Dear Punya,
To add to M P's comment on the Eames' work, I've had a good response to
their "Powers of Ten."
Jerry
On 8/5/07 11:21 AM, "Ranjan M P" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Punya
>
> You could think of using some of the short films made by Charles and Ray
> Eames in the 60's and 70's which are both evocative and exqiisite in
> their expression of form and content. I would particularly recommend
> 'Tops' and "Black Top" which are poetic expressions on film and there
> are a whole lot more, all available easily from the very reasonably
> priced DVD set of six in a box now available from the Eames Office
> website managed by Eames' grandson. <http://www.eamesoffice.com>
>
> I first saw these films in the early 70's as a design student at NID and
> now I have a personal set which I use in class to stimulate discussions
> on sensitivity and design thinking. Check out the website and get the
> set of six DVD's since the entire collection is just great for students
> and can be watched year after year and still be stimulating for the
> viewer, they never fail to amaze one, just fascinating.
>
> With warm regards
>
> M P Ranjan
> from my Mac at home on the NID campus
> 5 August 2007 at 11.50 pm IST
>
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> Punya Mishra wrote:
>>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> I am teaching a course on design this coming fall. This is in a college
>> of eduction. The brief course description is as follows:
>>
>> Title: Design of Media for Learning
>> Brief description: Design knowledge as it intersects education,
>> psychology, communications, engineering, media theory, art and
>> aesthetics. Research methodologies for understanding design. Design of
>> educational media.
>>
>> I often like to include videos in my teaching - either as short clips
>> that we view in class or longer movies that I recommend to students. For
>> instance in my educational psychology classes we watch anything from
>> "Searching for Bobby Fisher" to " Jtre et avoir" (English title, To Be
>> and to Have, and for those who haven't seen it, it is a wonderful
>> documentary about a one room school-house in France)."
>>
>> I was wondering if people on this list can recommend some
>> movies/documentaries/short films related to design, the meaning we
>> attach to artifacts, the creative process etc., anything that can help
>> set the agenda or help us thinking fruitfully about this complicated
>> thing we call design. Currently on my list are "The Deep Dive" (6o
>> minutes show on IDEO), a movie called Robot Stories (especially the 2nd
>> story in the movie), and a few more...
>>
>> Please reply to me directly and I will post a summary to the list (if
>> people are interested).
>>
>> thanks in anticipation
>> ~ punya
>>
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>> Punya Mishra
>> http://punyamishra.com
>>
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