These Eames lamps sat in the archive for 75 years. Now you can finally buy them

Charles and Ray Eames are known for almost everything but lamps. That’s not to say they didn’t design any. In 1949, the pair designed a lamp for an Exhibition for Modern Living in Detroit. The prototype, called Galaxy, resembled a starburst and was made of a wooden croquet ball and different-sized brass tube. It was such a hit that Marcel Breuer and Philip Johnson asked to specify it in projects. Alas, the Eames were too busy innovating what would become one of their most iconic...