Lucia Eames

Lucia Eames Sun Day #18 🌞 Today is Sunday—#LuciaEamesSunDay—the day we celebrate Lucia Eames’s #SunDrawings! Lucia Eames enjoyed creating intricate cutouts—often concentrating on the interplay of four birds sporting lush plumage holding an object in their beaks—in this case, a fabulous medallion-like sun. Her pieces challenged viewers with a game of Positive and Negative Space Illusion (remember the play in perception: vase versus men’s profiles). While most of us might immediately focus on the positive space and see only birds and sun, another focus yields an intricate design of off-white splendor. Try it! May her sun brighten your week ahead so that you might “look lovingly at the commonplace” and the world around you. © 2023 Eames Office, LLC dba Lucia Eames Archive.

Happy Mother’s Day!!! Lucia Eames with her two oldest children: Carla and Byron, c. 1955. Lucia Eames with her mother, Catherine Woermann Lewis, 1985. Lucia Eames (and husband, Aris), with her five children: Carla, Byron, Lucia, Eames, and Llisa during visit with her father, Charles Eames, 1967. © 2025 Eames Office, LLC dba Lucia Eames Archive #mothersday #happymothersday❤️ #lovemom #family #eames #generations #familytime #californiamoms #westcoastartist #westcoast

Now open — Lucia Eames: Seeing with the Heart. On display at Via Solferino 11 in Milan from Tuesday, June 7th through Friday, June 10th during Milan Design Week.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Join the first in-depth exhibition of artwork by Lucia Eames when we unveil rarely seen works by the California optimist and sustainable aesthete during Salone del Mobile. The exhibition focuses on the magical world of Lucia's visual poetry and brings abundance to four rooms of a historic apartment in the heart of Brera.

Hand stitching is a technique that allows for a precise and expressive translation of Lucia Eames’ visual language into textile form. Used in both Sunbirds and Butterfly from the Lucia Eames™️ Rug Collection, hand stitching is carried out using handbraided jute, enhancing the natural texture of the fiber while defining each shape with clarity and depth. #luciaeames #eamescollection #eamesoffice #luciaeamescollection #nanimarquina

Lucia Eames explored marvelous representations of flowers—rooted in the ground and springing forth in expressive curvilinear forms. With delicate, curving stems and varied leaves and blossoms, she composed a magnificently bold display, all cut from a discarded letter. Similar floral designs were adapted into a flyer, as well as realized in metal garden gates. This work also relates closely to her early involvement with the San Francisco Landscape Garden Show. The hand-tufted rug, composed of two pile heights, evokes a field of tall grass, meticulously mown to reveal Lucia’s design. Material: Hand tufted (with two pile heights) New Zealand Wool Rooted, Lucia Eames Rug Collection, a project of the Eames Office with Nanimarquina. Photography @ninanton #nanimarquina #nanimarquina_official #eamesoffice #luciaeames #luciaeamesrugcollection #luciaeamescollection #contemporarydesign #rugdesign #designrugs #textiledesign #salonedelmobile2026 #milandesignweek2026 #mdw #milano @form_portfolios #minimaldesign #warmminimalism #neutralhome #luxurydecor #interiorandhome #colorfulliving #artathome #boldinteriors #creativeinteriors #highendinteriors #homestyling #spaceswelove #statementrug #livingroomdesign #sustainabledesign #designobjects

This rug design originates from Butterfly #49, one of 191 butterflies Lucia Eames created from found paper in 1994 when inspired by her vivid childhood memories of the massive migration of monarch butterflies. She created each butterfly as a distinct individual, “like its genetics or a fingerprint, with endless iterations and subtle differences on the landscape of the paper.” The high tufted, hand-knotted butterfly emerges from the flat woven, pileless field below, as if gently lifting into quiet ascent. Material: Kilim and Hand-knotted Afghan Wool Butterfly Wool, Lucia Eames Rug Collection, a project of the Eames Office with Nanimarquina. Photography @ninanton #nanimarquina #nanimarquina_official #eamesoffice #luciaeames #luciaeamesrugcollection #luciaeamescollection #contemporarydesign #rugdesign #designrugs #textiledesign #salonedelmobile2026 #milandesignweek2026 #mdw #milano #form_portfolios #handwovenrug #wovenrug #artisanmade #moderninteriors #interiordesign #homedecor #rugdesign #textiledesign #contemporarydecor #minimalhome

This stunning kilim with embroidered line drawing draws upon Lucia Eames’s vision, expressing all that a children’s museum—or even a child’s home—can be: a place of exploration and discovery. Her imagery evokes the outdoor natural world, filled with trees, flowers, birds, butterflies, snakes, and fish, as well as the world above, with clouds, the moon and even the unpictured sun. Indoor activities might include reading, investigation with a magnifying glass, and classes in ceramics and wood working. Such pursuits naturally foster curiosity, joy, and a lasting love of science, nature and the arts. Material: Kilim and Embroidery, Afghan Wool Discovery, Lucia Eames Rug Collection, a project of the Eames Office with Nanimarquina. Photography @ninanton #nanimarquina #nanimarquina_official #eamesoffice #luciaeames #luciaeamesrugcollection #luciaeamescollection #contemporarydesign #rugdesign #designrugs #textiledesign #salonedelmobile2026 #milandesignweek2026 #mdw #milano #form_portfolios #afghanwool #woolrug #designerrug #TextileArt #LuxuryInteriors #DesignerRugs #InteriorStyling #ContemporaryDesign #HandwovenRug #ArtisanMade #CollectibleDesign #OrganicModern #ModernInteriors

