Charles & Ray: Designers at Play
A Story of Charles and Ray Eames
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Publisher Description
A playful introduction to the designs of Charles and Ray Eames by Geisel-winning creator James Yang.
Charles was an architect. Ray was a painter. Together they made the perfect team. By using structure, shape, and color, they knew they could transform anything. And because they saw problem-solving as an adventure, they were able to incorporate playfulness into everything they designed.
Geisel Award-winning author and illustrator James Yang has created an exuberant story about Charles and Ray Eames, two of the most iconic designers of the Mid-century modern design movement, which will inspire readers to dream up new ways to see the world around them.
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Yang draws subjects Charles (1907–1978) and Ray Eames (1912–1988), titans of modern design, as intensely observant, doll-like figures, while also capturing the sense of problem-solving that drove their creativity. After noting an early success designing splints for soldiers out of bent plywood, the bulk of the book is devoted to the duo's creating a chair "that looks like it was born to be a chair." Though the "impossible puzzle" of a process, the couple eventually realizes that their work on the splint can be applied to making what would be called "the best chair of the twentieth century." Young readers may not have the context to recognize how beautifully Yang tips his hat to mid-century-modern design, but they will come away with a sense of how exhilarating it can be to make something new—and with whetted appetites for discovering more. An author's note concludes. Ages 4–8.
