"Eames Era"  

Can they really copyright...
Can they really copyright the name Eames? It's a last name for heaven's sake. I have met someone with the that last name who has no idea about Charles and Ray. Copywriting it to prevent it'suse on new products in a related field, ok, but otherwise?
By the way I have seen that tattoo and I did one better, I now am completely covered head to toe in the dot pattern. I hope that fella doesn't read this, but getting tats of furniture is a bit .... hmmm

SDR made a good point. To...
SDR made a good point. To be connected to an 'era' is a fine achievement.
I can't imagine the estate would be upset about that.
(i do agree e-bay is out of control with the coin-phrasing)
Sellers need to drop crap somewhere, and 'eames era' stuck.
You can find some great things after sifting through. If a seller has no idea
what it is and it isn't marked...they drop it in a category. Often silly cheap.
If they know what it is after some homework, they put it in the right place,
and the price is high.
Here is a mouthful...
ATOMIC-EAMES-ERA-MID-CENTURY-RANCH-HOUSE
I am glad for the coin 'MCM' and 'Mid-Century'
At least my house is not a 'contemporary' or an 'eames era inspired'
What will the 70's lover do?
now it is '70's era', 'hippy era', I'd give it to Robert Indiana.
I would be honored to be 'era'd. (that is not a word is it?)
I know, the 'love' image was early 60's but not dominant to the
masses until later.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ATOMIC-EAMES-ERA-MID-CENTURY-MODERN-RANCH-HOMES_W0QQ...

oh,
mac=all computers (...
oh,
mac=all computers ( :)just kidding)

SDR - Just Curious
SDR - Just curious..
How is it possible to mispronounce it ?
I've only ever heard it pronounced one way, and can't work out how one would mispronounce it..
Unless all us Brits say it wrong ? 😉

I'll bite
OK, I'll bite. I've been saying it "Ames" with a long "A". Is the other pronunciation "Eeemes" with a long a "E"? Which one is correct?

Long E.
See, Robert ? Heh-heh. Of course, I grew up in the day, when the Eameses were still around.
One Eames. Two Eameses. Eames's designs.
Eeeeeeeeames.

A brit is my assistant. He...
A brit is my assistant. He says' Aaames'. Drives me nuts. But he drives me nuts
whatever. He says 'waat-eevah'. It is all love in the end. Annoyances are fun.

'Aaames' and 'waat evah'...
'Aaames' and 'waat evah' don't sound very British to me - have you checked this guy's passport?

Have
Have to agree with Paulanna (again)
I've never heard a Brit pronounce it like that..
You sure he's not Australian ?

A Brit.
He could have been wrongly corrected at one time.
Sometimes it is hard to shake a pronunciation once you
continuously read it a certain way.

I once had a conversation
with an art dealer and he kept pronouncing Finn Juhl as Finn "Jewel". I always thought it was prounounced like "You'll", but I did not correct him because what if I was wrong?
I've also heard Eames pronouced Ee-yams (followed by the word "brothers"). In this instance, I felt it was best to politely correct the person.
I know for sure Jacobsen is "Yak-obsen", from the narrator on the evergreens website. However, since we are on the topic, what is the correct pronunciation of:
Poul Kjaerholm
(is that K silent? and is the j soft or hard?)
Otto Wagner
(wag-ner or vag-ner)
Le Corbusier
(I've heard both Core-bus-ee-ay, and Core-boo-see-ay)
Arteluce
(Ar-te-loose, I once thought, but I've heard it pronounced Ar-te-lu-chee).
Arredoluce
(like above, is the luce loose or lu-chee)
And Thonet
(I always hear people saying Thah-nay, but I'm pretty sure it's more like Taw-net).

Serge Mouille is my...
Serge Mouille is my favourite. Can't even find two French people to agree on a pronunciation. Mwee-a, Muweeah, mooya, Moo-e-yuh - I've heard 'em all and still not sure which is right. I guess we shouldn't be too precious about it anyway - if there's a debate amongst English speakers over a straightforward English name like Eames then we're never going to get to grips with some of the Finnish names are we? 🙂

We need to compile a...
We need to compile a pronunciation chart. There are so many names in design - and so many intelligent people mispronouncing them. The fact is, I have never heard a mouth utter the names of many of my favorite designers. Growing up in rural Bible Belt America no one knew who they were. There might be a few that I have bastardized from a lack of reference.
Ok, Saarinen. I have always said Sah-Ren-In but I have heard Sare-ren-in.
A few are so foreign to me that I don't even attempt! Oh, to have Modernism books on tape!

I also can never get Karim...
I also can never get Karim Rashid's name right. I usually pronounce it "doo-sh-bag."

Ha!
I just spit coffee all over my monitor.