Charles Eames (June 17, 1907 ￢ﾀﾓ August 21, 1978) (pronounced ) was an American design, architect and film who, together with his wife Ray, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century.
Charles Ormond Eames, Jr was born in 1907 in Saint Louis, Missouri. By the time he was 14 years old, while attending high school, Charles worked at the Laclede Steel Company as a part-time laborer, where he learned about engineering, drawi...
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Charles Eames (June 17, 1907 ￢ﾀﾓ August 21, 1978) (pronounced ) was an American design, architect and film who, together with his wife Ray, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century.
Charles Ormond Eames, Jr was born in 1907 in Saint Louis, Missouri. By the time he was 14 years old, while attending high school, Charles worked at the Laclede Steel Company as a part-time laborer, where he learned about engineering, drawing, and architecture (and also first entertained the idea of one day becoming an architect).
Charles briefly studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis on an architectural scholarship. He proposed studying Frank Lloyd Wright to his professors, and when he would not cease his interest in modern architects, he was dismissed from the university. In the report describing why he was dismissed from the university, a professor wrote the comment "His views were too modern." While at Washington University, he met his first wife,...
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