Lot Essay
This brochure is an earlier version of the example featured in Eames Design, (op. cit., p. 89). It includes both the Herman Miller and Evans Products ciphers, as well as the Eames's hallmark 'ellipse', confirming its early date.
Charles and especially Ray Eames were initially responsible for graphic design of all advertising and promotional material for their furniture. As Herman Miller's marketing campaigns for the Eames plywood chairs developed, the Eames Office gradually assumed the creation of graphics and advertisements featuring their furniture.
For details of the relationship between Evans Products and Herman Miller, see footnotes to the following three lots.
Cf: Neuhart, p. 89.
Charles and especially Ray Eames were initially responsible for graphic design of all advertising and promotional material for their furniture. As Herman Miller's marketing campaigns for the Eames plywood chairs developed, the Eames Office gradually assumed the creation of graphics and advertisements featuring their furniture.
For details of the relationship between Evans Products and Herman Miller, see footnotes to the following three lots.
Cf: Neuhart, p. 89.