Photo Gallery: Icons of Modern living

The house’s woodsy setting in Pacific Palisades includes a carefully landscaped patio with pathways.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT)

Lucia Eames, Charles’ daughter, shows off the certificate naming the 1949 house a national historic landmark.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT)

Eames Demetrios, Charles Eames’ grandson, stands in the home’s two-story living room with its tall bookcases, rugs and many travel mementos.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT)

Three generations of Eames descendants hosted a June picnic celebrating what would have been Charles’ 100th birthday and marked the formal dedication of the Eames House as a national historic landmark. Family members at the picnic include, seated, Lucia Eames, and from left, Llisa Demetrios, Byron Atwood, Eames Demetrios and Lucia Dewey Atwood.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT)

Family photos displayed at Eames Office in Santa Monica include one taken of a youthful Ray and Charles.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

At Eames Office, a platform displays DCW dining chairs made of molded plywood in varying shades.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

A stacked set of molded plastic Eames chairs creates its own rainbow effect.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

A limited anniversary edition of the plywood elephant will be released by Vitra in the fall. It’s based on a 1945 design.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

Charles Eames’ bowties are among the personal items exhibited at Eames Office.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

Martin Eames Burstein, 5, great-grandson of Charles Eames, does some creative work of his own.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)