The Eames show (“The World of Charles and Ray Eames”, on til 14th February) at the Barbican showcases their ground breaking use of art, photography, design, science, play, humour, performance, participation and collaboration to explore ideas and their application. They ‘moved fluidly between the mass-production of objects for everyday use and the transmission of ideas in anticipation of the global information age’. And to think I’d always thought of them as ‘just’ designers. Chairs, mostly. Read on for some inspiration!
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