Eames® Aluminum Management Chair

An Eames Classic

It’s a trick only Charles and Ray Eames could pull off: Designing the Eames Aluminum Chair in 1958 as an outdoor seating solution and having it still look classic and contemporary in 21st century interiors.

The chair's clean, curvilinear lines enhance any décor and work well in your home office, dining area, and living room. Available in fabric or leather, these Eames chairs are equipped with an innovative suspension that creates a firm, flexible “sitting pocket.” It conforms subtly to your body’s shape and maintains your comfort.

With an aluminum frame and base, the chair is strong, yet lightweight and easy to move. Earth-friendly, too: made of 67 percent recycled materials and 90 percent recyclable at the end of its useful life.

	Earth-Friendly Construction Aluminum Group chairs are made of 67 percent recycled materials and are 90 percent recyclable at the end of their useful life.
	Innovative Comfort Suspension A continuous piece of seat-back upholstery stretched tautly between the aluminum side ribs makes a flexible pocket that provides support as you sit.

	Handy Adjustments Chairs have a 5-star base with tilt-swivel mechanism, manual or optional pneumatic seat-height adjustment, and tilt lock feature. Available with casters or with glides that work on both hardwood floors and carpet.

	Material World Choose leather or fabric, in lots of colors, including some prints.

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An Industrialist Who Loved Modern Design

J. Irwin Miller was born in the small town of Columbus, Indiana, in 1909. A civic-minded man, he made a fortune as an industrialist. In 1954 he set up the Cummins Foundation and offered his home town a deal: The foundation would pay the architect fees for new public buildings in Columbus. The Foundation would choose the architects. As a result, this town of about 40,000 has buildings by the giants of mid-century modern design—Eero and Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Cesar Pelli, Kevin Roche, and Richard Meier, among others. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects declared the small town the sixth most important in the country in terms of architecture.

Outdoor Seating Moves Indoors

We began making the Aluminum Group chairs for indoor use in 1958, and they have been in continuous production ever since. The original mesh was discontinued shortly after its introduction in favor of fabric and leather, ribbed at 1 7/8-inch intervals for a clean, refined appearance.

In 1969, the Eameses extended the original design by adding plush, individually upholstered cushions. They named these the Soft Pad chairs.

The chairs' simple lines, innovative use of materials, and suspension comfort have kept the Aluminum Group and Soft Pad chairs among the most popular seating choices for offices and homes.

H:33–37.25"
W:23"
D:18"

Though not as universally popular as the Eames Lounge and Ottoman, the Eames Aluminum Group Chair is a pop-culture icon in its own right. Designed originally to be an outdoor seating solution, the stylish modern design and brilliant functionality of the Eames Aluminum Group Chair has made it an ideal choice for interior seating as well as home seating over the years. This popularity transferred seamlessly into television and movies, where it has been featured numerous times over the years as a staple of modernism. Here are just some examples of where the Eames Aluminum Chair can be spotted on screen:

Television:

VIP - Starring Pamela Anderson, in one episode a bomb gets strapped to the bottom of an Eames Aluminum Group chair Anderson is tied to!
Colbert Report - Steven Colbert's guests sit in an Eames Aluminum Group chair in the satirical news program

2008 presidential debate Eames Aluminum Group chair

2008 Presidential Debate in Austin, Texas - The live special (pictured above) featured Democratic candidates Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama sitting in white Eames Aluminum Management Chairs

Movies:

The Big Lebowski

Moonraker - Eames Aluminum Management Chair

Moonraker - (White Eames Aluminum Chair seen in left middle)

Modern Office Space:

Facebook's Office with Eames Aluminum Group Chairs

Facebook's cutting-edge new offices feature red Eames Aluminum Group Chairs used in the meeting rooms.

The Eames Aluminum Group Chairs are popular choices on or off the screen, and their classic style and exceptional comfort are what we have grown to expect from Ray and Charles Eames, as well as from Herman Miller. Keep an eye out for the Eames Aluminum Group next time you are watching television or a movie, and take a serious look at potentially purchasing this celebrity chair for your office or home.

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