Charles and ray eames

As a major retrospective of the lauded designers' work opens at the Barbican, we reveal ten little-known facts about their life and creative practice

A new preservation strategy for an icon of midcentury architecture.

Sold: Early LCW chair in Walnut by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller, 1954 | #117438

Charles and Ray Eames were some of the most influential designers of 20th-century modern design. The story of the couple, making their careers in the US, involves both design competitions and World War Two – and Finnish architects Eliel and Eero Saarinen.

As a major retrospective of the lauded designers' work opens at the Barbican, we reveal ten little-known facts about their life and creative practice

Directed by Charles Eames

The World of Charles and Ray Eames is a wide-ranging, all-inclusive must-see exhibit highlighting the talent of two California artists of incredible depth and variety.

The World of Charles and Ray Eames is a wide-ranging, all-inclusive must-see exhibit highlighting the talent of two California artists of incredible depth and variety.

The contents of the living room at the Eames house in Los Angeles — the home of Charles and Ray Eames — have been transferred to a replica of the room installed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Chair, model LCW (Lounge chair wood); American, 1946-49, designed by Charles and Ray Eames, manufactured by Evans Products