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The WPA was a New Deal model of the activist, culturally beneficent government that would support the Eameses' postwar projects.Charles (Center) Working for the Historic American Buildings Survey, Missouri, 1934, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project, photograph. Courtesy Cranbrook Archives (A-19b)Charles at Cranbrook, 1940, photograph.

In 1933, Eames graduated from the May Friend Bennett Women's College in Millbrook, New York (where her art teacher was Lu Duble), and moved to New York City to study Eames lived alone in New York City until she left the Hoffman Studio to return home to care for her ailing mother. Charles (américain, né le 17 juin 1907 à Saint-Louis – décédé le 21 août 1978 à Saint-Louis) et Ray Eames (américaine, née le 15 décembre 1912 à Sacramento – décédée le 21 août 1988 à Los Angeles) sont des designers connus pour leurs contributions innovantes dans le domaine de l’architecture, du mobilier, du design industriel et de la fabrication. Lent by Lucia Eames (A-51) Leur œuvre comprend autant la création de meubles, la réalisation de films et de photographies que la conception d‘expositions. Charles et Ray Eames comptent parmi les personnalités du design les plus importantes du XXe siècle. The Eameses moved in on Christmas Eve and it became their only residence for the remainder of their lives. Charles's Notes for a Lecture, circa 1974, pencil on paper.

As a young man he worked for engineers and manufacturers, anticipating his lifelong interest in mechanics and the complex working of things.

Their lives and work represented the nation's defining movements: the West Coast's coming-of-age, the economy's shift from making goods to producing information, and the global expansion of American culture. The family lived in an apartment for much of Ray's early childhood and moved to a bungalow outside of town. "Ray holding Dot Pattern Fabric Design, circa 1947, photograph. They married in 1941 and joined the westward migration to Los Angeles as the city was gearing up for World War II. Charles's Notes from a National Council on the Arts Meeting, 1973, handwritten notes on paper. Edna died in 1940.By September 1940, Eames was entertaining the idea of moving to and building a house in California. Fashion Drawings by Ray, 1930s, various media on paper. The Herman Miller Showroom on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles was built in 1950 and the De Pree House was constructed in Zeeland, Michigan for the founder of Herman Miller’s son, Max De Pree, and his growing family. Charles and Eero Saarinen were hired to design Case Study House number 8, which would be the residence of Charles and Ray, in 1945. Herman Miller et Vitra sont deux sociétés indépendantes ayant un intérêt commun pour les créations et l'héritage de Charles et Ray Eames, George Nelson, et Alexander Girard. En 1946, ils exposent leurs réalisations expérimentales en contreplaqué moulé au Museum of Modern Art à New York. The home (alongside other Case Study houses) would share a five-acre parcel of land in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood north of Santa Monica, which overlooked the Pacific Ocean. Unbuilt projects include the Billy Wilder House, the prefabricated kit home known as the Kwikset House, and a national aquarium. (A-43)The design's rectangular volumes and glass walls anticipate the Eameses' 1949 house in Los Angeles.Sketch by Charles of a Studio, circa 1940, pencil on paper. De 1941 à 1943, Charles et Ray Eames conçoivent et développent des brancards et des attelles en contreplaqué moulé. She spent her formative years in the orbit of New York's modern art movements and participated in the first wave of American-born abstract artists.Designed for the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles, Mathematica was the first of many major science exhibitions produced by the Eames Office.Ray and Charles Working on a Conceptual Model for the Exhibition Mathematica, 1960, photograph. Biographie. In a rare era of shared objectives, the Eameses partnered with the federal government and the country's top businesses to lead the charge to modernize postwar America. Le Bureau Eames. Design by Ray, 1933-34, pencil on paper.
Letter Sent by Charles from Moscow to His Daughter, Lucia, and her Family, 1959, photographic reproduction.

Her architect friend, Ben Baldwin, recommended that she would enjoy studying at the Following a quick courtship, Eames married Charles Eames in 1941.Charles and Ray were asked to participate in the Case Study House Program, a housing program sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine in the hopes of showcasing examples of economically-priced modern homes that utilized wartime and industrial materials. Charles became one of the country's leading cultural diplomats, helping to shape arts-related programs through his service on various councils. From 1943 to 1988, the Eames Office was located in a renovated garage at 901 Washington Boulevard in Venice, then an industrial section of Los Angeles.
It remains a milestone of The Eames Office designed a few more pieces of architecture, many of which were never put into fruition. The materials were finally delivered and the house was erected from February through December of 1949. For these elaborate presentations, the Eameses drew upon their meticulously catalogued collection of approximately 350,000 slides: their very own "cabinet of curiosity. Design by Ray, 1933-34, photographic reproduction. Published in conjunction with an American Abstract Artists exhibition in New York, Ray's work was included in this show, which was organized by an important group of modern artists.Lithograph by Ray and Exhibition Portfolio Title Sheet, 1937, lithograph. John Entenza, the owner and editor of Arts & Architecture magazine, recognized the importance of Charles and Ray’s thinking and design practices—alongside becoming a close friend of the couple. (What is Design?) Charles and Ray spent many days and nights on-site in the meadow picnicking, shooting arrows, and socializing with family, friends, and coworkers. Ray Kaiser, born in Sacramento, California, demonstrated her fascination with the abstract qualities of ordinary objects early on. Prints of European Cities by Charles. Separately from Charles and the Eames Office, she designed twenty-seven cover designs for the journal Ray Eames had a sense for form and color and is largely responsible for what is recognized as the Eames "look".