00:00On behalf of the Eames family and the Eames office, I would like to welcome you to this special selection
00:06of films by Charles and Ray Eames.
00:09But before the main attractions, a brief introduction to the filmmakers and the films.
00:16Charles and Ray Eames are ranked among the most important designers of the 20th century.
00:21In the early 40s, the Eameses were the first to be able to design and mass-produce molded plywood furniture
00:28with compound curves.
00:30In fact, their work came to the attention of the military early in World War II, and the Eameses were
00:37brought into the war effort to design molded plywood splints, stretchers, and airplane parts, the splints seen here in production.
00:47After the war, they continued their work in furniture design.
00:50To choose just four out of more than a hundred Eames designs spread across four decades,
00:56the LCM Molded Plywood Chair, 1946,
01:01the Molded Plywood Screen, 1946,
01:05the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, 1956,
01:09and the chaise, 1968.
01:12In 1949, they built their own home as part of the Arts and Architecture magazine case study program.
01:19They lived there for the rest of their lives.
01:23The Eames House, as it is known today, is considered a classic of modern residential architecture and is the site
01:30of the Eames Foundation.
01:32From 1943 to 1988, the home of the office of Charles and Ray Eames was this warehouse at 901 Washington
01:39Boulevard in Venice, California.
01:42Here, in addition to their furniture design, they wrote books, designed museum exhibitions, made films, created toys, and more.
01:53The achievements of Charles and Ray Eames are too numerous to offer a complete list here.
01:59And some, like Charles' incredible eye for photography, completely permeate the work.
02:05So a very few examples must suffice.
02:12Charles' Norton Lectures in Poetry, 1970-71.
02:12The India Report, 1958.
02:15The exhibition, Mathematica, A World of Numbers and Beyond, 1961.
02:21Think, at the IBM Pavilion, New York World's Fair, 1964.
02:27Development of a Design for National Aquarium, 1966.
02:32Charles' Norton Lectures in Poetry, 1970-71.
02:38The Computer Perspective exhibition, 1971.
02:42The Copernicus exhibition, 1972.
02:45The Franklin and Jefferson exhibition, 1975.
02:51In 1950, the Eameses made their first film, Traveling Boy.
02:56From that point on, throughout their work, the films are a constant thread, a valued tool for communicating,
03:04teaching, recording, and celebrating.
03:10Charles died in 1978.
03:13Their last film was completed the next year.
03:17Ray died in 1988, as she was completing the process of closing the office and cataloging their films and stills
03:24for the Library of Congress.
03:29During their lives, they made over a hundred short films on subjects from toy trains to the laws of physics.
03:36From sea creatures to the world of Franklin and Jefferson.
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