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The 1950s was a time when architecture, design and theories were contested as people felt that the post war era should embrace mass culture and the advance technologies. Prior to the Second World War American designers looked to Europe for their inspiration and style, however Eames was the first designer to work in a specifically American style. Eames invented a method for bending plywood into complicated curves. A founder of feminine post war design was …

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