Its a classic, yet its still modern today. The Eames Lounge Chair remains to be one of the most beautiful and timeless creations in furniture design. Today we can give you a behind the scenes look at the manufacturing process at the Vitra Atelier.

Curated turns us onto this piece of news:

“Originally designed for children’s rooms in 1953, the Eames “Hang-It-All” rack has been reimagined by Herman Miller’s Selects Line. Colorful balls have given way to walnut, with the wire frame given a powder coat. The Eames developed the hanger during their experiments with mass production – later perfected in seating furniture.”

Read more over at Curated.

Eames fans take not – on April 8, 2010, Chicago auction house Wright will host a sale celebrating the good and unique designs of Charles and Ray Eames. Included is the above DKW chair in enameled steel, leather, and walnut. There are also enough DCW chairs going to the block to satisfy a rather healthy rush of interest.

The sale features Eames Design Archive of John and Marilyn Neuhart. About the archive -

As official archivists of Eames Office output for more than 30 years, the Neuhart’s meticulously chronicled the work of Charles and Ray Eames and compiled thousands of images, original ephemera, films and documents. The Neuhart’s amassed nearly 100 binders containing photographs, copies, negatives and clippings of nearly all Eames Office production as well as thorough records of the 1976 exhibition Connections: the Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, a scenic cloud backdrop from the Eames Office, a scale model of the Eames Office as it was at the time of Charles Eames death in 1978 and a copy of the complete inventory of Eames’ projects for the IBM Corporation including records from the Mathmatica exhibition. The Eames Design Archive of John and Marilyn Neuahrt is a comprehensive and scholarly collection that attests to the Eames’ iconic reputation as leaders in mid-twentieth century design.

Though not particularly engrossing, the online catalog is worth flipping though just to get a sense of the duo’s range with each of their iconic designs. Really nice to see things side by side, and their are a few oddities as well. The auction will begin at 12 noon on April 8, Wright is located at 1440 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL. (via Curated).

More Eames goodies after the jump.

The Elephant Lounge Chair by Mediodesign pays homage to two iconic works by Charles and Ray Eames. Both the LCW Molded Plywood Chair and the Sculptural Elephant are invoked in the new work. Mediodesign has worked with birch plywood. (via Dezeen).

While best efforts are made to not overload on one subsection of a topic in a day, the news of reproduction Eames furniture done correctly is worth our bending the rules. Fully made of fiberglass, like the original, these collection of Eames Chairs from Inmod comes in a variety of colors. With material playing such a major part in  design process, it can be troublesome when that portion of the story is lost in reproduction. So, with these, and the use of fiberglass, we can at the very least celebrate a degree of proper interpretation. We might also note that the design itself is celebrating a 60 year anniversary.

Via: Six Different Ways.

Coming out of the "international low cost furniture design" contest of 1948, hosted by MOMA, the Eames Shell Side Chair stamped its mark on furniture history. 60 years later, hhstyle has launched a limited edition blue version of the chair. Molded polypropylene sits on steel legs. This version is set to 200 in production. (via Openers).

By no means are we stamp collectors and actually hardly ever use them, but just like with the recent James Bond edition by the Royalmail, we have to show you this Eames edition by USPS. This upcoming summer 2008, USPS will be releasing 16 stamps honoring Charles and Ray Eames. We’ll be buying stamps again soon!