Eames: Beautiful Details

Eames: Beautiful Details is a richly visual celebration of Charles and Ray Eames’ seamless creative partnership, capturing the fluid way they worked as both a husband-and-wife team and as designers who moved freely across disciplines. Inspired by Charles’s immersive slideshows, the book thoughtfully arranges images that highlight their refined designs, bold experiments, and the poetic everyday moments that shaped their life together. Even the slipcase design pays homage to their playful sensibility, echoing the colors and triangles of their inventive children’s “toy” and the much-loved patterns from their House of Cards.

The monograph showcases the breadth and longevity of the Eames's’ impact on modern design—from the iconic 1956 Eames Lounge Chair to their pioneering work with molded plywood, fiberglass, and aluminum, resulting in classics like the LCW, DCM, and Molded Plastic Chairs, all still in production by Herman Miller. It also honors their 1949 Case Study House, a landmark of modern architecture that blended industrial materials with warmth, personality, and the treasures of their travels. Their innovations extended into exhibition and film as well, with projects such as IBM’s Mathematica and their seminal film Powers of Ten redefining how information could be communicated with clarity and wonder. Created in close collaboration with the Eames family, this book offers an engaging and affectionate journey through the enduring spirit, humor, and visionary legacy of Charles and Ray Eames.

• Format: Hardcover
• Dimensions: 8.4 x 11.8 in.
• Pages: 408
• Illustrations: Color, B&W Artwork & Photographs Throughout