Following his early unsuccessful experiences as an architect, Charles Eames taught industrial design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Among his colleagues were Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen and Ray Kaise; Eames went on to marry Kaise, with whom he shared both his work and his life.
The influence of Charles and Ray Eames on design in the ’50s were truly enormous: sculpted organic forms, new materials and production techniques, a revolutionary approach which expressed itself not only in design but in exhibitions, stage designs, cinematography and in forerunning multimedia presentations (films, slide shows, drawings).
With their multi faceted activities, the Eames supported the values of coherence and social morality, egalitarianism, informality and anti-materialism.
Primary exponents of Organic Design and simultaneously among the greatest designers of the century, Charles and Ray Eames demonstrated how modern design could lead to improving our quality of life, as well as knowledge and understanding between peoples.