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| January 11, 2008
updated 6/17/08: The Charles and Ray Eames US Postage Stamps are now available for purchase.
Derry Noyes, Art Director and designer for the USPS, designed the soon-to-be released set of 16 Commemorative Eames US Postage stamps. The stamps feature iconic Eames designs, including: La Chaise, the Eames House, Lounge Chair, the House of Cards and more. (I would’ve liked to see The Powers of Ten also). from the United States Postal Service: “In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames will be honored next summer with a pane of 16 stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever sat in a stackable molded chair, you’ve experienced their creativity. Perhaps best known for their furniture, the Eameses were husband and wife as well as design partners. Their extraordinary body of creative work �" which reflected the nation’s youthful and inventive outlook after World War II �" also included architecture, films and exhibits. Without abandoning tradition, Charles and Ray Eames used new materials and technology to create high-quality products that addressed everyday problems and made modern design available to the American public.”
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Derry Noyes is credited with designing or art directing numerous classic stamps in the past. Masterworks of Modern Architecture, designed by Margaret Bauer in 2005, was a winning selection in AIGA 365: 27 exhibition.
Link: via Eames Demetrios’s flickr page
Tags: design, eames, furniture, stamps
Topic: Furniture Design
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