| Eames has assigned in this chair a separate component to
every single function, such as a backrest, a seat, a headrest, connecting
joints between parts, the five legged support, etc. This has led to the
assumption that this chair is a typical expression of american functionalism.
The more accurate definition as organic design underlines the flowing form
of the elements. Even more precisely we recognize the application of a
Hamilton curve, a continuous curve around each part. Such a curve divides
the form in two nesting shells.
One halve is the active, bearing, part, the other is the passive, supported,
part. A Hamilton curve curve divides for example a tennis ball. Eames has
elegantly solved many technical problems in his products such as the flexible
joint between plywood and dye cast parts, the zipper connection between
the leather skin and the fiberboard back of the different cushions, and
the fixing of the upholstery to the plywood shells. |
the
Hamilton line |
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