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Eames Lounge Chair debut in 1956 on NBC [1/2]



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PART 1 of 2 - Charles & Ray Eames show their then-new masterpiece on the Arlene Francis "Home" show broadcast on the NBC television network in 1956.
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I've seen so much ... ( 1 year ago by clay10mograf)
I've seen so much by the Eameses over the years, but I'd never actually seen them on film. Thanks for uploading this!
1956 wow terrific! ... ( 1 year ago by roby99)
1956 wow terrific! thank for the upload
it's Arlene!!! She ... ( 1 year ago by MGG75)
it's Arlene!!! She still lives on in YouTube land, as well as on "What's My Line"
Holy crap! I saw ... ( 1 year ago by HollyWeen)
Holy crap! I saw this video at the Henery Ford Museum this summer and have scoured the internet for it. I finally found it! Thank you SO SO much for posting it!!!!! Isn't Arlene's voice dreamy?
Great footage, ... ( 1 year ago by chasturner2)
Great footage, great to see these two design legends on film. Shame though that Ray is always referred to as "behind the man", but hey it was the '50's. They were equal partners, forging a new aesthetic that is as cool today as it was back then.
It`s really ... ( 1 year ago by meandtron)
It`s really hurtfull to see how Ray have to deal with this label as the "assistant" of Charles. I wonder how they dealed with it in private, if they excepted the roles in public settings and lived as equal partners in private. Pretty tough life. Provoking to hear this lady adressing Ray like to a child following her father to work.
wow amazing! ( 1 year ago by radioetvnaestacio)
wow amazing!
If I were Ray Eames ... ( 11 months ago by Victheremin)
If I were Ray Eames, I would have made a lovely hat out of Arlene Francis' intestines for her weird "woman behind the man" routine.
But seriously -- how galling that crap must have been for one of the most important designers of the 20th century.
Francis conducted ... ( 11 months ago by moeskido)
Francis conducted the interview with far more off-the-cuff intelligence than Katie "Babyname" Couric could manage with a teleprompter. I can forgive her snob-appeal delivery, because I've seen the gushing ignorance that replaced it.
Thanks for ... ( 11 months ago by nblagg)
Thanks for uploading this! Yes Ray was Charles "assistant". Stop trying to apply todays political correctness crap on the way things were. Charles had the ideas, Ray helped and encouraged them, they werent equal partners. Get over it.
the 1956-ish-ness ( ... ( 10 months ago by aprovenzano)
the 1956-ish-ness (and dated nature) of this video is amply apparent, the brilliance of the designs are timeless ...
son las mejores ... ( 10 months ago by NicolasLcr)
son las mejores sillas del mundo la de charles eames, From Argentina!!! The best chairs!!!
What a great video. ... ( 10 months ago by redswipe)
What a great video. Thanks for uploading.
Ray is so adorable! ... ( 10 months ago by muchalova)
Ray is so adorable! Thanks for loading this clip as well. i saw this video at the Museum of Art and Design in NY a couple of summers ago. It was such a great show. The Eameses kicks ass!!!
i'm down with not ... ( 10 months ago by blisshap)
i'm down with not letting the whole pc thing change our honest look at things, but you are simply being absurd. is it the eames house or the eames/saarinen house that got built? the la chaise chair. the joint credit on their moveis. what charles himself said, etc... they had to adapt to the ignorance of the 1950s about women designers. no need to continue it today. i have to run now to read lee krasner's book, "you and your clean home on long island."
Simply ... ( 9 months ago by commanderschwepps)
Simply Mahhhhhvalous !!!!!!!!!!
nblagg: You're a ... ( 9 months ago by russwlkr)
nblagg: You're a fool.
Charles himself always said that half of the work of the Eames Office was due to Ray. They worked together on everything, and they refused to say who did what. Because, due to the collaborative way they worked, at the end of the day neither could say. Theirs were joint works.
What is indisputable: Charles would have been a moderately successful architect and industrial designer without Ray. Together, however, they were brilliant.
I have an aluminun ... ( 8 months ago by gchiorato)
I have an aluminun chair and really cultuate this couple.
the masters in design everywhere!
augusto chiorato
Thanks so much for ... ( 5 months ago by storrs19)
Thanks so much for posting this. I have never seen Miss Francis other than on WML? I knew she had along running local (in NYC) show but I figured most of them went out live and were never saved. This is nice to see.
Array ( 5 months ago by sukumarhaobam)
Charles & Ray Eames are the pioneer in the Indian Design scenario. Indeed they are the architect on the formation of the first Indian Design School in Ahmedabad in India. The Lota or the traditional pot rediscovered by them had turned a new terminology in the Indian design context.
Kudos to them for the formulating the present designer breed in India.
hey its was a ... ( 3 months ago by guimbadriver)
hey its was a orthicon B&W camera who shot this pictures, and it was kinescoped to 16 mm film



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