![]() In addition, another consideration opened Charles and Ray’s minds to a new way of designing seating: the furniture for such a lobby should help represent the seriousness of a high-profile workplace filled with “suits.” Visitors to company lobbies are notoriously hard on furniture. This led to the first Eames design originally conceived primarily for the contract market, a type of usage that requires even more substance and stability than the kinds of designs Charles and Ray had previously produced. ![]() In 1959, Henry Luce, chairman of Time, Inc., invited Charles and Ray to design a lobby for Time’s New York City offices in the newly built Time-Life Building.
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