The Shell Chair By Charles Eames

This is a re-run of a post and subsequent how-to video we did a while back. It was a good one so we wanted to share it with you again… enjoy!

In 1948, Charles and Ray Eames submitted the shell chair to the International Competition for Low Cost Furniture, sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art. They originally intended to use stamped metal, but it proved to be prohibitively costly. It uses two basic seat designs, both available with multiple base options. This adds tremendously to the ability to mass-produce the chairs at a very low cost. The original material used for the seats was a fiberglass resin. The shell chair remains an iconic modern design item to this day. See how it was made here: