Design Movies

A young, aspiring fashion designer wants to bring more sparkle to the world and brighten it for those around her. Despite being told no on her...

At 85, Icelandic design icon Gunnar Magnússon begins a final project with help from his daughter Tinna. As his health suddenly fails, she is...

Short subject on how fashion is created-- not by the great couturiers, but on the street.

The film about Max Bill (1908-1994) moves between the dynamic fields of art, aesthetics and politics. Max Bill was probably the most important swiss...

Film from the leading American producer of aluminum illustrating the versatility of the material in building and design. Color and Texture in...

This film is about patient and dedicated teaching, about learning to look and visualize in order to design, about the importance of drawing. It is...

The documentary, Bob Gurr: Turning Dreams into Reality, tells the story of one of Walt Disney's earliest 1954 Imagineering Legends, Bob Gurr. His...

‘Spitfire— Birth of a Legend‘ tells the story of the Spitfire from a radical design on the drawing board to the...

Borrowed From Nature explores the rich and complex history of Japanese gardens in western Canada. Through the principles and design philosophy of...

Created as a demonstration of multi-disciplinary thinking, this film was produced in association with UCLA Mathematics professor, Ray Redheffer. With...

As artists and visual architects, husband and wife Massimo and Lella Vignelli have been producing unique and groundbreaking work as brand designers....

Immersion in a world of contemporary design in search of more virtuous practices. In Helsinki, German designer Julia Lohmann uses seaweed to create...

Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade through intimate portraits...

Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams had an incredible life. Orphaned at the age of four,...

This witty and original film is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don't. Beginning at New York's...

Confidential report on designer Dino Gavina's showroom created by Carlo Scarpa between 1961 and 1963. Restoration details and stills from a 1985 film...

Danish documentary about the disobedient schoolboy with a talent for painting, who became one of Denmark’s greatest architects. His ideas were...

Get to know a little bit about Paulo Moreira, sign painter from the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte - MG, his hand painting techniques and the...

In the 1980's, something changed the world forever. Computer technology, mostly due to the appearance of affordable Commodore 64's, entered...

A look at how form, color, smell, consistency, the sounds made during eating, manufacturing technique, history and stories influence food design.