Christoper Riley Pays Homage to 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s "First Orbit"
Posted in: UncategorizedIt’s no secret that designers often look to other disciplines for inspiration: even as we present our first Sustainability in 7 series and bring you the latest from Milan, we also like to put things into perspective once in a while. Filmmaker Christopher Riley’s “First Orbit” fits the bill perfectly, lying somewhere between 105 and 106 à la Eames.
The premise is simple: tomorrow marks the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s claim to fame as the first human in space. On April 12, 1961, the cosmonaut (not to be confused with the iPad accessory) spent 108 minutes in orbit, recording his experience on (audio) tape and just a few photographs. Riley sought to interpolate the visuals with the help of European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, augmenting the footage with a truly epic score by Philip Sheppard.
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