Colorful work by Alexandra Witjas.
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The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.
For the third volume of their eight-part series, Bracket – They survey 16 individuals on the future of education and its’ impact on creativity.
Featuring: Bianca Chang (Sydney), Craig Oldham (Manchester), Jack Sanders (Austin), Jasper Morrison (London), Jocelyn Glei (Brooklyn), John C Jay (Portland), Kenya Hara (Tokyo), Kirby Ferguson (New York), Kyle Bean (Brighton), Makoto Azuma (Tokyo), Masashi Kawamura (New York), Nicole Lavelle (Portland), Sarah Temple (London), Steve Heller (New York), Timothy Goodman (New York) and Xavier Encinas (Paris).
This video was produced by Gluekit in occasion of their “A Product of Design” exhibition at Scion Installation LA.
Gluekit is the moniker of American designers Christopher Sleboda and Kathleen Sleboda used for their collaborative projects. Since 2002, Gluekit’s award-winning work has been featured in hundreds of magazines around the world and more than a dozen books about design and illustration. The duo was featured on the cover of Print magazine in 2008, and in addition to creating art for the covers of dozens of magazines, the pair have produced graphics for book covers, theatre productions, and television. Their self-initiated projects are an important part of their practice; these range from experimental photo collages and typographic explorations to the creation and curation of various product lines. In 2007, Gluekit launched Part of It, an online boutique which offers a curated selection of products with proceeds going towards artist-selected charities. More recently, the pair designed steel bookends that mark Gluekit’s foray into metal fabrication. Gluekit’s work has appeared in exhibitions in Japan, Sweden, the UK, New York and Los Angeles.
