CELEBRATE OCTOBER 10, 2009

In 1977, Charles and Ray Eames made a nine-minute film called Powers of Ten that still has the capacity to expand the way we think and view our world. Over ten million people have seen the film, and it continues to be shown in classrooms, business meetings, festivals and retreats around the world. Starting with a sleeping man at a picnic, the film takes the viewer on a journey out to the edge of space and then back into a carbon atom in the hand of the man at the picnic, all in a single shot. It is an unforgettable experience.

Each October 10th, the Eames Office celebrates Powers of Ten Day to promote and share this method of viewing ideas from an infinitesimal to a cosmic perspective. This year our celebration will include the on-line streaming of Powers of Ten.

Whatever Powers of Ten related theme you choose to celebrate—whether by yourself or in a group—please send photographs to us so that we may post them.

Our hope is to create a community of awareness that we believe can help stretch our understanding and even tolerance. Towards this end, Teaching Scale elaborates on ways to teach using Powers of Ten in the classroom. The Eames Office is building towards 10/10/10 and the possibility of having 1,000 celebrations or more in classrooms, schools, and homes alone.