Image credits: Arts & Architecture Covers 1-3 and Cover 4, Ray Eames' sketches for Arts & Architecture
I especially like the last image of which shows sketches of various page layouts. As I've previously said, here and here, I LOVE seeing the process that artists and designers take to get to a final product! There's an online archive of magazine covers from 1945 to 1967 but I didn't dare post images from there as the site requires a commitment to their copyright policy. Take a look for yourself - it's an incredible resource.
Check back tomorrow for the FINAL Eames post. When I first saw it, I was astonished how cutting-edge Charles & Ray were for their time!
5 comments:
I love that you are doing a series on the Eames'. I love sketches too. I watched an auction last night where a Frank Lloyd Wright original sketch sold for $2,500. I actually thought it would be worth more. Americans LOVE FLW...it's probably to only architect half of them have ever really heard of:)
wow! those are fantastic! i love the third one from the top.
So funny that Stephanie mentioned FLW ~ as I was also going to! I grew up in Oak Park, IL where FLW's home and studio is, and I immediately saw the similarity in your comment about Eames' being ahead of their time with FLW as well.
Brilliant blogging :)
can you imagine getting one of those in your mailbox?
the design is so amazing, and so creative, i had a brief journey back in time to my college years, when design was so fun and exciting!
Wow. I love the one with the splashes of red paint. It seems so haphazard and chaotic and full of movement.
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