CHARLES AND RAY EAMES, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS
y favourite couple is Charles and Ray Eames, whose joyful body of work speaks volumes about the creative alchemy they shared. Spanning iconic chairs such as the Eames lounger and Eiffel chair to the sculptural Hang It All hook rack, the first couple of American modernism worked together to create designs that still inspire today. The pair began their relationship as colleagues at the Cranbrook Academy of Art where architect Charles and artist Ray worked on a chair to submit for a furniture competition. Although early catalogues list only Charles’s name as the designer, he advocated Ray as an equal partner in their creations. These days, all their designs bear both names. Their complementary talents culminated beautifully in the
