Eames Archives: Interwoven Lives

There is a misconception about Charles and Ray Eames: they spent a great deal of time entertaining, socializing, and traveling. This idea isn’t necessarily true because they spent most of their time working. If they traveled, it was often for business. Their friends were naturally curious and ambitious people—other designers, filmmakers, artists, and architects—who they sometimes collaborated with. Four of these people were designers Alexander ("Sandro") and Susan Girard, and architect and sculptor Eero and Lily Saarinen. Read more about these friendships in our latest #EamesArchives blog: eames.link/eames-archives-interwoven-lives Eames Archives: An Image as an Idea is a blog series written by Eames Office Photography Archivist, Kelsey Rose Williams, with the intention of sharing rarely-viewed images from the Eames Office archive and the untold narratives attached to them.