Eames Office x Globe Turn History Into a Very Special Edition Skate Deck
The Eucalyptus Skateboard Deck Project turns a fallen eucalyptus tree into a unique commemoration of the Eames legacy.
There’s a famous query that ponders, “If a tree falls in the forest, and there?s nobody around to hear, does it make a sound"” In the case of one sizable eucalyptus tree fondly named “Molly” (aka #236), a tree did most definitely fall and its demise was “heard” for posterity’s sake. Molly’s departure was not simply observed as a passing sound, but physically harvested to transform the tree’s looming historical ties to architecture into a collection of objects intrinsically tied to the Southern California landscape and lifestyle: the skateboard.
Each tree growing across the property site is carefully tended, numbered, and occasionally named. The iconic Eames House is nestled in a cliffside section of the Pacific Palisades, a private property from where the percussion of waves now battle the sound of traffic below. From this saline scented vantage point, surfers can be spied awaiting the incoming swells, with beach goers lazying about across the sand illuminated with the distinct warm luminescence the year-around California sun ? a postcard sight framed from the sheltered privacy of a sizable community of eucalyptus trees bordering both the property and immediately adjacent to the residence itself.
It wouldn’t be far-fetched to imagine Ray and Charles Eames once staring down to t...
There’s a famous query that ponders, “If a tree falls in the forest, and there?s nobody around to hear, does it make a sound"” In the case of one sizable eucalyptus tree fondly named “Molly” (aka #236), a tree did most definitely fall and its demise was “heard” for posterity’s sake. Molly’s departure was not simply observed as a passing sound, but physically harvested to transform the tree’s looming historical ties to architecture into a collection of objects intrinsically tied to the Southern California landscape and lifestyle: the skateboard.
Each tree growing across the property site is carefully tended, numbered, and occasionally named. The iconic Eames House is nestled in a cliffside section of the Pacific Palisades, a private property from where the percussion of waves now battle the sound of traffic below. From this saline scented vantage point, surfers can be spied awaiting the incoming swells, with beach goers lazying about across the sand illuminated with the distinct warm luminescence the year-around California sun ? a postcard sight framed from the sheltered privacy of a sizable community of eucalyptus trees bordering both the property and immediately adjacent to the residence itself.
It wouldn’t be far-fetched to imagine Ray and Charles Eames once staring down to t...
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