Ray和Charles Eames的纪念展览于维特拉设计博物馆开幕
Ray and Charles Eames retrospective takes over Vitra Design Museum campus

由专筑网李韧，杨帆编译

一个装满家具的体验馆和一个专门为儿童设计的展示空间里共划分了四个不同的区域，这些区域组成了维特拉设计博物馆内独特的展览。

Eames展区由弗兰克•盖里（Frank Gehry）设计的位于莱茵河畔的维特拉设计博物馆、维特拉消防站、维特拉博物馆展区以及维特拉Schaudepot展览馆共同组成。

A room filled with furniture experimentations and a display designed specifically for children are among the four different zones making up a huge Eames retrospective currently on show at the Vitra Design Museum.
An Eames Celebration spans across four areas of the Frank Gehry-designed Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany: the museum's main building, the Fire Station, the Vitra Design Museum Gallery and the Vitra Schaudepot.

总的来说，这次展览的主要目的是提供一场对夫妻档Ray和 Charles Eames的职业生涯的全面回顾。

这对夫妇都是设计师，对本世纪的设计发展产生了巨大的影响，他们设计了许多家具，这些作品在现代设计史上具有重要地位，另外，本次设计展也是为了纪念Charles Eames的110周年诞辰。

Collectively, the exhibitions are intended to offer a comprehensive overview of the careers of husband-and-wife team Ray and Charles Eames.
The pair are considered to be two of the most influential designers of the 20th century, having produced some of the most famous furniture pieces in modern design history, and the exhibition coincides with the 110th anniversary of Charles Eames' birth.

最大的一个展区名为“设计的力量”，位于设计博物馆的主体建筑中，主要通过一系列的电影、照片、家具、雕塑、绘画、纺织品、平面设计以及模型来阐述Eames的工作经历。

“本次回忆展充分说明了Charles和Ray Eames在个性上的趣味相投，这是他们共度一生并且在工作中相互合作的重要基础。”维特拉设计博物馆的负责人说。

The biggest of the four shows, named The Power of Design, is situated inside the main building of the design museum, and explores the Eames' work through a number of films, photographs, furniture, drawings, sculptures, paintings, textiles, graphic design, models and stage props.
"The retrospective illustrates the congenial synergy between the personalities of Charles and Ray Eames, which formed the foundation of a lifetime of work by what was arguably the most successful design duo in history," said Vitra Design Museum.

在赫尔佐格和德梅隆设计的维特拉Schaudepot展馆中，主要的展品是他们制作家具制品的设计模型和原型思路。

Charles & Ray Eames的家具展览名为“Kazam”，这部分的家具制品模型以往从未展出过，它们于1988年被特拉设计博物馆所收藏。

In the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Vitra Schaudepot gallery, the Eames' processes are explored through models and prototypes of their iconic furniture designs.
Named Kazam! The Furniture Experiments of Charles & Ray Eames, this section features previously-unseen experimental models that have been stored in the Vitra Design Museum's archives since 1988.

Kazam代表着用于胶合板的热压机，用其命名的原因是它将一片片木板制成了独特的座椅。

“由钢丝或铝制成的家具模板和原型在真正完工前需要经过大量的实验模拟设计过程。”博物馆负责人说。

“Charles和Ray Eames的这些通过各项工具制作而成的作品很好地表现了设计师对于人类环境改造学的研究与理念，也代表了实验性家具制造的发展过程。”

Kazam refers to a hot press machine that the designers used to mould plywood, so named because of its "magical" ability to create seat shells from flat panels.
"Models and prototypes of furniture bases made of steel wire or aluminium demonstrate how many stages a design had to progress through before it was finally ready for mass production," said the museum.
"Charles and Ray Eames' comprehensive view of the designer's task is exemplified by the wide array of tools they constructed for ergonomic research or for the fabrication of their experimental furniture."

本次的回忆展览也吸引了众多年轻粉丝，因此主办方专门为儿童设计了一个展区，名为“Play Parade”。

在这里，孩子们能够尽情地玩耍这些玩具，甚至包括那些建筑模型、动物面具和陀螺。

The vast retrospective also caters for younger Eames fans, with an exhibition designed specifically for children named Play Parade.
In this zone, children are invited to play with toys designed – or owned – by the duo, including modular construction sets, animal masks, and spinning tops.

“本次展览展示了Charles和 Ray Eames对待作品的认真态度，同时也体现了童心是创造力的重要组成部分，他们以作品来证明自己。”博物馆负责人说。

“从他们个人收藏的玩具中甚至能够追溯这些设计品的历史，我们让孩子们接触这些充满历史文化的玩具，也借此证明了这些玩具的永恒品质。”

展览的最后主要展出了Eames的各种想法与信息，该部分的展览位于由扎哈设计的维特拉消防站之中，通过几个简单的镜头来阐述设计师复杂而伟大的一生。

"The exhibition demonstrates how seriously Charles and Ray Eames regarded their work and experiments with toys, and how play can be an important source of creativity – as they proved with their own designs," said the museum.
"Objects from their personal collection of toys reach further back in history, exposing today's children to the cultural history of play and allowing them to test the timeless quality of these toys."
The final section making up An Eames Celebration, Ideas and Information, is located in the Zaha Hadid-designed Fire Station and is dedicated to films shot by the couple over the course of their careers.

“通过本次展览，Eames的电影作品也首次亮相，其中描述了其工作生涯的几个关键部分。”博物馆负责人说。

“多项想法与信息都表明Charles和Ray Eames是创新媒体技术和新知识传播的先锋人员。”

Eames的纪念展览将在维特拉设计博物馆展出至2018年2月25日。

各项企业也以不同的方式来纪念Eames的伟大成就，例如服装品牌优衣库通过多重色彩的拖鞋和T恤来纪念其设计作品。

"With this exhibition, the cinematic oeuvre of the Eameses is given due recognition for the first time as a key part of their overall work," said the museum.
"Ideas and Information highlights the significance of Charles and Ray Eames as pioneers of innovative media technologies and new forms of knowledge transmission."
An Eames Celebration is on show at the Vitra Design Museum until 25 February 2018.
The Eames' careers have also recently been celebrated by high street brand Uniqlo, through a clothing collection that includes multicoloured slippers and T-shirts decorated with Wire chair prints.


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