Eames Office first developed their now-iconc shell chair in 1950. Shortly after the chair was produced for the first time, Saul Steinberg -- an artist and architect who was a close personal friend of both Charles and Ray Eames -- paid a visit to Eames HQ in Venice, California, and, in his irreverent-yet-playful nature, picked up a paintbrush and began painting all over the studio. Some designers may have viewed this expression as an act of sacrilege, but Charles and Ray loved it, so much in fact...
Saul Steinberg's Hand-Painted Cat Cozies Up on the Eames Fiberglass Armchair
Hypebeast - 15 May 2023 18:09
Eames Office first developed their now-iconc shell chair in 1950. Shortly after the chair was produced for the first time, Saul Steinberg -- an artist and architect who was a close personal friend of both Charles and Ray Eames -- paid a visit to Eames HQ in Venice, California, and, in his irreverent-yet-playful nature, picked up a paintbrush and began painting all over the studio. Some designers may have viewed this expression as an act of sacrilege, but Charles and Ray loved it, so much in fact...
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