IBM Research
now at actualsource.org
New publication with photographer Cait Oppermann, published by ACTUAL SOURCE books.
This book features photographs taken by Cait at IBM Research facilities in Almaden (CA), Yorktown (NY), and Zurich (CH), between 2018 and 2024. IBM commissioned these photographs to document both the people and projects within the IBM Research ecosystem.
This series of photographs is part of a rich legacy of artists making work for IBM, a company that has collaborated with many of the world’s foremost artists, designers, and thinkers like Paul Rand, Charles and Ray Eames, and Ansel Adams. These photographs represent years of collaboration between Oppermann and IBM, showing the people and projects that make IBM Research an incubator for innovation.
Photos: @caitoppermann / @flowersfullservice
Actual Source in collaboration with Flowers & IBM
ISBN: 979-8-9872648-3-6
Catalogue Number: N04-027
Typography: Scotch Modern Micro
Paper: Magno Volume Holmen TRND Printed in Belgium Pages: 200
🌸 FLOWERSFULLSERVICE.ART (yes, art!) is here in full bloom, y’all ✨ For those who may not already know, I recently left representation to move everything in-house to be overseen solely by me & my team. The response has been incredible so far & I’m just feeling v blessed to have incredible collaborators who I’ve continued to work with over the course of so many years in this biz. Hard hard work and hard hard play. Also, a massive shoutout is in order to @actual_source & @cold__rice for their brilliant work in helping bring @flowersfullservice to life 🙏 See y’all out there, grateful for each one of ya 💋
to get to spend another week on set working with the best, coolest, smartest, funniest, hottest, hardest-working team AAAAND they’re all sweet & actual angels on earth…..?!!?? that’s so crazy to me but lucky moi!!!!!!! 🥹💕🫶🏼
doing a many-months-long archive overhaul & have come to appreciate all of my unique little mementos (hard drives) from over the years with other peoples’ handwriting and my own. (and grateful they’ve gotten smaller & faster over the years)
FLOWERS on YouTube: video 2 is live 🧫
This one is about the six years I spent documenting the people and projects inside IBM Research facilities around the world, then publishing the book with @actual_source
The video goes into the process: how a project like this actually gets made & becomes something physical.
Watch the full breakdown on YouTube (link in bio) 📺
FLOWERS YouTube is live 🌸
Our first video is a look inside a commercial brand campaign for our most recent client Hims & Hers, from planning and worldbuilding to what it actually looks like on set and in post.
Huge thanks to everyone involved in bringing this project together.
Watch the full breakdown on YouTube, (link in bio)
meet @caitoppermann ⭐️
we met at Metropolis, became L Word trivia buds, lost touch—then I saw she’d built BaseRate
Popular Co. is my new consultancy + substack. I interview founders reshaping culture.
★ runs FLOWERS (creative studio)
★ built BaseRate (fee calculator for photographers)
★ clients: Nike, Volvo, Stella Artois, NYT
read the full interview 🔗 in bio
come chill TONIGHT(Friday, 11/21) — we are launching my new book, IBM Research, & celebrating 2 years of FLOWERS 🌸📔
Hudson Wilder (DUMBO) -142 Plymouth St, BK, NY
RSVP encouraged mailto:[email protected]
