Talk:Charles and Ray Eames

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I thought it worthwhile to add a note so that people won't get confused between the "Eames Chair" and the "Ames Chair", which seems really easy to do. I inserted the note, but it seems to have been removed.

Here's a picture of an Ames Chair (based on optical illusion): http://www.exploratorium.edu/cmp/exnet/exhibits/group5/ames/

Since I'm a newbie on this, could somebody tell me if this was wrong?

Follow-up:

No, you were correct. I was looking for the Eames chair but didn't know how to spell it. So I found your entry and it clarified the distinction. Thanks!

Contents 1 some ideas to be included? 2 Charles and Ray Eames 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Charles and Ray Eames-Silhouettes-Communications primer 256kb.mp4.jpg 4 Article renamed, equally importance

[edit] some ideas to be included?

some important concepts that I think would be nice to include:

• discussion concerning the focus on process
• banana leaf parable (can this be taken from an audio and translated to text?)
• design diagram, at least a description of it.
• host / guest relationshihp?

perhaps it all could fall under a heading of "design philosophy"?

also.. most architects (Bucky Fuller, F L Wright, Eero Saarinen etc ) have a list of 'works' .. this as a long list for eames, but probably worthwhile. request for comments. .patrick

I added a bunch of that stuff .. if anyone has any pictures they would like to add that would be great! -- Dwxyzq 13:02, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charles and Ray Eames

This article should be renamed to Charles and Ray Eames or just Eames. They worked together on most of the projects and she played an important part in most of them. This bias is often seen when talking about great men. Christo and Jeanne-Claude (check the redirect) is working together, but usually you just remember Christo. The Eames Gallery calls itself Charles and Ray Eames Online. Wikipedia has just a stub on Ray Eames and a stub on Charles and Ray Eames. As it is now Charles takes all the credit. All the outside resources are named just Eames, and that is for a reason.DrNumLock 00:45, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I wholeheartedly second this comment; I came here from the Ray Eames article and was shocked but how little information it contained. We're talking about the female partner of possibly the most well-known design team of the 20th century, not a female artist forgotten by time! I thought that perhaps this article might explain more about the couple's work and why she is merited less attention on Wiki than her husband, but there's nothing in the article that justifies her scanty profile. My suggestion is for both articles to merge under the Charles and Ray Eames article and for their seperate biographical details until their marriage to be covered under different headings. Skywaterblue (talk) 00:45, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I've history merged the three articles according to these comments. Ray's section should still be expanded; and more editing, writing, references and images are probably needed overall to improve the article, but at least Charles doesn't seem to recieve too much credit and throw off the balance with separate articles. There are some photos of the Eames House at that article and the Commons, maybe one should be added to this article. dv dv dv d 02:13, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Charles and Ray Eames-Silhouettes-Communications primer 256kb.mp4.jpg

Image:Charles and Ray Eames-Silhouettes-Communications primer 256kb.mp4.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article renamed, equally importance

I think both were designers and as such should be given equal importance. The article would be renamed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.11.38.122 (talk) 01:44, 8 April 2008 (UTC)