ʻIke i kāu Eames Furniture

Ma waena o nā pā hale o Mid Century,ʻo Charles and Ray Eames kaʻoihana koʻikoʻi. Akā, no ka nui o kā lākou mau manaʻo i haku kopeʻia,ʻoiai,ʻo kaʻikeʻana i kahi kope mua - a me ka'āpana ohi e hiki ke hana maʻalahi. Ua kamaʻilio mākou me Richard Wright, ka luna o ka hale kūʻai kūʻai a Wright a me nā mea lapaʻau ma kaʻoihana Eames, no ka hāʻawiʻana i nā'ōlelo kōkua i kaʻikeʻana i nā pono Eames a me ka pehea e hoʻonui ai i kona waiwai.

• 01 o 09

  ʻO ka mea maikaʻi

  ʻO ka lā palena nui loa o'Emes mai ka makahiki mua o ka hanaʻana: 1946-1956. Akā,ʻo nā'āpana mai nā 50 a hiki i nā makahiki he 60 i hiki i ka wā mua ke hiki ke loaʻa ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana. ʻO ka'ōlelo maikaʻi "ua kauʻia ka nui o ka hana," i'ōleloʻo Wright. Aia ma kahi o 70% o nā'āpana he paʻi pepa,ʻo ia ka mea mua e nānā ai ma lalo o kahi noho aiʻole papaʻaina, aiʻole i loko o kahi keke waihona keʻena, he mea kauā (aʻo nā mea koena o kekahi). "ʻAʻole i kauʻia ka hōʻailonaʻole i keʻano o ka mea lapuwale," i ka'ōlelo ākea a Wright -ʻo ka lepili he liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i nā makahiki mua - akā he hoʻomaka maikaʻi.

• 02 o 09

  Nā Māhele

  Hiki i nā pepa pepa keʻano'ē aʻe, ma muli o ka makahiki a me nā mea hana. Akā, he mauʻulaʻula, heʻulaʻula, heʻeleʻele paha (aiʻole he hui pū). 'Ōlelo lākou iā "Charles Eames" a iʻole "Hoʻolālāʻia e Charles Eames." Ke lawe nei lākou ma ka inoa o ka mea hanahana:ʻO Herman Miller Furniture Company, me kona huapalapala -ʻano like me keʻano o nā kuʻiʻai, aiʻole ka lei aliʻiʻelua. Ua kākauʻia lalo laloʻo Zeeland, Michigan, a me Venice, Kaleponi, nā wahi o nā hale hana o nā hui. (E hopohopo ināʻikeʻoe i kekahi mea me kahi helu kiko'ī,ʻaʻoheʻelima helu helu helu i loko o nā '50s.)

• 03 o 09

  Nā inoa e makaʻala

  ʻO nā mea i hanaʻia me ka fiberglass i hoʻoheheʻeʻia, e like me ka nohoʻana o nā peke kaulana a me nā kolepa i nā kau o ka mid-century i mea e loaʻa iā lākou iho, i nā manawa he nui i ka inoa "Zenith Plastics". ʻO kekahi inoa e nānā no: Tigrette, ka mea i hana i ka laina Eames o nā meaʻoniʻoni.

• 04 o 09

  ʻO kekahi inoa'ē aʻe, a nānā i nā palapala, kiʻekiʻe

  Ma luna o nā noho lāʻau, nā papa a me nā mea hōʻiliʻili,ʻo ka pinepine pinepine ka inoa o "Evans" -ʻo ka Evans Product Company i hana i ka palapū a nā'Eames i hoʻohana me ke akamai. ʻAʻole e hoʻokūhoihoi kēia i ka mea hoʻolālā i kaʻenehana o Paul Evans.

  Hiki i nāʻaoʻao ma lalo o kahi'āpanaʻekolu mau huapalapala i kahakahaʻia, paipaiʻia a lima paha i kākauʻia ma luna - kekahi mea e like me LCW, DAX, DCM. ʻO kēia nā inoa hoʻohālike. Ua kapaʻia nā inoaʻo Eames i ka pūʻali koa, nā'ōlelo Wright, me nā kaha hoʻopiʻiʻekolu. "LCW" no ka "Low Chair Wood", e like me keʻano,ʻoiaiʻo "DCM"ʻo ia hoʻi "Eʻai ana i ka Chair Metal."

• 05 o 09

  Hoʻopiʻi Touch

  E noi inā loaʻa i kahi'āpana kāna hana mua loa. E like me kā lākou mea hana e hana ai,ʻaʻole i kūpono ka Eames ma hope; no laila e hoʻonuiʻia ka'āpana i ka'āpana māmā, a hoʻomāhuahua houʻia ma ka heleʻana o nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ka papahana mua loa, he mauʻili kepoe; ua hele maila nā huʻi piha piha i ka hope. Akāʻo kēlā me kēia leo, "he hōʻailona hōʻoiaʻiʻo inā he puʻupuʻu nui kahi'āpana, a'ālohilohi hoʻi," wahi a Wright. "Pono ia e nānā iki, hōʻike i kona mau makahiki -ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai."

