CONTENTS
Forword / James H. Billington
Preface / Alexander von Vegesack
Acknowledgments / Irene Chambers
Introduction / Donald Albrecht
Design Is a Method of Action / Donald Albrecht = 18
The Office of Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser : The Material Trail / Joseph Giovannini = 44
Evolving Forms : A Photographic Essay of Eames Furniture, Prototypes, and Experiments / Donald Albrecht = 72
The Eamesian Aesthetic in Popular Culture : A Timeline of Chairs = 98
A Happy Octopus : Charles and Ray Learn Science and Teach It with Images / Philip ; Phylis Morrison = 104
A Sense of the Mysterious / Alan Lightman = 118
Reflections on the Eames House / Beatriz Colomina = 126
"Natural Overlap" : Charles and Ray Eames and the Federal Government / H$$\acute e$$l$$\grave e$$ne Lipstadt = 150
Appreciations
Filmography
Selected Bibliography
Notes about the Contributors
Index
Photograph Credits
Forword / James H. Billington
Preface / Alexander von Vegesack
Acknowledgments / Irene Chambers
Introduction / Donald Albrecht
Design Is a Method of Action / Donald Albrecht = 18
The Office of Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser : The Material Trail / Joseph Giovannini = 44
Evolving Forms : A Photographic Essay of Eames Furniture, Prototypes, and Experiments / Donald Albrecht = 72
The Eamesian Aesthetic in Popular Culture : A Timeline of Chairs = 98
A Happy Octopus : Charles and Ray Learn Science and Teach It with Images / Philip ; Phylis Morrison = 104
A Sense of the Mysterious / Alan Lightman = 118
Reflections on the Eames House / Beatriz Colomina = 126
"Natural Overlap" : Charles and Ray Eames and the Federal Government / H$$\acute e$$l$$\grave e$$ne Lipstadt = 150
Appreciations
Filmography
Selected Bibliography
Notes about the Contributors
Index
Photograph Credits