Happy Mother’s Day! Today we celebrate Lucia Eames—mother of five children and a woman whose influence reached far beyond her family into the wider culture around her. She spent much of her adult life raising her children in two homes, just a block apart, in a quiet San Francisco neighborhood. Within those warm wooden houses and their treasured gardens, she shaped her distinctive style, refined her artistic vision, and cultivated a creative spirit that embraced all aspects of life. After the death of Ray Eames in 1988, Lucia Eames became responsible for preserving and guiding the design legacy of Charles and Ray Eames. As owner of the Eames Office for the next 26 years, she was deeply committed to ensuring that its work and values would continue for generations beyond her lifetime. To that end, she entrusted operational leadership to the next generation in 1991 and, in 2004, established the Eames Foundation, which oversees the Eames House—a National Historic Landmark in Pacific Palisades where she spent cherished periods throughout her life. We are grateful for her foresight, her strength, and her devotion to preserving and passing down our family’s values, stories, and traditions for future generations to cherish. © 2026 Eames Office, LLC dba Lucia Eames Archive @EamesOffice @EamesFoundation @nanimarquina_official @Form_Portfolios @CrateandBarrel #sanfranciscoartist #LuciaEames #Eames #eamesoffice #graphicdesign #womensempowerment #eameshistory #mothersday #happymothersday❤️ #love mom #family #eames #generations #familytime #californiamoms #familyphoto #charleseames #eamesfamily #nanimarquina #nanimarquina_official #eamesoffice #luciaeames #luciaeamesrugcollection #luciaeamescollection #contemporarydesign #rugdesign #designrugs #milandesignweek2026 #mdw #milano #form_portfolios

Lucia Eames was remarkably adept at shaping form with a simple pair of scissors. From nearly discarded materials, she created 191 butterflies—along with banners, hanging pieces, and sculptural forms—transforming fragments as humble as Carnation Instant Breakfast packets into marvelous three-dimensional creations. She also produced a small series of works, circa 1977, closely related to this design—further extending her exploration of form, their relationships, and transformation. This hand-tufted rug renders Lucia’s design as a three-dimensional relief, as if the forms had been gently carved into sand. Material: Hand tufted (with volume) New Zealand Wool Echo, Lucia Eames Rug Collection, a project of the Eames Office with Nanimarquina available in two color ways. Photography @ninanton #nanimarquina #nanimarquina_official #eamesoffice #luciaeames #luciaeamesrugcollection #luciaeamescollection #contemporarydesign #rugdesign #designrugs #textiledesign #salonedelmobile2026 #milandesignweek2026 #mdw #milano #form_portfolios

This rug design originates from Butterfly #47, one of 191 butterflies Lucia Eames created from found paper in 1994. The series was inspired by a vivid childhood memory: the massive migration of monarch butterflies, some of which paused to rest in the meadow at the Eames House in Pacific Palisades, California. Each butterfly was created as a distinct individual, “like its genetics or a fingerprint, with endless iterations and subtle differences on the landscape of the paper.” As a single piece, Butterfly Jute provides a striking accent in any room; with three sizes and four colorways, it also invites the creation of a mass butterfly migration. Material: Hand Stitched, Braided Jute Butterfly Jute, Lucia Eames Rug Collection, a project of the Eames Office with Nanimarquina Photography @ninanton #nanimarquina #nanimarquina_official #eamesoffice #luciaeames #luciaeamesrugcollection #luciaeamescollection #contemporarydesign #rugdesign #designrugs #textiledesign #salonedelmobile2026 #milandesignweek2026 #mdw #milano #form_portfolios

What a marvelous journey this past year has been! Despite our enthusiasm and excitement, we had to keep it under wraps until the reveal at Milan Design Week —and what a reveal it was, far exceeding even our wildest expectations. To see the finished pieces at full scale, assembled in a dialogue with one another, was extraordinary. Seven of Lucia Eames’s designs have been translated into truly exquisite rugs by the Nanimarquina team in Barcelona in collaboration with artisans in India and Pakistan.Their care, sensitivity, curiosity, and extraordinary skill have brought these works to life as heirloom pieces—technical masterpieces in every sense. Over the next two weeks, we’ll take a closer look at each of the rugs from the Lucia Eames Rug Collection and the stories behind all seven designs. Photography @ninanton New Lucia Eames Rug Collection, a project of the Eames Office with Nanimarquina. #nanimarquina #eamesoffice #luciaeames #luciaeamesrugcollection #luciaeamescollection #contemporarydesign #designrugs #salonedelmobile2026 #milandesignweek2026 #milandesignweek #mdw #eames #rugdesign #textiledesign

The Lucia Eames Collection by Nanimarquina, developed with Form Portfolios in collaboration with the Eames Office, introduces an artist whose work has long remained quietly resonant. Drawing from seven original artworks, the collection translates Lucia Eames’s visual language into textiles, where her signature motifs—butterflies, suns, birds, and organic abstractions—move from paper into tactile form. It’s an honor for Form Portfolios to bring the story and work of Lucia Eames to new audiences, and a special moment to see years of work carried forward with such sensitivity by Nanimarquina. 📷 Product Images © Nanimarquina Archival Images © 2026 Eames Office, LLC. All rights reserved #milandesignweek #salonedelmobile #mdw2026 #luciaeames #nanimarquina