{"209221":{"#nid":"209221","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Eames at the Fair: A Legacy of Communication Design","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECelia Pearce, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, will give a presentation at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) during its current Eero Saarinen exhibit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPearce will read an exerpt from\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EMeet Me at the Fair\u003C\/em\u003E, a collection of essays on worlds fairs she co-edited.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile best known for its furniture and films, the Office of Charles and Ray Eames also made major contributions to innovation in exhibition design, particularly in world\u2019s fairs. This talk will discuss the Eames Office\u2019s work in worlds fair design, focusing on its thirty-year relationship with IBM and related collaborations with Eero Saarinen which resulted in several landmark projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoors open at 6pm. The lecture will begin at 6:30pm.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, visit MODA\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.museumofdesign.org\/design-conversations\/\u0022\u003EDesign Conversations page\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo order tickets in advance, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/16799.blackbaudhosting.com\/16799\/tickets?tab=2\u0026amp;txobjid=57cb40d7-4922-4d71-aa70-25e86c49f250\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECelia Pearce, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, will give a presentation at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) during its current Eero Saarinen exhibit.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2013-04-25 11:44:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:03:25","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-04-30T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-04-30T21:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-04-30T21:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-04-30 23:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-05-01 01:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-05-01 01:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3627","name":"Celia Pearce"},{"id":"5008","name":"moda"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}