Just Announced: 2008 Eames Commemorative Postage Stamps

<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/R5jirzKGpYI/AAAAAAAAIkI/W-ZsXo1oV8Q/s1600-h/USPSposter_440-457.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159122615247742338" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/R5jirzKGpYI/AAAAAAAAIkI/W-ZsXo1oV8Q/s400/USPSposter_440-457.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br />From the US Postal Service Press Release:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames will be honored next summer with a pane of 16 stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever sat in a stackable molded chair, you’ve experienced their creativity. Perhaps best known for their furniture, the Eameses were husband and wife as well as design partners. Their extraordinary body of creative work — which reflected the nation’s youthful and inventive outlook after World War II — also included architecture, films and exhibits. Without abandoning tradition, Charles and Ray Eames used new materials and technology to create high-quality products that addressed everyday problems and made modern design available to the American public.</span><br /><br />If you want to know when they'll be issued, you can <a href="http://www.eamesoffice.com/eames_list/?p=subscribe">sign-up for the Eames Office newsletter here.</a>

Just Announced: 2008 Eames Commemorative Postage Stamps

From the US Postal Service Press Release: In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufactur...

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