Eames Wire Chair Tattoo

This tattoo caught my eye last week. An Eames wire chair proudly displayed on the upper arm of Philadelphia-based designer Beck Gusler. I was taken by the tattoo but also her comment:

“My new ink: an Eames Wire Chair. I’ve been wanting to get this tattoo for a while and it seemed an appropriate time as graduation is nearing and I’m ready to get my start as a young designer. Charles and Ray Eames are 2 of the designers I admire the most for their indepth processes and trial-and-error methodology. Unique note about this chair: It won the first mechanical patent for design.”

And then I found her blog – Peanut Butter Bagels – and these booties she knitted for her Eames chair! I think Ray and Charles would have got a big kick out of those booties.