Eames Shell Chair

This chair was designed by Charles and Ray Eames, the most influentials American Designers of the 20th century. The story behind this chair is particularly amazing. This chair was actually the end result of a “failed” design. Having experimented with molded plywood, they could never get the single shell strong enough to handle the stresses of being a chair. But when plastic appeared, Charles and Ray saw the potential in it and they came up with a shell composition that was made out of plastic reinforced with glass fiber. These shells could be had in many colors which was infused into the plastic to remain consistent throughout. Because of its four legged metal base, this chair was called the Eiffel.