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Incandenza wrote:
Very similar to the Charles & Ray Eames film "Powers of Ten." Watch it here:
http://www.powersof10.com/index.php?mod=register_film
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Funny you should mention Eames and a museum--the California Museum of Science and Industry in 1961 asked IBM to contribute an exhibit to the new museum, and IBM commissioned the Eameses to do something. They designed the Mathematica exhibit, which is incredible. I loved it as a kid, now knowing who the Eameses were--I liked the lights, the giant Moebius strip, and the cool-looking exhibits. My parents would take me to the museum often, and that was always my favorite part. Sadly, the exhibit was removed in 1998 (it was apparently the longest-running corporate sponsored museum exhibit in the US). It's since toured to some museums, and two copies are on display in Boston and Atlanta. I really want to see it again, and I want my daughter to be able to see it someday.
Quicktime of the Mathematica exhibit:
http://eamesoffice.com/qtvr.html
Some photos:
http://www.concentric.net/~Whmsicl/CMSI.html
http://www.designboom.com/eng/funclub/mathematica.html
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It's a funny thing--Cracked was always the lame, unfunny, poor man's version of Mad magazine. But their website is consistently really good. I don't even know if Mad is around anymore.
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Incandenza wrote:
Funny you should mention Eames and a museum--the California Museum of Science and Industry in 1961 asked IBM to contribute an exhibit to the new museum, and IBM commissioned the Eameses to do something. They designed the Mathematica exhibit, which is incredible. I loved it as a kid, now knowing who the Eameses were--I liked the lights, the giant Moebius strip, and the cool-looking exhibits. My parents would take me to the museum often, and that was always my favorite part. Sadly, the exhibit was removed in 1998 (it was apparently the longest-running corporate sponsored museum exhibit in the US). It's since toured to some museums, and two copies are on display in Boston and Atlanta. I really want to see it again, and I want my daughter to be able to see it someday.
Quicktime of the Mathematica exhibit:
http://eamesoffice.com/qtvr.html
Some photos:
http://www.concentric.net/~Whmsicl/CMSI.html
http://www.designboom.com/eng/funclub/mathematica.html
Perhaps someone has this in their garden:
I hope so.
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