Charles and Ray Eameses" work involve an assortment of sculpturesque, smooth, flowing works that evoke the imagination, while combining functionality. It was a revolution of form, an exciting visual language that signalled a new age and a fresh start. Their furniture pieces were lean, modern, sleekly sophisticated, simple yet beautifully. The Eameses" work can be analysed using the subjective framework, their works combine a variety of features that shape a personal and psychological experience. .
The Eameses" works conveyed an emotional experience by creating a presence of a connection between themselves and audience. The artist aims to create a resonance or a reminder of something within the audience's eyes, allowing this to be a universal experience - as this can be emotionally sensed by all of the viewers perceiving it. They had ideas about making a better world, one in which things were designed to fulfil the practical needs of ordinary people and bring greater simplicity and pleasure to our lives. A major theme in all the Eameses' scientific endeavours was the beauty and elegance of scientific principles and the tools they used to study and convey them. Revealing science's complex integration of art, philosophy, and nature, the Eameses' films and exhibitions successfully related the unfamiliar aspects of everyday life. These projects translated complex ideas into simple images to make them understandable to the normal person.
Their furniture style inspires a sensory and felt experience as they use a large variety of materials, such as plywood, plastic, wood, fibreglass, aluminium, wire and polyester. Texture has been created to the touch by welding and weaving aluminium wire in to a chair, with a structure reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower. This structural design is aesthetically pleasing yet providing a theme of complexity and fusion of structure. The Eameses" produced harmonious and original furniture that presented a sense of vitality and liveliness to spectators.
These people and styles set forth the groundwork for Eames and Saarinen and a host of postwar designers who were able to build on these ideas, to use war developed technologies in revolutionizing the furniture industry. ... Another innovation that came from molded plywood developed during world war two was the technology of Eames and Saarinen (Kirkham, 34). ...
Charles and Ray Eames" furniture and home were definitely attractive to look at. ... The most interesting things that were included in the photographs of the house were those of the table settings and the common everyday things that the Eames" used. ...
