Eames Lounge Chair debut in 1956 on NBC [1/2]

[VictrolaJazz]

Student lounge furniture!

[keepcalmycarryon]

Insipid nonsense. 

[lolatornero]

Este vídeo es un pedazo de la historia del arte moderno

[02molrac]

Ray was the talent

[lindalevi]

I have 4 Eames chairs, and they're in storage as they're not too comfortable. I was just reading the introduction to the book about Eames by his wife and John and Marilyn Neuhart. John and Marilyn were both instructors of mine at UCLA, and they seemed to have spent much of their lives on Eames. They implied that he alone was the main designer at his firm. They also designed a great Charles Eames exhibit at UCLA in the 1970's.

[losninjos60]

@lindalevi what 4 chairs are they?what chairs would you consider more comfortable in Eames chairs?(with great design of course)

[cnfhbr58]

good rolik.

[delightfulstar]

Maybe it comes across as "snob appeal" to some; Arlene's delivery, to me, comes across as that of someone conducting herself with a bit of class, and properly using the English language. Such a thing is sorely lacking nowadays, and it's quite sad. As for the "woman behind the man" comment - that was a product of the pre-women's lib times. Women like Ray Eames (and AF, for that matter) were quite the rarity in those days...putting a definitive crack into the proverbial glass ceiling.

[curlwhirl]

Well they made shock helmets out of it, so it should be pretty good.... hahahaha

[Salmagundiii]

Arlene's locust valley lockjaw is amusing

[modspell]

They look like Methodist missionaries! I love this couple.

[Marcial82]

i have a book about him and currently following one of his beleavis this man inspire me to design again thanks for the post

[guimbadriver]

hey its was a orthicon B&W camera who shot this pictures, and it was kinescoped to 16 mm film

[XxBenPLxX]

Kann mir jemand einen Tip geben, wie die Frisur von Ray zu frisieren ist?? Brauch das für unser Theaterstück!!

Eine Szene in unserer Szenencolage "besetzt" (am 4 & 5 Juli '08 in Nagold, Berufschule!!) Werden wir ein Interview mit Ray und Charles spielen!

[sukumarhaobam]

Charles & Ray Eames are the pioneer in the Indian Design scenario. Indeed they are the architect on the formation of the first Indian Design School in Ahmedabad in India. The Lota or the traditional pot rediscovered by them had turned a new terminology in the Indian design context.

Kudos to them for the formulating the present designer breed in India.

[storrs19]

Thanks so much for posting this. I have never seen Miss Francis other than on WML? I knew she had along running local (in NYC) show but I figured most of them went out live and were never saved. This is nice to see.

[gchiorato]

I have an aluminun chair and really cultuate this couple.

the masters in design everywhere!

augusto chiorato

[commanderschwepps]

Simply Mahhhhhvalous !!!!!!!!!!

[muchalova]

Ray is so adorable! Thanks for loading this clip as well. i saw this video at the Museum of Art and Design in NY a couple of summers ago. It was such a great show. The Eameses kicks ass!!!

[redswipe]

What a great video. Thanks for uploading.

[NicolasLcr]

son las mejores sillas del mundo la de charles eames, From Argentina!!! The best chairs!!!

[aprovenzano]

the 1956-ish-ness (and dated nature) of this video is amply apparent, the brilliance of the designs are timeless ...

[nblagg]

Thanks for uploading this! Yes Ray was Charles "assistant". Stop trying to apply todays political correctness crap on the way things were. Charles had the ideas, Ray helped and encouraged them, they werent equal partners. Get over it.

[blisshap]

i'm down with not letting the whole pc thing change our honest look at things, but you are simply being absurd. is it the eames house or the eames/saarinen house that got built? the la chaise chair. the joint credit on their moveis. what charles himself said, etc... they had to adapt to the ignorance of the 1950s about women designers. no need to continue it today. i have to run now to read lee krasner's book, "you and your clean home on long island."

[russwlkr]

nblagg: You're a fool.

Charles himself always said that half of the work of the Eames Office was due to Ray. They worked together on everything, and they refused to say who did what. Because, due to the collaborative way they worked, at the end of the day neither could say. Theirs were joint works.

What is indisputable: Charles would have been a moderately successful architect and industrial designer without Ray. Together, however, they were brilliant.

[moeskido]

Francis conducted the interview with far more off-the-cuff intelligence than Katie "Babyname" Couric could manage with a teleprompter. I can forgive her snob-appeal delivery, because I've seen the gushing ignorance that replaced it.

[Victheremin]

If I were Ray Eames, I would have made a lovely hat out of Arlene Francis' intestines for her weird "woman behind the man" routine.

But seriously -- how galling that crap must have been for one of the most important designers of the 20th century.

[radioetvnaestacio]

wow amazing!

[meandtron]

It`s really hurtfull to see how Ray have to deal with this label as the "assistant" of Charles. I wonder how they dealed with it in private, if they excepted the roles in public settings and lived as equal partners in private. Pretty tough life. Provoking to hear this lady adressing Ray like to a child following her father to work.

[chasturner2]

Great footage, great to see these two design legends on film. Shame though that Ray is always referred to as "behind the man", but hey it was the '50's. They were equal partners, forging a new aesthetic that is as cool today as it was back then.

[HollyWeen]

Holy crap! I saw this video at the Henery Ford Museum this summer and have scoured the internet for it. I finally found it! Thank you SO SO much for posting it!!!!! Isn't Arlene's voice dreamy?

[MGG75]

it's Arlene!!! She still lives on in YouTube land, as well as on "What's My Line"

[roby99]

1956 wow terrific! thank for the upload

[clay10mograf]

I've seen so much by the Eameses over the years, but I'd never actually seen them on film. Thanks for uploading this!