" How long is a tunnel to the future? "
" Good question -I think a man named Albert Einstein wrote something about that... "
Introducing Good Question Biographies - a conceptual design project for a series of biographies on some of the most brilliant minds in history. The inspiration behind all of the designs is how each of scientific minds written about in the series had a question that defined their career in a way that would be recognizable to his or her admirers and be unique to the scientist.
Each question would come to life by representation in the motion or placement of a single ball. Striking visuals capture a viewer's attention and speak about something that pertains to the scientist's accomplishments.
The ball subject to animation needed to look like a planet, but also needed to not look like any recognizable place. So I created the celestial body myself in very DYI fashion. The adventure of making the needed spherical mass of dirt consisted of buying a medicine ball, painting it black, and rolling around in the dirt with it.
After all that I took a series of pictures, and with some dramatic manipulation, achieved the right image for each scientist.
If Einstein was ever asked, "how long is a tunnel to the future?" he'd probably bring up the Theory of Relativity -one of the most significant contributions he made to the field science. The theory of relativity is often illustrated by the form of a ball sinking into a trampoline, so I thought our ball should do just that. This book cover would have a single ball "sinking" into a surface of a celestial setting.
Isaac Newton's work contributed a high amount to the laws of gravity. The aspect of gravity showcased by the book cover needed the presence of a relationship between multiple celestial bodies, like the gravity of earth and pulling its moon.
Galileo also fascinated by planetary motion, actually researched the specific question on this book cover. He theorized the earth could not be stationary, as previously supposed, because the never ceasing motion in the waves of ocean.
Thanks for observing. Have a stellar night!
