The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has shared first photos of its new Eames Institute Headquarters Workspace in Richmond, California. Following the opening of the Eames Archive, the organization's first public space, earlier this year, the new office provides learning opportunities with expanded work environments for its staff members.
The project included the gut renovation of an original Jim Jennings commercial design from 1997. Two floors – the lower 2,755-square-foot first-floor workspace and the larger, 4,739-square-foot second floor for offices – were remade over the last year after being identified by the owner of the San Francisco-based bookstore William Stout Architectural Books.
"It’s such a pleasure to expand the reach of the Eames Institute and further share the Collection with even more people," Llisa Demetrios, chief curator and granddaughter of Ray and Charles Eames, noted. "The Eames Archives is so special to me because it holds the things my grandparents loved and cherished — it’s an absolute joy to finally be able to share these pieces in this way."
The Institute says particularly its interior design "drew from the wellspring of creativity and design excellence intrinsic to the organization's identity and — as everything the Institute oversees — honors the rich legacy of Ray and Charles Eames." Another asset in their design arsenal, the Eames Ranch prototype is undergoing multi-year site upgrades in nearby Petaluma, California.
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That 9-panel multicolored desk & cabinets looks like it inspired Donald Judd. The Eames chair is the standout - along with a copy of Robert Caro's magnum opus "The Path To Power" the Eames chair is a bold signal of hipness / in-the-know-ness / design cognizance / education / progressive liberalism / modern sensibility, i.e. a mind that has graduated from believing the Arts and Crafts style is the apotheosis of western esthetics.
Dig this ceiling to floor wallpaper (?). Nifty pattern too! If I had to guess a bathroom?
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