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Eames: The Architect and The Painter

November 21, 2011

Eames: The Architect and the Painter opened in New York last week. Co-director of the documentary Bill Jersey talked about the film and the impact of the Eames aesthetic on design with Leonard Lopate on WYNC: As mentioned in the interview, A.O. Scott also reviewed the movie for The New York Times, drawing the interesting, if inevitable, [...]

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The Story of Eames Furniture

November 17, 2010

Marilyn Neuhart, author of The Story of Eames Furniture, and her husband John both worked in close proximity to Charles and Ray Eames and key members of the Eames Office for almost 30 years. In this fascinating video interview with GestaltenTV, the couple talk about the people behind the iconic Eames designs: The Story of [...]

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Something for the Weekend

September 17, 2010

Thanks for the CBC Books blog for including The Casual Optimist in their list of 10 ‘Book Blogs We Appreciate’ earlier this week. It is always nice to be appreciated — I only hope I can live up to the billing… :-) The Story of Eames Furniture – Written and designed by Marilyn Neuhart together [...]

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Interview with Rich Roat, House Industries

July 15, 2010

A design:related interview Rich Roat, co-founder of House Industries, about starting a foundry, type trends, and the future of type design on the web:

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Midweek Miscellany, July 15th, 2009

July 15, 2009

Vintage Camus — Seen at Bente Miltenburg‘s Flickr photostream (via A Journey Around My Skull). An Intricate Dance — Author Sonya Chung describes her experience of the cover design process (and the weird — slightly tortured — anxieties that accompany it) for her debut novel Long For This World at The Millions blog (via Duke [...]

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