Ergonomic pieces such as the era-defining Eames chair, narrow sideboards in caramel-coloured wood and warm colour palettes of orange, yellow and chartreuse came to summarise the period.

The jumping off point was the 1956 Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, a long-standing icon but one which the designers feel could be made physically and visually lighter. As well as wood and carbon, the ...

A lot of wood. Think polished teak, deep mahogany and warm caramel timber and you’re in the right neck of the woods. Eames chairs, invented by husband-and-wife duo Charles and Ray Eames in 1956 ...

"The Eames chair is basically meme status," said Joel ... men who are design-minded and for men who aren't. Black leather, wood base, toss it in a living room or a home office, and voila, a ...