Related reading at the Eames Office includes Thinking big and small: Tools for teaching and understanding the importance of scale. I was immediately struck by its clear inspiration from The Powers of Ten, a 1977 film by Charles and Ray Eames, the husband and wife design team whose. Powers of Ten is culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant, as noted by the Library of Congress, thanks to its simplicity, design, and the perception-altering nature of viewing it. Based on the bestselling classic Powers of Ten, this magnificient journey begins millions of light years away, with every two pages representing a view ten. Powers of Ten This project is my part of a re-creation of Powers of Ten a film originally commissioned by IBM and created by the Eames. Our journey ends inside a proton of a carbon atom within a DNA molecule in a white blood cell. Returning to Earth with breathtaking speed, we move inward- into the hand of the sleeping picnicker – with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. Created by iconic designers Charles and Ray Eames, Powers of Tenembarks on an adventure in magnitudes, as we travel from a lakeside picnic in Chicago to the furthest reaches of the cosmos, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light among many others. Every ten seconds we view the starting point from ten times farther out until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light among many others. Starting from a view of the entire known universe, the camera gradually zooms in until we are viewing the subatomic particles on a man’s hand. A set of pictures of two picnickers in a park, with the area of each frame one-tenth the size of the one before. Often the quickest route to new insight is to take a step back and look at the problem. POWERS OF TEN takes us on an adventure in magnitudes and wholeness. It’s named for the film Powers of Ten, made by Charles and Ray Eames in 1968. Charles and Ray Eames, 9 min., U.S.A., 1977. Apart from being beautiful and technically ingenious, it is a wonderful reminder of one of the most important principles in designreframing the question. This Octois Powers of Ten day 10/10/10, a milestone on the design thinking calendar. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this famous film transports us to the outer edges of the universe. A scientific film essay, narrated by Phil Morrison. One of my all time favorite design films is Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames. Powers of Ten takes us on an adventure in magnitudes.

It was based on the 1957 book Cosmic View: The Universe in Forty Jumps by Kees Boeke. Powers of Ten, written and directed by Charles and Ray Eames, was first released in 1968 and later re-released by the Eames Office in 1977.

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