Already legends in the field of architecture and design (classic Eames shell chairs are pictured above), 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, at Stage A at 2:30 p.m., Llisa Demetrios, Charles and Ray’s granddaughter, will discuss the short film’s legacy. Photo 1 of 8 in Modern Uses of the Saarinen Tulip Chair and Table by Aileen Kwun from What to See on Day Two of Dwell on Design Los Angeles 2015

Modern Uses of the Saarinen Tulip Chair and Table

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At this renovated Tribeca loft, Eames shell chairs surround a Saarinen Tulip table from Knoll. The Line console is from Design Within Reach and the pendant light is Louis Poulsen's Snowball. While architect Matthew Miller of New York firm StudioLAB gutted the space, some of the original details—like the windows—remain. The rug is from ABC Home.

Already legends in the field of architecture and design (classic Eames shell chairs are pictured above), 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, at Stage A at 2:30 p.m., Llisa Demetrios, Charles and Ray’s granddaughter, will discuss the short film’s legacy.