Charles and Ray Eames at the US Post Office!

The U. S. Postal Service is scheduled to roll out this set of stamps next summer, honoring the great contributions of Charles and Ray Eames. The USPS art director and designer Derry Noyes designed this marvelous project. I can't wait to stock up on them & make them 'my stamps' for 2008.

from the United States Postal Service:
“In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames will be honored next summer with a pane of 16 stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever sat in a stackable molded chair, you’ve experienced their creativity. Perhaps best known for their furniture, the Eameses were husband and wife as well as design partners. Their extraordinary body of creative work — which reflected the nation’s youthful and inventive outlook after World War II — also included architecture, films and exhibits. Without abandoning tradition, Charles and Ray Eames used new materials and technology to create high-quality products that addressed everyday problems and made modern design available to the American public.”

Check out some of their work at this gallery.
More 2008 USPS stamps here.

{via Oh Joy & Core77 & H&FJ}