Vitra Eames Coffee Table Square Walnut/ Black Ash

Design: Charles and Ray Eames, 1953

Concept: The Eames coffee table is a beautiful and refined coffee table, designed by Charles and Ray Eames, with a delicate construction that fits perfectly into the modern home. The elegant legs in ash wood provide a nice contrast to the solid table top and create a timeless and relaxed atmosphere around it. The Eames coffee table is available in various combinations of table tops and legs and is also available in a rectangular version to suit any interior.

About the designers: The couple Charles Ormond Eames Jr. (1907-1978) and Bernice Alexandra "Ray" Eames, born Kaiser, (1912-1988) were American designers. With each their background within resp. industrial furniture design (Charles) and art (Ray) they met in 1940 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit. In 1941, they married and began experimenting with three-dimensional molded plywood, with the goal of producing affordable and comfortable chairs. Due to World War II, their experimental work was interrupted and only resumed in 1946, when they presented an exhibition of their furniture designs at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Then it picked up speed. They entered into an agreement with The Herman Miller Company, which began producing their furniture. In 1957, Vitra entered into a licensing agreement with Herman Miller and began production of Charles and Ray Eames' designs for Europe and the Middle East. It was the start of Vitra's furniture production, which is why the Eames couple has had a large influence on Vitra as a design company and their values and goals permeate even Vitra to this day.