Postal Service Celebrates Modern Design

Charles and Ray Eames Stamps Unveiled at NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair

What:
The U. S. Postal Service teams up with Herman Miller, Inc. and Chicago’s Merchandise Mart for a special unveiling of the Charles and Ray Eames stamps.

Who:
Eames Demetrios, Director of the Eames Office
Brian Walker, President and CEO, Herman Miller, Inc.
Christopher G. Kennedy, President of Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.
Gloria E. Tyson, District Manager/Postmaster, U.S. Postal Service

When:
Monday, June 9 at 4 p.m.

Where:
NeoCon World’s Trade Fair
The Merchandise Mart
Herman Miller Showroom – 3rd Floor by escalator

Background:
With these 16 stamps, the Postal Service honors the creativity and vision of designers Charles and Ray Eames. Perhaps best known for their furniture, the designers used new materials and technology to create high-quality products that addressed everyday problems and made modern design, including the molded plywood chair, available to the American People. Their extraordinary body of creative work, reflecting the nation’s youthful and inventive outlook after World War II, also included architecture, films and exhibits.

The objects that appear on the stamps were selected from among hundred of items created by the talented and dynamic duo. Attached is a complete list of the stamps.

The media is invited to attend a special unveiling of a 40” x 40” enlargement of the 16 stamp pane. Grandson Eames Demetrios will be on-hand to share memories of his talented and creative grandparents.

The NeoCon special stamp unveiling will precede the official dedication at the Eames Office in Santa Monica, CA, on June 17, on what would have been Charles’ 101st birthday.

To obtain high-resolution images of the Charles and Ray Eames stamps, e-mail Michael.p.woods@usps.gov.

NOTE TO TV CREWS:
All television crews should check-in with a security officer on the South Drive of The Merchandise Mart to arrange for parking.