Eames Molded Plywood Chairs

Ray and Charles Eames's molded plywood chairs show a deep engagement with material and process: to shape the plywood in new ways, they invented their own tools, including the "Kazam! machine."
Also the work of Ray and Charles Eames, for example, is famous for its deep engagement with both material and tools. To create their iconic molded plywood chairs, they didn't just specify the material; they invented the tools and processes—like the "Kazam! machine"—to shape it in unprecedented ways.

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  • Supplies · element
  • Technological Component
  • Design's Frontier
  • Materials · variable
  • Tools · variable

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  • Chapter 15, section 150 · Frontier Dimension

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