Scandinavia Design
Vitra
Your Account
Fr
Shopping Bag
En

DAX
Eames Plastic Armchair
Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

The Eames Plastic Armchairs DAX (Dining Armchair X-base) is the renewed versions of the classical Fiberglass DAX Armchair. The original, which was the very first industrially produced plastic chair, was jointly developed with Zenith Plastics for the 'Low-Cost Furniture Design‘ competition organised by the Museum of Modern Art. In the current version made of polypropylene, these armchairs are even more comfortable. The wide selection of colours and upholsteries makes it possible to use the chairs in a variety of settings: from the dining room or home office to the garden. 

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

Shell dyed-through polypropylene
Legs chrome or black epoxy
Dimensions H83 x L62,5 x P60cm – seat height 43cm
Outdoor the DAX with black epoxy legs are suitable for outdoor use

Ecological information

DAX Chairs with metal base

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

poppy red
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

cotton white
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

pebble
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

deep black
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

ice grey
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

light grey
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

Lemon
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

mustard
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

pale rose
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

Emerald green
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

rusty orange
chrome or black legs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

forest
chrome or black legs

granite
chrome or black legs

sea blue
chrome or black legs

Add optional upholstery for DAX Chairs

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

+ fixed seat cushion

+ front upholstery

Hopsak fabric

100 % polyamide | 550 gr/m2

Hopsak is an expressive, flat plain-weave fabric made of polyamide. The duotone colours offer a multitude of design possibilities in high-contrast, brightly hued or subtle combinations of warp and weft threads. Highly durable and robust, Hopsak can be used in private interiors as well as public areas. 

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

Checker fabric

23% polyester, 77% cotton | 467 gr/m2

Alexander Girard developed the textile pattern 'Checker' in 1965 as part of his legendary redesign of the corporate image for Braniff International Airlines. The checkerboard design is a prime illustration of Girard's radical break from the conventional low-key aesthetic that characterised the sector at that time. The soft double weave fabric, with a high percentage of cotton, demonstrates exceptional purity of colour and its geometric pattern lends a striking note to any environment.

DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
DAX Eames Plastic Armchair Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

Other cushion options

 Zebra seat cushion
Aino et Alvar Aalto
Artek

Charles & Ray Eames

Charles & Ray Eames

Charles Eames, born 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri, studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and opened his own office together with Charles M. Gray in 1930. In 1935 he founded another architectural firm with Robert T. Walsh. After receiving a fellowship in 1938 from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, he moved to Michigan and assumed a teaching position in the design department the following year. In 1940, he and Eero Saarinen won first prize for their joint entry in the competition "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" organized by the New York Museum of Modern Art. During the same year, Eames became head of the department of industrial design at Cranbrook.

Ray Eames, born Bernice Alexandra Kaiser, was born in Sacramento, California in 1912. She attended the May Friend Bennet School in Millbrook, New York, and continued her studies in painting under Hans Hofmann through 1937. During this year she exhibited her work in the first exhibition of the American Abstract Artists group at the Riverside Museum in New York. She matriculated at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1940.

Charles and Ray Eames got married in 1941 and moved to Los Angeles, where together they began experimenting with techniques for the three-dimensional moulding of plywood. The aim was to create comfortable chairs that were affordable. However, the war interrupted their work, and Charles and Ray turned instead to the design and development of leg splints made of plywood, which were manufactured in large quantities for the US Navy. In 1946, they exhibited their experimental furniture designs at MoMA. The Herman Miller Company in Zeeland, Michigan, subsequently began to produce Eames furniture. Charles and Ray participated in the 1948 'Low-Cost Furniture' competition at MoMA, and they built the Eames House in 1949 as their own private residence. In addition to their work in furniture design and architecture, they also regularly turned their hand to graphic design, photography, film and exhibition design.

In 1957 Vitra signed a licence agreement with Herman Miller and began producing the Eames' designs for Europe and the Middle East. Charles and Ray Eames have had a profound and lasting influence on Vitra. It was the encounter with their work that spurred the company's beginnings as a furniture manufacturer. Yet it is not just the products of Charles and Ray Eames that have left a mark on Vitra. Even today, their design philosophy continues to significantly shape the company's values, orientation and goals.