Tony Rosenthal, 94; scupltor created ‘The Cube’ Aug 2, 2009
Encouraged by Charles and Ray Eames, whom he had befriended at Cranbrook, Mr. Rosenthal moved to Los Angeles, where he found himself in great demand to produce sculpture for the many buildings going up in the city. His work has been included in exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. (Boston Globe)
Recent highlights from the Ideas blog Jul 26, 2009
The book is a follow-up to Guarnaccia s take on Goldilocks and the Three Bears, in which Goldilocks discovers, for example, that the bear-chair that fits her best is a 1946 classic by Charles and Ray Eames. Christopher Shea is a weekly columnist for Ideas. (Boston Globe)
A talk with Graham Pullin: Why prosthetics should be beautiful Mar 15, 2009
For too long, Pullin says, the medical and design worlds have been strangers, and Exhibit A for their potential together is undeniably compelling: The iconic, curved-wood furniture of American midcentury designers Charles and Ray Eames, which evolved directly from their design of a leg splint for wounded service members in WWII. ... PULLIN: Who would have thought that Charles and Ray Eames would develop an entirely new language of furniture design by designing a leg splint for the US Navy. (Boston Globe)
TV by design Mar 9, 2009
TV and its role in popularizing modernism in America - International Herald Tribune. A United States serviceman viewing television with his family at the U.S. Limestone base in Maine in 1954. (International Herald Tribune)
Chair design in Melbourne Mar 5, 2009
Before us was a permanent collection of 20th century iconic chairs, signifying the tidal wave of modernism: from Otto Wagner to Frank Lloyd Wright; Marcel Breur to Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe; Charles and Ray Eames to Giancarlo Piretti ... Post-war, industrial design in furniture was synonymous with the American duo Charles and Ray Eames. (India Times)
