I saw the Eames film earlier this month and I'm still working through my feelings about it. In some ways, I'm disappointed that the film disturbed my perceptions of Charles Eames, the creator. The treatment of Eames' multiple romantic affairs throughout his career made him so human. Confronted with that very real aspect of his personality, I wondered, how do we separate the designs from the lives the designers lived? Creativity is such an animal characteristic but sometimes I think we prefer to conceive of artists as entities rather than people. Regardless of my personal objections to the artist's genius complex and can't-touch-me attitude, his vast contributions to post-war modernist design persist as examples of his great talent.
Thumbs up: Beautiful footage inside Charles and wife Ray's home in LA, revealing interviews with former employees
Thumbs down: Eames was a d-a-w-g!
