{"id":157960,"date":"2019-12-16T11:29:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T14:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/corporate-solutions\/herman-miller\/seating\/eames-executive-chair\/design-history\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:17:47","slug":"design-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/en\/corporate-solutions\/herman-miller\/seating\/eames-executive-chair\/design-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Design history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1533523404\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-575977470\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2107484089\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 header-override\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"text-display-2\">A favor returned<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"text-body-1\">In 1959, the US government asked George Nelson to design the United States pavilion for the national exhibition in Moscow, the first cultural exchange program between the US and the Soviet Union since the Russian Revolution. The pavilion was to showcase products manufactured in the United States. Nelson asked the Eameses to produce a film for the pavilion that would depict a day in the life of the United States.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-body-1\">Charles Eames called his friend Henry Luce, chairman of Time-Life, to request permission to use Time-Life&#8217;s vast image archive. Luce agreed but told Eames that, one day, he would have to return the favor. The Eames film was titled &#8220;Glimpses of the USA,&#8221; the first multi-screen slide presentation, and it was a major success.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-body-1\">A year after the Moscow exhibition, Luce called to ask the Eames design team to create a chair for his new building. The Eameses&#8217; response was the Time-Life chair, which we have continued to produce since 1960. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1533523404 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_534353279\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1777654832\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1433435549\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_173406826\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:75%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_173406826 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1875068569\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 header-override\"><strong><span class=\"text-display-3\">In the headlines<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In 1972, the executive chair made headlines when chess genius Bobby Fischer, known for being extremely demanding, included the chair among his many requirements for the 1972 World Championship match against Russian master Boris Spassky. When Spassky saw the chair, he demanded one for himself as well, and a second chair had to be shipped immediately to Iceland, where the tournament was being held. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_534353279 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section bloco-1 dark\" id=\"section_1829034403\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-586161138\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-602502743\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe details are not the details; they make the product.\u201d<br \/>Charles and Ray Eames<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-519521320\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1485722965\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:75%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-2-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-2-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-2-2-650x366.jpg 650w, https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-2-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-2-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-2-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-2-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1485722965 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1829034403 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_181365043\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1177065335\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-569783391\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">A collection of tools to help you plan<\/h4>\n\t<div id=\"gap-2009064071\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2009064071 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/corporativo\/herman-miller\/assentos\/cadeira-eames-executiva\/recursos\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button secondary\"  >\n    <span>Download resources<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_181365043 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":157720,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-157960","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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