Charles and Ray Eames are foremost remembered for their contributions to advancements in furniture design in the 40s-60s. But much of their later life was devoted to films, architecture, and exhibits as PR for advancement of the information age, esp their multiple contracts with IBM. It's interesting to note that Charles Eames passed on right at the Apple II began to take off. Having recently watched the new Eames documentary (http://firstrunfeatures.com/eames/) I was struck by how similar Charles Eames was to Steve jobs, both in vision and attitude.Some of their work for IBM:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV2085.html
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/powers_of_ten/20101010/index.shtml