Eames Office

19th October 2005

Eames Office Logo

I’m obsessing over all the Eames stuff at the moment - more in terms of the way they ran their studio rather than the actual products, designs and events.

How would you describe them? Probably as ‘designers’, but that doesn’t really capture it.

They pursued things that interested them, pulling together ideas from lots of different disciplines. Though they worked for big firms and the government, they stayed independent. They had things they believed in that informed their work, they were playful and silly sometimes. They were good at self promotion and it sounds like the Eames Office was a great place to work.

There was a good documentary on them last night, though I think it’s the first time I’ve ever watched the Artsworld channel.

I’d love to read to a good biography of them, but can’t find one.