2024-11-23T17:13:19-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150321170/a-look-back-at-charles-ray-eames-lesser-known-designs-in-honor-of-their-symmetry-in-life-and-death Josh Niland 2022-08-22T18:31:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2b/2b10d0b6d351b7f5c32344868d4009f0.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Yesterday's date, August 21st, occupies a unique place in architectural and design history as the day when <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/39389/eames" target="_blank">Charles and Ray Eames</a> both passed away, separated by a decade (1978 and 1988), respectively.</p> <p>The shared life and work of the iconic power couple has since become the subject of numerous books, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150287458/eames-office-catalog-to-be-examined-in-a-collectable-80-year-retrospective" target="_blank">catalogs</a>, museum retrospectives, and an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/movies/eames-the-architect-and-the-painter-review.html" target="_blank">excellent 2011 documentary</a> (to name only a few), and enjoys an outsized place in the rich lineage of other husband-and-wife <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150298417/partners-in-business-partners-in-life-architecture-couples-discuss-the-ups-downs-and-in-betweens-of-running-a-practice-together" target="_blank">architectural partnerships</a> continued today by the work of <a href="https://archinect.com/so-il" target="_blank">SO &ndash; IL</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/1492/twbta-tod-williams-billie-tsien" target="_blank">TWBTA</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/33961/h-weler-yoon" target="_blank">H&ouml;weler + Yoon</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106441/diller-scofidio-renfro" target="_blank">DS+R</a>, and many others.</p> <p>From the possible <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/54566305/straight-outta-hamptons-hip-hop-s-architectural-roots" target="_blank">influence on early hip-hop</a> carried on later by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/21216005/ice-cube-celebrates-ray-charles-eames" target="_blank">Ice Cube</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150245783/herman-miller-teams-up-with-hip-hop-architect-michael-ford" target="_blank">Michael Ford</a>, to Ray&rsquo;s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150197651/a-never-released-riba-royal-gold-medal-speech-by-ray-eames-has-been-unveiled" target="_blank">rediscovered</a> RIBA Gold Medal speech, the studio&rsquo;s legacy as <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150132973/this-is-what-happens-when-you-combine-the-eames-lounge-chair-with-a-computer-mouse" target="_blank">ongoing source of inspiration</a>, and the tranquility of watching perhaps their most famous design being <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149973146/bliss-out-to-this-tranquil-video-of-an-eames-lounge-chair-being-assembled-by-hand" target="_blank">assembled by hand</a>, Archinect has explored the output of their relationship from a number of different angles over the years. All are exemplary of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/139113943/a-terrible-enjoyable-bloody-business-the-influential-films-of-charles-and-ray-eames" target="_blank">many me...</a></p>