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Primarily known for their contributions to architecture, furniture design, industrial design, film, and photography, Charles and Ray Eames remain among the most renowned American designers of the 20th century. The couple married in 1941 and moved to California, where they continued their molded plywood furniture design. During the war, they were commissioned by the U.S. Navy to produce molded plywood splints, stretchers, and experimental glider shells. In 1946, Evans Products began producing Eames’ molded plywood furniture. Their iconic molded plywood lounge chair was dubbed “the chair of the century” by influential architectural critic Esther McCoy. In 1949, the Eameses designed and built their own home in Pacific Palisades, with its design and imaginative use of materials making it a place of pilgrimage for architects and designers worldwide. Today, it
