The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames were America's most influential and important industrial designers. Admired for their creations and fascinating as individuals, they have risen to iconic status in American culture. Eames: The Architect and the Painter draws from a treasure trove of archival material, as well as new interviews with friends, colleague, and experts to capture the personal story of Charles and Ray while placing them firmly in the context of their fascinating times.

A document of the workshop of Charles and Ray Eames at 901 Washington Boulevard (in Venice, California) and a record of its closing. This film is a document of the workshop of Charles and Ray Eames and a record of its closing in 1988 after the death of Ray Eames. This was an extraordinary space that reflected the profound vision and achievements of the Eameses
901: after 45 years of working was made out of our family's powerful feeling that the Eames Office space at 901 Washington Boulevard was a treasure that needed to preserved—at least on film. It could not be physically preserved because the entire building was condemned for earthquake safety reasons even before Ray's death in 1988.