PART 2 of 2 – Charles & Ray Eames show their then-new masterpiece on the Arlene Francis “Home” show broadcast on the NBC television network in 1956. You can download a complete version from Google Video @ video.google.com
PART 2 of 2 – Charles & Ray Eames show their then-new masterpiece on the Arlene Francis “Home” show broadcast on the NBC television network in 1956. You can download a complete version from Google Video @ video.google.com
I love it! Thanks!
So great. Thanks so much for this little gem.
you’ve gotta love those huge mics around their necks!
Nothing like watching the patrician demeanor and hearing the cafe society voice of Arlene Frances as she fawns over two of the most down-to-earth designers of and for the people. It’s great to hear the original Eames lounge chair was filled with down and feathers instead of foam that disintegrates in about 7 years.
whats the soundrtack?
The “patrician” commentary used snob appeal to convey an educated point of view. I’m okay with that, compared to the prevailing ignorance on modern talk shows.
I’d like to blame the “woman behind the man” remark upon the fact that we’re watching a new form of entertainment in 1956: the talk show. Had anyone suggested that a woman was an equal collaborator with a man, they’d have been tuned out in droves by both men and women in the audience, and the producer knew this.
Arlene’s well-rehearsed Bahrain New York accent is a bit ironic for a girl from Washington Heights He father was Armenian. She was originally an actress. This is an episode from NBC’s Home Show, a day-time program for which “Miss” Francis was heralded on the cover of Time as “the first lady of television” in the mid 50’s. So, she’s wearing the pants. Ah, the inexplicable 50’s when US Presidents took naps for 8 years. Still, the chair is very comfortable. “Simply mahvalas!”
This is amazing. I can’t believe I’ve never heard of AF’s show.
What’s particularly wonderful is the sophisticated conversational pace. The fact that there was a TV show that discusses design in an educated manner is refreshing. You rarely hear/see, these days, any general public discussion or acknowledgment of design philosophy, intent, purpose…other than as soley a means to financial/marketing gains. Just that there is a value to an object other than its weight in gold.
Thanks for posting!
Aaah..the lounge chair….to me, this is just the most beautiful thing of the 20th century’s design.I’ll save money to buy myself one (or two).
I own this chair. And a few other Eames pieces, with the rocker being next on the list. By far the most handsome furniture ever designed. I am so proud to own their pieces. Thanks for uploading!
lets talk!
i love this video qN
I love how fucking wholesome people were in the 50s.
His furniture including that ‘new’ chair shown here is referenced throughout “Frasier” who has one in his Seatle appartment.
Interesting to see how it was constructed!
Thank you for posting this document!
I like how they were polite. Now people are just assholes.
shut the fuck up
Haha, nice one asshole!
Thank you so much for posting this. Here we have two extremely talented, brilliant people who gave us so much in the field of architecture and furniture design. I bought my Eames Lounge Chair years ago, and no other chair has ever been more comfortable, a tangible tribute to the Eames’ genius. Thank you.
Really awesome video
We bought our eames copy from siedasi – just google them, great quality just like the original
Thanks for posting this–the Eamses are so unassuming. Such great accomplishments by the two of them–talk about classic designs. It’s like Jacobsen’s stuff–just impossible to beat the elegance and intelligence of the design.
This is great- but boy her voice is annoying…
Reportedly, the inspiration for the lounge chair was a well-worn leather baseball glove which translated into something familiar, soft yet firm, comfortable, and ready to “catch” the person sitting down in it. Brilliant concept and execution, as per usual for the Eames.
I am doing a paper on Ray Eames, and i wish that she had gotten equivalent credit to that of her husband
Just bought one…oooh I feel part of history now. I was waiting for Sgt Bilko to come out from behind Ray. Hubba Hubba…