Charles and Ray Eames designed their lounge chair and ottoman for Herman Miller in 1956, and the couple’s masterpiece became an instant classic of midcentury design as models 670 and 671.

‘We looked at about ten different material approaches for the chair.’ The jumping off point was the 1956 Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, a long-standing icon but one which the designers feel could be ...

Alas, the Eames were too busy innovating what would become one of their most iconic pieces—the Plastic Molded Chair—and didn’t have the bandwidth to dive into this project. The Galaxy lamp ...

By Kathy Chouteau Did you know that Richmond plays home to one of the most significant Eames collections in the world? The ...

She knew its name, the Herman Miller Eames lounge chair and ottoman, and said that she knew someone else who had one — a finance guy. Oh, and come to think of it, there was another tech guy who ...

Widely known for its furniture design, the Eames studio was a design powerhouse in the mid 20th century, producing from airport seating to school children's chairs. A sizeable sample of its output ...