Pearce was offered a job with Charles Eames after Eames saw the bent-plywood lounge chair he made in college.[1] While employed by Eames he contributed to the following projects:
-Made adaptations to the design of the furniture bases for the "Aluminum Group Furniture".
-Member of the Eames design and production crew for the film "Glimpses of the U.S.A."
-One of four team members who produced the prototypes of the "Time-Life Chair and Stool", designed for the Time & Life Building lobbies.
-Staff member involved in the development of the 1961 "La Fonda Chair", made for the La Fonda del Sol restaurant which opened in New York's Time & Life Building, in 1961.
-Staff member involved in the development of the "Eames Contract Storage" units.
-One of four team members who produced the prototype of the "Eames Tandem Sling Seating", initially installed at O'Hare and Dulles airports.
-Staff member involved in the development of the 3473 Sofa.[4]
He was an assistant to Buckminster Fuller[5][6] and is the author of several books including "Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design".[7] His focus on high-performance design, and on achieving sustainability in his designs, is seen in the methodologies used in the design of the Cachet Chair,[8] his work on Biosphere 2, and in the design of the Pearce Ecohouse. The Pearce Ecohouse design, emulates the hexagonal structures of nature and is a green structure built from glass and steel using prefab construction. It is solar powered and will use net-zero energy.[9]
Pearce, Peter, and Susan Pearce. Experiments in Form: A Foundation Course in Three-Dimensional Design. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1980. ISBN9780442264970
Pearce, Peter, and Susan Pearce. Polyhedra Primer. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978.
Pearce, Peter. Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1978. ISBN9780262160643
^Amber Dohrenwend. "Peter Pearce's "Curved Space Diamond Structure"".
^Eames, John Neuhart, Marilyn Neuhart, Ray (1989). Eames design : the work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames (3. printing ed.). New York: H.N. Abrams. pp. 227, 241, 249, 253, 265, 275, 283. ISBN9780810908796.
^Shiela Gibson Stoodley (September 2008). "Objects of Desire: Molecular Level". Art & Antiques Magazine: 30–31.
^John Allen, FLS. "Buckminster Fuller's Synergetic Algorithm and Challenges of the Twenty-First Century".
^Pearce, Peter (1990). Structure in nature is a strategy for design (5th print. ed.). Cambridge u.a.: MIT Press. ISBN0262660458.
^Cullen, Cheryl Dangel; Haller, Lynn (2004). Design secrets. 50 real-life projects uncovered : projects chosen by the Industrial Design Society of America. Gloucester, MA: Rockport Publishers. ISBN978-1592530717.
^Roberta Cruger. "Dwell on Design Conference: Dispatch from Day One".
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peter, pearce, october, 1936, american, product, designer, author, inventor, born, 1936, october, 1936, geneva, york, united, statesoccupation, american, product, designer, author, inventor, designer, cachet, chair, manufactured, steelcase, well, designer, cur. Peter Jon Pearce October 8 1936 1 is an American product designer author and inventor Peter Jon PearceBorn 1936 10 08 October 8 1936 age 86 Geneva New York United StatesOccupation s American product designer author and inventor He is the designer of the Cachet Chair Manufactured by Steelcase 2 as well as the designer of the Curved Space Diamond Structure a playground climbing sculpture installed at playgrounds throughout the U S The Brooklyn Children s Museum and the Hakone Open Air Museum in Japan where it has been a popular attraction since 1978 3 Pearce was offered a job with Charles Eames after Eames saw the bent plywood lounge chair he made in college 1 While employed by Eames he contributed to the following projects Made adaptations to the design of the furniture bases for the Aluminum Group Furniture Member of the Eames design and production crew for the film Glimpses of the U S A One of four team members who produced the prototypes of the Time Life Chair and Stool designed for the Time amp Life Building lobbies Staff member involved in the development of the 1961 La Fonda Chair made for the La Fonda del Sol restaurant which opened in New York s Time amp Life Building in 1961 Staff member involved in the development of the Eames Contract Storage units One of four team members who produced the prototype of the Eames Tandem Sling Seating initially installed at O Hare and Dulles airports Staff member involved in the development of the 3473 Sofa 4 He was an assistant to Buckminster Fuller 5 6 and is the author of several books including Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design 7 His focus on high performance design and on achieving sustainability in his designs is seen in the methodologies used in the design of the Cachet Chair 8 his work on Biosphere 2 and in the design of the Pearce Ecohouse The Pearce Ecohouse design emulates the hexagonal structures of nature and is a green structure built from glass and steel using prefab construction It is solar powered and will use net zero energy 9 Contents 1 Publications 2 Patents 3 Exhibitions 4 References 5 External linksPublications EditPearce Peter and Susan Pearce Experiments in Form A Foundation Course in Three Dimensional Design New York Van Nostrand Reinhold Co 1980 ISBN 9780442264970 Pearce Peter and Susan Pearce Polyhedra Primer New York Van Nostrand Reinhold 1978 Pearce Peter Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design Cambridge MIT Press 1978 ISBN 9780262160643Patents EditPeter J Pearce Patents 10 Exhibitions EditPacific Standard Time Presents series Modern Architecture in L A at the Getty Museum 2013 11 Everything Loose Will Land at The Schindler House 2013 12 References Edit a b Neuhart Marilyn Neuhart with John 2010 The story of Eames Furniture Berlin Gestalten pp 200 207 ISBN 9783899552300 Peter Jon Pearce Amber Dohrenwend Peter Pearce s Curved Space Diamond Structure Eames John Neuhart Marilyn Neuhart Ray 1989 Eames design the work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames 3 printing ed New York H N Abrams pp 227 241 249 253 265 275 283 ISBN 9780810908796 Shiela Gibson Stoodley September 2008 Objects of Desire Molecular Level Art amp Antiques Magazine 30 31 John Allen FLS Buckminster Fuller s Synergetic Algorithm and Challenges of the Twenty First Century Pearce Peter 1990 Structure in nature is a strategy for design 5th print ed Cambridge u a MIT Press ISBN 0262660458 Cullen Cheryl Dangel Haller Lynn 2004 Design secrets 50 real life projects uncovered projects chosen by the Industrial Design Society of America Gloucester MA Rockport Publishers ISBN 978 1592530717 Roberta Cruger Dwell on Design Conference Dispatch from Day One Peter J Pearce Patents Getty s Pacific Standard Time Series on L A Architecture A Preview Archived from the original on December 11 2013 Retrieved December 3 2013 Katya Tylevich Everything Loose Will Land External links EditPeter Jon Pearce Sustainability Green design Green Architecture Solar design Prefab Video of Peter Jon Pearce on Morphology and High Performance Design Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Jon Pearce amp oldid 1109278304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
