About the Project
Fay Jones Edmondson House is a four-part architecture documentary series about the modernist masterpiece in Forrest City, Arkansas designed by E. Fay Jones for Don and Ellen Edmondson in 1976.
Now in production. Coming 2027. Runtime: 1:20:00.
From the first steps under the dramatic covered walkway, through the signature front door, and into the great room, there is a feeling of calm relief. The spirit lifts, the mood lightens, and the mind clears. This is a house that creativity built, and creativity lives here. We are inspired.
The house is a muse. An idea generator. A linear accelerator.
As creative professionals, we thrive in content rich environments, and the Edmondson house has a story with all the parts: love, friendship, art, artistry, and history. Our hope is to add to the body of creative work and knowledge about this extraordinary house, and the special relationship between the client and architect that made it possible.
Over the next two years, we’ll interview architects, craftspeople, scholars, artists, and those who knew Fay Jones or the Edmondsons personally. We’ll explore Jones’s core design principles — those he called his “most important thoughts” — as expressed within a single house. Our media will be video, print, web, and data.
Although the house, its owners, and the architect have been featured in several excellent compilations, at least one documentary, and numerous newspaper and magazine articles over the years, there has never been a project devoted exclusively to documenting the story of the Edmondson house. Until now.
Videos
Interview excerpt with Edmondson House master builder Jimmy Finch and his wife Kathy Finch, both were good friends of Don and Ellen Edmondson, Fay and Gus Jones, and Fay Jones’s partner Maurice Jennings and his wife Sissie. Jimmy passed away suddenly on January 29, 2026. This is his last recorded interview.
Interview excerpt with Al Drap, AIA, ASLA, on his experience working at Fay Jones Studio in the 1970s.
Producers
Ryan Clark, Adam Goss, & RedMike Marianek | Directors of Photography, Sound Design
Spirit of Space shares stories from our built world. Almost 20 years ago, Spirit of Space began as an idea shared by three architects studying in Milan: Ryan Clark, Adam Goss, and RedMike Marianek. Many films later, they are still filming, composing, and sharing stories from architectural spaces around the globe to delight audiences everywhere. They were recently awarded an Architizer Vision Award for their short film of Thorncrown Chapel, Fay Jones' most famous work, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Mel Goux | Producer Director
Mel Goux is an Adobe Master, award winning motion graphic designer, published author, and stakeholder in the Edmondson House. Her career in television began at Turner Broadcasting System, where she formed lasting creative partnerships that led to the founding of Television by Design, Inc. (TVbD), an award-winning motion graphic design and consulting firm specializing in broadcast identities. Through TVbD, Mel shaped the on-air look and visual branding of over 100 stations and networks, including major news and entertainment outlets such as TBS, CNN, KRON San Francisco, KWGN Chicago, WPIX New York, Azteca TV Mexico, and OMNI Television Canada. In 2013, she joined the Georgia Institute of Technology, producing long-form science and technology films that translate complex ideas into compelling visual stories.
Jason Cohn | Consulting Producer
Jason Cohn is an award-winning director, producer and writer of documentaries who works frequently in the field of architecture and design. His film, “EAMES: The Architect and the Painter”, aired on PBS American Masters in December 2011 and won a George Foster Peabody Award. More recently he released “Modernism, Inc.” which explored the life and career of Eliot Noyes, the pioneering architect who built the design programs for major midcentury corporations like IBM, Mobil Oil and Westinghouse. That film was a finalist for the Ken Burns/Library of Congress Prize for film. His 2019 film, “The First Angry Man” explored the 1978 California tax revolt that spread across the U.S. and reshaped the American political landscape. That film was also a finalist for the Ken Burns/Library of Congress Prize and was awarded best political documentary by the Los Angeles Press Club. Jason co-produced Arwen Curry’s American Masters documentary, “Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin.”
Branden Camp | Photo/Video
Branden is a photojournalist and documentarian who has shot for the Washington Post, Associated Press, Atlanta Journal Constitution, European Press photo Agency, and CNN. His work has been published by the New York Times, The Boston Globe, Washington Post, NBC News, CBS News, The Guardian, CNN, and TIME Magazine. He currently works as a creative professional and videographer based in the Washington D.C. area.
Sean McNeil | Photo/Video/Editor
Sean is an Air Force veteran, Atlanta based digital media guy, documentarian, photo/video editor, award-winning photojournalist, and director of photography for commercial and industrial shoots. He has special expertise in maritime and extreme weather production. He currently works for the Georgia Tech Research Institute to produce and edit video shorts for research and education applications. And when the mood takes him, he’s been known to shoot the hell out of a wedding.