An Eames anthology: articles, film scripts, interviews, letters, notes, speeches

An Eames Anthology collects for the first time the writings of the esteemed American architects and designers Charles and Ray Eames, illuminating their marriage and professional partnership of fifty years. More than 120 primary-source documents and 200 illustrations highlight iconic projects such as the Case Study Houses and the molded plywood chair, as well as their work for major corporations as both designers (Herman Miller, Vitra) and consultants (IBM, Polaroid). Previously unpublished materials appear alongside published writings by and about the Eameses and their work, lending new insight into their creative process. Correspondence with such luminaries as Richard Neutra and Eero Saarinen provides a personal glimpse into the advance of modernity in mid-century America.

Foreword / Eames Demetrios -- Acknowledgments / Daniel Ostroff -- Introduction / Daniel Ostroff -- Part 1: 1941-1949. "Design today" : "Organic design" ; Covers for California arts & architecture, 1942 ; Covers for California arts & architecture, 1943 ; "City Hall" ; "Line and color" ; "A new emergency transport splint of plyformed wood" ; Covers for Arts & architecture, 1944 ; Mass-produced housing ; "No man is an illand" ; "Case study houses 8 and 9" (1945) ; Evans Molded Plywood Products ; Covers for Arts & architecture, 1947 ; "Mies van der Rohe" ; "Esthetic qualities in architecture" ; "We live in one of the newest houses in California" ; "Case study houses 8 and 9" (1948) ; USC lecture on design ; Advice for students ; Richard Neutra apartments : correspondence ; "Designer Charles Eames tests prize-winning furniture in his own home" ; "Case study house for 1949" ; Case study houses : Truscon Steel Products -- Part 2: 1950-1959. "Case study house 9" (1950) ; Case study houses : correspondence ; Molded plastic chairs ; Eames storage units ; Designs for kites ; "Design today" : Arboretum speech ; Japanese tea house : correspondence ; "The relation of artist to industry" ; "Desi…