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Eames Century Modern

The “manifestation of a decade-long journey into the philosophical world of Charles and Ray Eames”, House Industries’ Eames Century Modern comprises an extensive range of beautifully crafted fonts coupled with a series of ‘objects’ that display all the typical House Industries’ hallmarks of ruthless attention to detail.

Crafted over three painstaking years, the Eames Century Modern Font Collection is the result of a partnership between House Industries, Letterror and the Eames Office, three titans of (typographic) design.

The collection comprises an extensive roman and italic catalogue in eight weights, a stencil and cameo, ornaments, poster figures and frames; in short, an exhaustively researched historical revival. Needless to say alternate serifs, discretionary ligatures, smart ornaments and more are all supplied as standard; all the details we’ve come to expect as de rigueur from House Industries.

Rounding out the Eames Century Modern collection, House Industries have crafted a range of ‘objects’ designed to appeal to every design connoisseur’s heart: Eames House Blocks and a range of Eames Serigraphs (an elephantine number three, a whimsical and practical set of arrows and a set of frames of within frames).

Eames Century Modern is a meticulously researched historical revival, executed - unsurprisingly - with House Industries’ renowned care for detail. The only caution we feel obligated to provide is that you visit the above links with your credit card set firmly to one side. Browse first, then - by all means - buy.

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