21/01 MIEN RUYS AND CHARLES AND RAY EAMES

Coming Thursday we’ll talk about warfare and enter the post-war period with the designers Charles and Ray Eames and landscape architect Mien Ruys.

We’ll also read and discuss a few manifestos.

To prepare, read Curtis chapters 22 and 25.

Photo’s: left: Mien Ruys’s design for communal gardens in Amsterdam, 1950s – right: Charles and Ray Eames