Online retail giant Amazon is celebrating the birthday of legendary designer Charles Eames with a pinboard that collects together replicas of his designs sold on the site.
Amazon's roundup ? titled Happy Birthday Charles Eames ? is part of its Pinterest-style Beautiful Things stream, which features groupings of products curated by Amazon's product team.
Clicking on the minimal square images on the pinboard takes visitors through to Amazon's sales pages for products including replicas of the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, Molded Plastic Chairs and Hang it all coat rack.
The replica designs are being sold for between £30 and £350 ($45 and $499), well below the prices for authorised versions.
Amazon has published a curated board of replica Eames designs to mark the birthday of Charles Eames For example, the Eames Lounge Armchair ? an iconic design with black leather upholstery and a bent plywood seat, backrest and arms ? is advertised on Amazon's board for £350 ($499). The official version produced by Swiss design brand Vitra is currently for sale online via British retailer John Lewis for between £3900 and £5050.
Also included in the Amazon collection are original items like Taschen's Eames coffee table book and a DVD collection of the Eames' pioneering short films.
Charles Eames would have been 109 today. He was born on June 17, 1907, and died on 21 August, 1978. Together with his wife, Ray, he created some of the most well-known designs of the 20th century.

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