DAS Filmfest

Is Modern Design Relevant

eames — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:11:23 +0000

I was asked to write about the relevancy of Modern Design for the good folks at Art Ltd Magazine.

Check it out!

Elephant Safaris–Into the Wilds

eames — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:28:10 +0000

At long last, we are launching the next phase of the Eames Elephant saga!

A Short Film on Jim Biber

eames — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:21:11 +0000

Part of a series of vignettes on designers and visual artists by artist Andrew Bordwin. This is with architect/designer Jim Biber. I like his take on the lock–and the physicality (or do I mean the reality?) of a designed building.

Portrait: James Biber (final edit: 01/23/12) from Andrew Bordwin on Vimeo.

Kcymaerxthaere Mysterious Postcard #4

eames — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:45:09 +0000

Mailed July 29, 2011

Here is a bit more about the site celebrated in the card.

And more on the Mysterious Postcards.

Kcymaerxthaere Mysterious Postcard #3

eames — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:15:09 +0000

Mailed June 30, 2011

Kcymaerxthaere Mysterious Postcard #2

eames — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:52:17 +0000

This one was mailed in June 2011

UPDATE: Mailed June 8. 2011

Kcymaerxthaere Mysterious Postcard #1

eames — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:46:49 +0000

This is our program of Kcymaerxthaere Mysterious Postcards–which we are recapping to get people in the solving mode! Just a few more to come.

UPDATE: Mailed May 31st, 2011

Here is a bit more about the site celebrated in the card.

And more on the Mysterious Postcards.

Costa Concordia from Space

eames — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:21:00 +0000

Courtesy of the UniGalactic website, this image from space:

Asia WSJ

eames — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:40:02 +0000

The photo below was shot at an exhibition I (and the rest of the Eames Office) did with Herman Miller and Hong Kong Design Institute last September at the HKDI. It was called: Essential Eames.

I was interviewed then by the Asia Wall Street Journal.

(and, no, I don’t always get to drink champagne on my tours!)

Sneak Peek

eames — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:07:46 +0000

We offered a sneak peek at the new Eames Elephant film, Elephant Safaris–into the wilds last night at the screening at the A+D Museum last night. It looks like the release date is shifting a bit (a few tweaks on the titles), but I will drop a shot or two on the website before the launch. Here are some of the baby elephants taking in the beauty of the zebras: