.

Canvasjet.com is an online printing store that gives the best photo printing services. We help our customers create their personalized art in the most innovative, simple, and fun way possible. Please explore our site for more info.

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The Cherner Chair Company has brought back many of Norman Cherner’s most popular designs. Utilizing his original drawings and specifications, the reissued designs are made in the USA with the same attention to detail found in the original handmade classics. Although best known for his furniture design, Norman Cherner’s work included almost all aspects of design: from graphics, glassware, and lighting, to his pioneering work in prefabricated housing. In addition to reissuing Norman Cherner designs, The Cherner Chair Company also features new designs by Benjamin Cherner.