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creativereact, you state that moulded plastic was not available for manufacturing and you praise HM and Eames´ enviromnetal conciousness and mention that the Eames Foundation decided to change the material due to speculations that this was what Charles would have wanted
- This is all bollocks and is the fantastic story Vitra and Eames Foundation have invented in order to justify change of material which was done for one reason and one reason only; max profit...
Only truth in this might be that in 49/50 moulded plastic was not available for mass production but it was in the late 50s - among others Verner Panton and Sir Robin Day worked with and mass produced moulded plastic.
Had HM and Eames been such environmental enthusiasts they would simply have change material at some point during the 60s or 70s or 80s... and the decision to change material came, of course, when Charles had passed away....

The Modernica fiberglass shell might not be authentic although produced with original tooling (and in original material) but compared to the authentic/ licensed Vitra-let-us-make-a-fast-buck-with-cheap-materials-version, I will choose the fiberglass any day - and, honestly, I think Charles would agree...