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Title:

The films of Charles and Ray Eames. Volume 5 [videorecording] / produced by Eames Demetrios and Shelley Mills.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Image Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Saarinen, Eero,--1910-1961.
Experimental films.
Design.
Computers.
Tops.
Chair design.
Kepler's laws.
Marine animals.
Bread.

Other Authors:

Eames, Charles.
Eames, Ray.
Mills, Shelley.
Demetrios, Lucian Eames.
Demetrios, Eames.
Peck, Gregory, 1916-
Image Entertainment (Firm)

Other Titles:

Tops.
IBM at the fair.
Computer glossary.
Eames lounge chair.
Expanding airport.
Kepler's Laws.
Bread.
Polyorchis Haplus.
Tops (from Stars of Jazz)

Notes:

Originally produced in 1998. Narrator: Gregory Peck.

Contents:

Tops -- IBM at the fair -- A computer glossary -- Eames lounge chair -- The expanding airport -- Kepler's Laws -- Bread -- Polyorchis Haplus -- Tops (from Stars of Jazz).

Summary:

Tops: These many tops are a classic Eames toy film. IMB at the fair: Shows the brilliant Eames/Saarinen IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's fair. Computer glossary: Jargon of computers expresses something of their nature. Eames lounge chair: Assembly of the famous chair at hyperwarp speed. Expanding airport: Concise history of airports leading into Eero Saarinen's Dulles Airport concept. Kepler's laws: Bread as nutrition, craft, and culture. Polyorchis Haplus: Lyrical motion of a tiny sea creature. Tops (from Stars of jazz): Rarely seen precursor to the classic "Tops."

Locations:

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)