• 06 o 09

  Nā makana no ka Hoʻoilina

  ʻO ka nānāʻana i ka wā kahiko he mea hoʻokahi, akā - e like me kekahi mea kahiko a iʻole kaʻaha kūpono e pili. Aʻo kaʻoi mua o kēlāʻano,ʻo ka maikaʻi. ʻO ia mau mea e pili ana inā paha ua weheʻia nā mīkini ma kahi'āpana i ka waiwai o kahi. ("E komo kekahi poʻe Eames i loko o ka minutiae," e hāʻawi anaʻo Wright.) Ke hoʻololi houʻia kekahiʻano hou - pēlā i kahi mau pale kapalima hou a iʻole nā ​​kuakena e pani i kahi maloʻo a me nā mea i haki -ʻaʻohe mea nui. Akā, maikaʻi ke kauohaʻana i kahi uku. Ma kahi kūʻai houʻo Eames i kēia manawa,ʻo ka waihona ukana, waihoʻia (he nani, akā,ʻaʻole loa i keʻano o ka hōʻailona) i kahi kūlana piha loa i laweʻia he $ 15,000. Inā ua hoʻopauʻia, a ua hoʻololiʻia paha ma kekahiʻano, ua hala wale nō $ 5,000 wale nō, wahi a Wright.

• 07 o 09

  ʻAʻole Hoʻonohonohoʻia nā Models a pau

  Ma muli o ka nui o nā huahana i hanaʻia, he nui nā hiʻohiʻona o Eames mau mea i waho ma laila - no laila,ʻaʻole nui nā mea i kūʻai nuiʻia (ma ka liʻiliʻi, ma nā papa hana kahiko). Akāʻo kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona he emiʻole ia ma mua o ka poʻe'ē aʻe. No laila, ma keʻano o ka ukuʻana, "ua lilo i mea e pili ana i nā lālā," wahi a Wright. Ma kāna uku kūʻai, ua kiʻiʻia ka noho i ka hema e kiʻi $ 2,000 -ʻoiaiʻelua mauʻano likeʻole,ʻo keʻano likeʻole mai ka makahiki hoʻokahi me ka'ākuhi like a me keʻano likeʻole, ua laweʻia mai he $ 500. No ke aha mai? "ʻO ia wale nō e pili ana i ka hale hōʻailona o Harlequin" ma luna o ka noho mua, e weheweheʻo Wright - heʻano hoʻonani kūʻokoʻa nani, me "kahi nani maikaʻi." A, he mea ponoʻole ke'ōlelo, ma kahiʻano hou.

• 08 o 09

  E noho ma ka hale

  Na Eames i hana i nā mea hana no nā keʻena a me nā hale. Inā loaʻaʻoe i ka waiwai waiwai waiwai, e nānā i ka hopena. "ʻO ka meaʻoihana o kaʻoihana he mea kūponoʻole ia,ʻaʻohe waihona mālama waihona," nā memo a Wright. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea nui loa i hanaʻia no ka home "- a me ka loaʻaʻole: Ua hoʻomakaʻo Herman Miller e hoʻopau i ka laina hale noho i ka makahiki 1965, akā hoʻomauʻia ka hanaʻana i kaʻoihanaʻoihana. I ka makahiki 1994, hoʻokuʻu ka hui i ka Herman Miller no ka hōʻiliʻili hale, e hoʻopili ana i nā kiʻi kahiko o Eames. 'Ōlelo pono lākou, he legit a he "kūpaʻa nui loa," i'ōleloʻo Wright - "ʻaʻole lākou no ka mākaʻi kāpuni."

• 09 o 09

  Hana i kāu hana home

  E like me kekahi wahi o nā hōʻiliʻili - ināʻoe he pilikino, e aʻo i ka māla a aʻo iāʻoe iho. Nui nā hale hōʻikeʻike i nā'āpana Eames. ʻAʻole nui nā palapala e pili ana i ka duo; Eames Design:ʻO kaʻoihana o ka Office o Charles a me Ray Eames e Marilyn & John Neuhart aʻo Ray Eames (Harry N. Abrams, 1989) he "ʻoiaʻiʻoʻo ka Baibala," wahi a Wright. ʻO ka pūnaewele www.eamesoffice.com, e mālamaʻia e ka moʻopuna a Charles, he mea waiwai nui hoʻi ia a ke hana nei ma ka papa helu o ke kahawai Eames. Aia ka pūnaewele o Herman Miller, www.hermanmiller.com, i ka manawa manawa a me nā mea'ē aʻe e pili ana i ka Eames.

  E aʻo i ka heluhelu hou i ka Mid-Century Hōʻikeʻike nā mea hana kahiko i kēia manawa .