Already legends in the field of architecture and design, in 1977 Charles and Ray Eames set out to adapt a book by a Dutch educator into a short documentary, Powers of Ten. The film shows the human environment slowly receding as the camera zooms out over a park in Chicago into outerspace. In a matter of seconds, the Eamseses put the city in a radically new perspective, and began a new conversation about scale. After a screening of Powers of Ten, Eames and Llisa Demetrios, Charles and Ray’s grandchildren, will discuss the short film’s legacy onstage.

Saturday, May 30, 2:30 p.m., Stage: TBA Photo 5 of 10 in Visionary Talents Coming to Dwell on Design Los Angeles by Brandi Andres

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Already legends in the field of architecture and design, in 1977 Charles and Ray Eames set out to adapt a book by a Dutch educator into a short documentary, Powers of Ten. The film shows the human environment slowly receding as the camera zooms out over a park in Chicago into outerspace. In a matter of seconds, the Eamseses put the city in a radically new perspective, and began a new conversation about scale. After a screening of Powers of Ten, Eames and Llisa Demetrios, Charles and Ray’s grandchildren, will discuss the short film’s legacy onstage.

Saturday, May 30, 2:30 p.m., Stage: TBA