“High Tea” Postcard

This postcard, designed by the Eames Office for Herman Miller, shows a craftsman on his lunch break⁠—tools scattered nearby⁠—sitting in an Eames chair at an Eames Folded Leg Table.

The image echoes something Charles Eames once said while developing another chair: “Whatever it is, it’s something that has been done really not just for a specific client anymore, but for the people that work in the factory with us day by day⁠—who would flop down in one at the end of a hard day⁠—and from whom we would really get our feedback, our clues.”

In materials like this, the Eames Office made that idea visible. Their designs weren’t just for clients or showrooms⁠—they were for the people who built them, used them, and lived with them every day.

Gift of Llisa Demetrios