Eames Demetrios Explores What the Revered Vitra and Eames Partnership Means in Design Today

When talking about the history of American modernist icon Eames, it is almost always followed by a mention of its manufacturer Vitra. Their relationship is both enduring and personal, rooting back to the '50s when founder Willi Fehlbaum discovered the furniture of Charles and Ray Eames and later, a long series of regular meetings that followed the initial encounter at the Eames Office in Los Angeles and at Vitra's base in Basel. Since then, the two brands have worked closely to put out pieces th...