Towering Inferno

I don’t normally write about music any more, but I feel compelled to write about the new Boards of Canada album, Inferno. It has far exceeded my expectations. I can’t remember the last time I was so immediately hooked on an album — 15 or 20 years ago, or longer.

https://duncanstephen.net/towering-inferno/

Service design and the Mario complex

At Service Design in Government, I discovered that service designers see themselves as Mario. But that is an unrealistic model for what service design should be.

https://duncanstephen.net/service-design-and-the-mario-complex/

"Eames plywood chairs exhibit a functional and sculptural, harmoniously simple design that flexes to fit the sitter through pivoting rubber shock-mount connections. Developed from 1943–48 by Evans Products’ Molded Plywood Division, the project was based initially on a conventional, single-piece seat and back. A two-piece design proved more practical and cost effective, with separate seats and backs formed from sheets of wooden veneer that were glued and pressed between heated steel and plaster molds. Molded plywood chairs were available in ash, birch, rosewood, and walnut veneers in natural, red, or black finishes, or upholstered in a variety of animal hides, fabric, leather, or Naugahyde vinyl." This was posted to our Instagram account on March 03, 2017 – https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/instagram/1729359763/
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📺 Arts & Architecture: The Case Study House Program

‘West Coast Modernism took hold in Southern California when Arts & Architecture Magazine sponsored the “Case Study House” program. As one of the most significant architectural studies supporting experiments in post-WWII American residential architecture, it involved the commission of major architects that included #PierreKoenig, #RichardNeutra and #CharlesEames.’

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/artbound/episodes/arts-architecture-the-case-study-house-program #modernArchitecture #modernism #midcenturyModern

Arts & Architecture: The Case Study House Program

West Coast Modernism took hold in post-WWII with the “Case Study Houses” program.

PBS SoCal
#BandcampFriday 🧵 17/?: Every sound on “splint (the soul of wood)” by #SteveRoden was generated by rubbing, bowing, plucking, and scratching a 1943 moulded plywood leg splint designed by #CharlesEames. Available via #Room40, May 17th. https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/splint-the-soul-of-wood
splint (the soul of wood), by Steve Roden

3 track album

Room40

Team retreat at the Eames Archives and Ranch

Last week, the Eames Institute Digital Product team got together at the newly-opened Eames Archives in Richmond, CA and the currently-under-renovation Ranch in Petaluma, CA. Llisa Demetrios – one of the Eames grandchildren, a founder of the Eames Institute, and our Chief Curator – gave DP a private tour of the Archives, and we walked from one end of the Ranch to […]

https://piperhaywood.com/team-retreat-at-the-eames-archives-and-ranch/

#agriculture #Ambrook #BayArea #California #CharlesEames #Eames #EamesArchives #EamesInstitute #failure #LetterformArchive #PetalumaCA_ #RayEames #RichmondCA_ #sheep #sustainability #TempleGrandin

Team retreat at the Eames Archives and Ranch — Piper Haywood

Last week, the Eames Institute Digital Product team got together at the newly-opened Eames Archives in Richmond, CA and the currently-under-renovation

Piper Haywood
"The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?" — Charles Eames — — — #CharlesEames #quote #quotes #worth #worthiness #test #functional #workable #doable #valuable #value