The building isn't just structurally interesting or aesthetically telling or technically impressive or personally relevant to the Eames story. The Eames House hints at the myriad reasons why Charles and Ray Eames have attained an irreproachable degree of design celebrity over the years. The "celebratory notion" has become a set of " 36 replenishable Michigan-grown basswood blocks representing 29 separate hand-pulled screen passes." These 36 wood blocks can be used to build a miniature model of the Eames home and studio.īottom: House Industries has issued the 36-piece Eames House Blocks set Typeface fame, whom Roat calls a "serial doodler") finally in theīag. With the Eames Century Modern font (drawn by Erik van Blokland, of Back then, though the real typography work was still to come, the largest paperwork hurdle had been cleared and to commemorate the event, House Industries released a few solid-wood models of the Eames House, what Roat calls "a celebratory notion." Three years later, they’ve come full After hashing out a licensing arrangement with the Eames estate in 2007, Cruz and Roat negotiated the final terms at the kitchen table in the Eames House. The Eames House was an obvious point of incorporation for the launch of the type collection for a number of reasons. "We kept up the dialog and finally made a deal a few years ago," Roat says. Especially considering that, the typeface was a long time coming Andy Cruz, Roat's partner and resident art director at House Industries, first presented the idea to Eames Demetrios back in 1999. The tours, guided by the Eames's grandchildren, may seem like a lavish gesture - the House Industries catalog is free, while the privilege of seeing the Eames House interior and studio is only afforded to those with a $5000 Eames Foundation membership - but the company considers the Eames Century Modern collection, like the namesake artists, worth celebrating in style. "We are going to time the release with the sunset in the Pacific Palisades," said House Industries owner Rich Roat in the run-up to the event. And a private tour for three lucky House Industries fans was an idyllic gesture for the inauguration of the Eames Century Modern typeface collection last spring. "Sitting high atop the Pacific Palisades and overlooking Santa Monica and the Pacific Ocean," the House Industries crew fawns, the Eames House "is still recognized as a revolutionary use of space and materials." The house is the most salient work of Charles and Ray Eames, arguably the most distinguished couple in design history. A stencil of Eames Century Modern in front of the Eames House, 2010
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