Project 5

By Eddie

What is modern style ?

The term Modern in interior design really refers to Mid Century Modern.
It is recognizable by its clean, unadorned interiors. Use of natural materials
such as wood, leather, teak and linen are prominent. Molded plywood and
plastic is very popular in modern furniture, as well as polished metal.
Furniture is very open and raised off the floor allowing for an airy feeling.
Walls are often white adding to the expansive feeling.

Modern interiors generally have bare floors and if area rugs are used, they
are typically wool, and neutral in colour. Hints of colour were used in
moderation. We generally refer to modern interiors as retro these days.

Modern Interior Design

Charles and Ray Eames

Charles Ormond Eames, Jr (1907

1978) and Bernice Alexandra "Ray"
(ne Kaiser) Eames (19121988)
/imz/ were husband and wife
American designers who made
significant historical contributions
to the development of modern
architecture and furniture. Among
their most well-known designs is
the Eames Lounge Chair. They also
worked in the fields of industrial
and graphic design, fine art and
film.

Charles Eames

Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended school
there and developed an interest in engineering and architecture. After
attending Washington University in St. Louis on scholarship for two years and
being thrown out for his advocacy of Frank Lloyd Wright, he began working in
an architectural office. In 1929, he married his first wife, Catherine
Woermann (they divorced in 1941), and a year later Charless only child, Lucia
was born. In 1930, Charles started his own architectural office. He began
extending his design ideas beyond architecture and received a fellowship to
Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, where he eventually became head of
the design department.

Ray Kaiser Eames

Ray Kaiser Eames was born in 1912

in Sacramento, California. She
studied painting with Hans
Hofmann in New York before
moving on to Cranbrook Academy
where she met and assisted
Charles and Eero Saarinen in
preparing designs for the Museum
of Modern Arts Organic Furniture
Competition. Charles and Eeros
designs, created by molding
plywood into complex curves, won
them the two first prizes.

Charles and Ray Eames

Charles and Ray married in 1941 and moved to California where they
continued their furniture design work with molding plywood. During World
War II they were commissioned by the United States Navy to produce molded
plywood splints, stretchers, and experimental glider shells. In 1946, Evans
Products began producing the Eameses molded plywood furniture. Their
molded plywood chair was called the chair of the century by the influential
architectural critic Esther McCoy. Soon production was taken over by Herman
Miller, Inc., who continues to produce the furniture in the United States
today. Our other partner, Vitra International,manufactures the furniture in
Europe.

Lounge Chair
Charles & Ray Eames, 1956

Eames Plastic Chairs

Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

Plywood Group
Charles & Ray Eames, 1945/1946

La Chaise
Charles & Ray Eames, 1948

Eames Elephant
Charles & Ray Eames, 1945

My favourite furniture design

Look stanger but reasonable

Fit body's shape so comforytale

Taste and elegant

Reference
https://www.vitra.com/en-pl/corporation/designer/details/charles-ray-eames