I'm obsessed with the eames lounge chair + ottoman, thanks for helping me grasp a better understanding about the history of the designers. Great insight as usual and congrats on the 100th video!
This video is great. The story telling with the voice-over, the additional information shown on screen, the way you were speaking to the camera to sort of discuss the topic. It's a good mix of all those things. I never thought a video about chairs would be that interesting.
thank you flo3m, this is basically my first "video essay" so it's a little outside my comfort zone but I think for the most part it turned out pretty well
It’s good to see others that view fashion and aesthetic as more than just outfits. I love interior decor and fashion equally and they both play parts into who I am and how I present myself. My home is an extensions of who I am and how I dress.
My grandfather worked with Charles and Ray back in the 60s. He has so much wakes furniture and even a custom lounge chair with specific wood and textile picked out by my grandfather. He also has a wooden splint hanging in his office. This furniture is in my blood.
I love your furniture videos, it's something really cool that's kinda missing on this platform and with you being one of the only ones doing it this well I'm sure you'll grow a lot. It's really cool to talk about design outside of only clothes.
Hey man, I just discovered your channel like an hour ago and I think I’m low key obsessed. Before watching this vid, I saw your vid on the Wassily chair and I was hoping if you could do one covering the Barcelona Chair. If you read this, thanks and know that you got a new subscriber!
great video christian! loved the exploration of something not fashion related and hearing your viewpoints based on a design perspective (which goes hand-in-hand with your videos relating to clothing)
This was a great video. I’ve known about these chairs but never known why it was so celebrated and revered in design history. But now I know thanks for all the great info!
glad I could help, I'm sure a lot of its continued appreciation is kind of an echo chamber (its famous because its famous) but like the Wassily chair there was legitimate innovation with the lounge chair
@@BraveNewWear right I’m sure that helps. I’d love it if you look into other mediums of art as well. Like if you touched on some architecture or music as well. Especially because I think taste is such an important part of developing your style.
And Luthiers, I really should have been more specific, the innovation was a matter of mass producing this molded wood but I appreciate the comment Patrick
Hey, new subsciber here lol. As I aspire to study Industrial Design next year and have geniuine interest more in art/design than fashion(which still is a novelty hobby to me) I have noticed that the „fashion community” really loves either the Eames Lounge Chair or the Model B3/Wassily Chair. I wonder if this is just the same type of situation where you recently got into a new field and start developing taste branching from the way you dress to the physical objects such as furniture - the aformentioned chairs to be exact. I genuinely can’t wrap my head around the fascination the stereotypical fashion people have with those two models - they are definitely well designed both in function and looks but they are more like icons/front cover celebrities of the furniture design and there is so much more to discover. For example there is Smoke chair from the identically named line by a Dutch designer Maarten Bass which is very much in resonance with what Rick Owens is making in terms of vibe. Highly reccomend checking him out. Excellent video in terms of research btw, love your content and the freshness compared to the other fashion related channels, cheers;D
I just discovered you and I’ve subscribed. I’ve watched several of your videos and you have not spouted a single fashion or lifestyle rule or proscription. I really appreciate that. Maybe the Eames were inspired by luthiers who have been bending wood using molds, heat and pressure for centuries. Charles got way more credit than Ray who was a natural introvert. I can’t help but think that it may have caused a significant amount of resentment between the two.
thank you for subscribing Neil! (I mean I think "rules" are for people who arent interested in having fun with fashion so I dont think we need any) And really cool suggestion, I didnt come across anything saying Ray or Charles were inspired by luthiers who of course have been crafting instruments for centuries but thats a really interesting prospect
Great video. I've been drooling over this chair design since I learned about it a few years ago. I love the Mad Men masculinity it oozes. Gonna buy a knockoff version soon.
hey, I was writing a paper about the chair and this video helped me a lot, but since I need to put the sources at the end of my paper I don't know if youtube link would be appropriate, so about the war and arm split thing can you recommend me some sources please, and again, the video was so catchy so thanks for that.
hey Esra! Really hope this videos did help in some way - I know I included a handful of links BUT (not that I'm trying to become a scholar) I'm certain that there is a MLA format for citing a video online
I can't imagine paying $8k for a chair. Though I did acquire mine very cheaply, and it's still in use with a few repairs. Not bad for an almost 60 year old chair.
I realize this is a year old… but I was wondering if you might still remember - WHY Eames could not mass produce the chair made of plywood? I guess that issue is what led to the process they use today, which hasn’t changed in 50 years gluing multiple ply sheets together and molding them with heat and pressure…
Pushed into the background like Charlotte Perriand. It is interesting that in the video she says that his designs face the same rigorous criticism as all designs in the studio. The implication given is that she was the critic.
Great video! Yeah the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman were always a premium good. It was $578 for the set in 1956! Adjusted for inflation, the price of the chair has always been basically $5000! I inherited a "replica" chair from my late father and let me tell you. IT SUCKS! But it was his and it looks good even though it isn't comfy! It is a status symbol but not a necessity!
9:45 I believe that's Arlene Francis. SUPER smart, classy, talented lady. A first rate wit, and knew full well that genius didn't require an X and Y chromosome. Love Arlene. "Charles wouldn't have been the iconic designer if it wasn't for Ray, and vice versa" ? Are you SURE about that? Could be, I don't know.
Sadly there are many female designers who have been overshadowed by the famous men typically associated with modernism. Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, Lella Vignelli, etc. all created amazing work that is underappreciated, forgotten, or misattributed to the male designers they worked with.
totally Sh0gun, at least now if you look to buy designs by the Eames both Ray and Charles are credited, but its not the same as being recognized during your life
