Charles And Ray Eames

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A simple plywood chair actually won Time's design of the century.

adriautest This plywood chair proves simple design can be a century's best.

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torito The Eames Molded Plywood Chair (LCW) debuted in 1946, becoming an instant icon and later named the century's best design.

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torito The US Navy commissioned the Eameses to design lightweight plywood leg splints during World War II, funding their material research.

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Fun Facts

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The Kazam Machine: In their bedroom, Charles and Ray Eames molded plywood using a bicycle pump to inflate a balloon, pressing the wood into iconic chairs.

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Plywood splints: The Eameses used their apartment's oven to bake their very first experimental plywood splints before building their custom Kazam! machine.

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Quizzes

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What material did the Eameses use to connect the separate plywood seat and back pieces of their chairs?

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What nickname did Charles and Ray Eames give to their homemade wood-pressing machine?

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Which publication named the Eames Molded Plywood Chair the "Design of the Century" in 1999?

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What was the main technical problem Charles and Ray faced when trying to mold a single piece of plywood?

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Which branch of the US military commissioned the Eameses to design plywood leg splints in 1942?

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What did Charles and Ray Eames use to heat their very first plywood experiments before building their machine?

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In which city did Charles and Ray Eames set up their first apartment and experimental workshop?

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What does the acronym "LCW" stand for in the famous Eames chair catalog?

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Glossary

plywood (noun)
A strong structural material made of thin layers of wood veneer glued and pressed together. In 1941, Charles and Ray Eames built a homemade machine to mold plywood into complex curves.