Charles & Ray Eames, the couple who redesigned America

He was an architect, she was a painter. Together, Charles (1907-1978) and Ray Eames (1912-1988) spent forty years inventing a certain idea of modern daily life. In their Venice Beach studio, the American couple sketched, experimented, tested: moulded plywood, fiberglass, steel wire, aluminium. The furniture that came out of it changed America, then the world. Every piece signed Eames carries that rare signature: an engineer's rigour wrapped in an artist's joy.