Ray Eames Research

Lets look at Rayyyyyyyyy (in more depth)

• She was an American Artist, designer and film maker.
• She loved colourful and brightness.
• (Along with her husband) responsible for groundbreaking contributions in the field of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts.
• Born in Sacramento, California.
• Spent early childhood years with her parents in their apartment.
• Her parenst taught her the quality of enjoyment which later led to inventions in furniture design.
• Her parents also instilled the value of enjoyment of nature.
• After her father died, in 1933 she graduated from Bennett Women's College - Millbrook, NY.
• Moved to NY city to study abstract expressionist painting with Hanns Hoffmann.
• She was a founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936 and displayed paintings in their first show a year later at Riverside Museum in Manhattan.
• One of her paintings is in the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art.
•   Ray lived alone in New York City until she was called home to be with her ailing mother, who died in 1940.
• 1940 an Architect/friend recommended she studied at Cranbrook Academy of art.
• she learned a variety of arts - not limiting herself to abstract painting.
• She worked with Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames and others on the display panels for the exhibition "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" at Museum of Modern Art.
• Married Charles Eames in 1941
• Settling in Los Angeles, California, Charles and Ray Eames began an outstanding career in design and architecture.

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Philosophy

"Anything I can do, Ray can do better."

— Charles Eames

Ray Eames had a joyful and rigorous work ethic at the "Eames office". She called it "shop"- a place where they worked and did early production work. At the office, they employed local people, war veterans, and housewives. Eames office was a diversified workplace. The Eameses also believed in "learning by doing"- before introducing a new idea at the Eames Office, Charles and Ray explored needs and constraints of the idea extensively.

"I never gave up painting, I just changed my palette." 

— Ray Eames

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_and_Ray_Eames