About the Project

Fay Jones Edmondson House is a four-part architecture documentary series about the modern masterpiece in Forrest City, Arkansas designed by E. Fay Jones for Don and Ellen Edmondson in 1976.

Now in pre-production. Coming 2026. 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 solar 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.