The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity , a Petaluma and Richmond-based nonprofit dedicated to the legacy of midcentury designers Charles and Ray Eames, announced it will open a museum in one of the Bay Area’s most distinctive pieces of architecture. That’s right, I’m talking about the former Birkenstock campus in Novato, the jagged-roofed warehouse and office just west of Highway 101.

The as-yet unnamed museum, which the institute hopes to open by 2030, will house the Eames Collection, along with large-scale art exhibitions, workshops, educational programming and more. The Eameses, who moved fluidly between the fields of furniture, architecture, graphic design and fine art, were two of the most influential designers of the 20th century. (Have you coveted this chair ? Charles and Ra

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