Below is the documentary on Charles and Ray Eames that I mentioned in class today — for the moment, you can still watch it online. If you’re at all interested in design, you should know about this husband and wife duo.

You’ve probably sat on furniture they’ve designed or perhaps you viewed their film Powers of Ten in high school.

The documentary (narrated by James Franco) is a fascinating glimpse into the Eames’s creative process, the workplace culture of their studio, and the dynamics of this husband-wife collaboration during a time when women were expected to stay in the home.

Here’s a Salon article about the documentary (but if you’re short on time, I’d just watch the documentary itself, which is well done).