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Jun 17, 2015 this very intimate and loving tribute to the eameses includes personal letters, family photos, and images that document the poetic ephemera of their everyday life, making this book the definitive eames monograph. Volume 1 scale is the new geography dvd the films of charles and ray eames. Select details of their life and work, from their refined designs to to their innovative experiments. Ammo books ammo books publishes exciting, oneofakind visually charged books that always get noticed. Inspired by charles s immersive and original slideshows, in which he expertly selected and grouped images together that communicated information in an aesthetic, direct, and accessible way, this book strives to visually create the eameses life and work by taking the viewer through a delightful journey, focusing on their beautiful details. Im still in the early stages of writing it at the moment. Eames demetrios, the grandson of charles and ray eames, is the director of the eames office and chairman of the eames foundation. Booktopia has eames, beautiful details by demetrios eames. But more than that, it is a personal document, edited by their grandson, eames demetrioswho is chairman of the eames foundationand. Charles and ray eames created important, experimental and beautiful work in furniture, architecture, exhibit design, textile design, product design, graphic design, film and photography.
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