Sarah Schmerler » Charles and Ray Eames

Get Some Perspective on 2010 from “Powers of Ten”

sarah — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:44:03 +0000

A new year is dawning; time for some perspective.

At the risk of quoting the Eames‘ too much, I’ll copy some images from their awesome 9-minute film, Powers of Ten, that blows minds even today.

Guy in Chicago, having a picnic

The film moves back from one meter, to the power of ten, every ten seconds.

Guy's picnic blanket, on field by the lake

Then higher and higher….

The lake, now visible

and…

Well, maybe that's the lake...

…until it goes into outer space, and then dives back down to the sub-atomic level, which is where things get really vast and weird.

It was made in 1977 for IBM, based on a book from 1957. And you can watch it here, Online. A real treat.

Happy 2010.

of Eames and Poles and moving seats…

sarah — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:42:37 +0000

The Eames', and the ways of curved wood

Once again, Charles and Ray Eames figured out how we can take it easy—in style.

And the Polish design firm, Malafor, have figured out how to take it easy—on the go.

In your favorite, stylin’, white jumpsuit, of course. During the…Apocalypse?

Got these from sites like Designboom, and DesignTaxi. Which are fun to watch, when you’ve time to, um, sit around.

How Networks inspire, or: Charles and Ray Eames are closer to Mark Lombardi and Microsoft than you think

sarah — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:28:50 +0000

Was in Jim Osman’s studio. He mentioned his love of Charles and Ray Eames. I went to my Eames catalog, and found a diagram they made, back in 1969, diagramming the big agencies and corporations they worked with as designers.

The Department of State, The Department of the Interior, IBM, The United States Information Agency—they’re all in there.
The late Mark Lombardi, whom my friend Greg Stone knew well, figured out connections between all sorts of corporations, government agencies, you name it.

And now, of course, the world of business Must Interact for you (via a tool called Knowledge Maps, with all sorts of links. Heck, you can make your own data map, not to unearth connections and marvel so much as to get right into the workplace make a profit.

Microsoft and Bill Gates in a Knowledge Map, detail

Designers, artists, investors.
Charting data.
any relation?