Opening Night Preview: Past as Prologue, Presented by the Eames Institute

​The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity presents Past as Prologue: The Last Decade of Furniture Design by Ray and Charles Eames (1968–1978), an exhibition spotlighting the seminal work Ray and Charles Eames created in the final decade of their collaboration. Opening during San Francisco Design Week in the newly revitalized Transamerica Pyramid, it marks the Institute’s first public installation beyond the Eames Archives and anchors a broader collaboration with SHVO and the Transamerica Pyramid to honor the Bay Area’s design legacy through a week-long program of events.

​This event will be open to the public from 6PM onwards.

​The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the legacy of 20th-century designers Ray and Charles Eames. Over the course of their decades-long partnership, the husband and wife duo approached design as a tool for problem-solving and discovery—driven by curiosity, refined through iteration, and always guided by purpose. Their work was wide-ranging, spanning furniture, architecture, film, exhibition design and more, with every project grounded in rigor, joy, and a meticulous commitment to make things better.