Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2013

You may never have come into contact with Charles and Ray Eames, but your butt most likely has. The architectural-school dropout and his wife, the painter who rarely painted, are most commonly associated with the ubiquitous bentwood “Eames chair.” But their influence goes way beyond that. Their iconic and groundbreaking mix of the practical and the aesthetic fairly flowed out of their wonderfully prolific design studio in Venice, CA. They made numerous short films, designed the IBM logo, housewares and exhibitions. A must-see for designers.