Charles Eames on Design: Rare Q&A from 1972. By Maria Popova A lucid reflection on the role and culture of design by one of the most iconic and influential designers of all time. Legendary design duo Charles and Ray Eames shaped the mid-century modern aesthetic and influenced the voice of design for decades to come. They were also prolific filmmakers, perhaps best known for the iconic Powers of Ten film. In this fantastic Q&A from 1972, found on the excellent compilation The Films of Charles & Ray Eames and reproduced here in House Industries’ typography journal, Madame L’Amic of the Musee des Art s Decoratifs in Paris asks Charles Eames 29 questions about design, covering everything from the balance between form and function to the role of computers in creativity to the impact of influences.
I’m particularly taken with this bit affirming remix culture and combinatorial creativity: [Is design] a creation of an individual? You can also listen to the full audio of the interview in this Japanese video of questionable legality:
NUIT BLANCHE. Hypo [Flash] - Stitch printed hypotrochoid designs by @matthbooth + @PeterCrawley. Hypo is a collaboration between Matt Booth and Peter Crawley, where adobe flash was used to generate hypotrochoid designs finally resulting in stitched prints. Matt built a small Flash tool for his personal use where he could control the radius and rotation speeds of 3 circles, each sitting within the other. He could then specify the line thickness and colours used in the code and once happy with the the values, hitting play would create the animation.
When the animation is finished, Matt saves the designs as a PDF using the print functionality, outputting a vector file which could then be printed at a large scale. Peter then chose 3 designs to work with resulting in the stiched designs you can see below. More outputs can been viewed here. Matt plans to creating large prints of the other designs and possibly turning it into an iPad app. Project Page here and here. Previously: Visualator [Flash, iPhone, iPad] – @CAProjects app by @matthbooth .. Kosice black and white.