Recommended reading 4: Baby’s First Eames

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Still looking for the right summer holiday reading? We would like to present to you new architecture and design books here on the blog in the following weeks.

Title: Baby’s First Eames
Author: Julie Merberg 
Published: May 2018
Publisher: Downtown Bookworks
28 pages / ISBN 9781941367391

Do you have children, grandchildren or want to make a present to a child? We recommend this new Book on architecture and design for the youngest. This whimsically illustrated board book offers a delightful A-to-Z overview of modern design icons for the toddler set.

Parents who appreciate architecture and modern design will get a kick out of sharing their passion with their kids. From Alexander Calder to Frank Lloyd Wright, from Knoll furniture to Noguchi sculptures, the visionaries, buildings, and captivating objects introduced in Baby’s First Eames make design fun and accessible for aesthetes of all ages.

Here are just a few of the architects, designers, buildings, furniture pieces, and styles mentioned in the book:

• Art deco
• Bauhaus Wassily chair
• Fallingwater
• Frank Gehry
• The Glass House
• Hearst Castle
• I.M. Pei
• Noguchi
• Marimekko
• Renzo Piano
• Sydney Opera House
• Tulip chair
• Zaha Hadid

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