Sell your ignorance and you have an unlimited repertoire.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Sell your ignorance and you have an unlimited repertoire.

A powerful insight from Richard Saul Wurman, the founder of TED, describing Charles Eames’ educational work for IBM and others:
“Sell your expertise and you have a limited repertoire. Sell your ignorance and you have an unlimited repertoire. Charles Eames was selling his ignorance and his desire to learn about a subject. The journey of not knowing to knowing was his work.” (quote from the movie "The architect and the painter", 2011)

Eamesiana is a project by Andrea Terranova and Raffaela Cardia, italian trends scouts on contemporary design.

"The Eameses created the future we're still living"

metropolismag.com

Charles Eames (1907–78) and Ray Eames (1912–88) gave shape to America's twentieth century. Their lives and work represented the US's defining movements: the West Coast's coming-of-age, the economy's shift from making goods to producing information, and the global expansion of American culture. The Eameses embraced the era's visionary concept of modern design as an agent of social change, elevating it to a national agenda. Their evolution from furniture designers to cultural ambassadors demonstrated their boundless talents and the overlap of their interests with those of their country. In a rare era of shared objectives, the Eameses partnered with the governments (US, India) and the country's top businesses to lead the charge to modernize postwar America.