Design Movies

  • 2017
    Elizabeth

    Elizabeth

    Elizabeth

    02017HD

    Elizabeth concerns the life and work of calligrapher, typographer, and graphic designer Elizabeth Friedlander. The film takes an essay form,...

    Elizabeth
  • 2025
    Take a seat

    Take a seat

    Take a seat

    02025HD

    Yin Honqiang, a master carpenter from Jiangyin, has been working with wood for over 50 years. Along with his son and his grandson, they create...

    Take a seat
  • 2021
    Design ist niemals unschuldig

    Design ist niemals unschuldig

    Design ist niemals unschuldig

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

    Design ist niemals unschuldig
  • 2006
    Spitfire: The Birth of a Legend

    Spitfire: The Birth of a Legend

    Spitfire: The Birth of a Legend

    02006HD

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

    Spitfire: The Birth of a Legend
  • 2017
    Blue Gold: American Jeans

    Blue Gold: American Jeans

    Blue Gold: American Jeans

    6.22017HD

    Tracing the history of blue jeans around the globe.

    Blue Gold: American Jeans
  • 2021
    Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark

    Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark

    Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark

    02021HD

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

    Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark
  • 2012
    Design Is One

    Design Is One

    Design Is One

    6.12012HD

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

    Design Is One
  • 2020
    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    02020HD

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

    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
  • 1980
    The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

    The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

    The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

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    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...

    The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
  • 2026
    City Mark: A Rochester Icon

    City Mark: A Rochester Icon

    City Mark: A Rochester Icon

    02026HD

    A documentary film exploring the origin, evolution, and lasting impact of one of Rochester, NY's most recognizable symbols. From its creation in the...

    City Mark: A Rochester Icon
  • 2021
    Spontaneous Generation, 10 years of Design in Mexico

    Spontaneous Generation, 10 years of Design in Mexico

    Spontaneous Generation, 10 years of Design in Mexico

    02021HD

    "Spontaneous Generation, 10 years of Design in Mexico" is a visual and investigative work that casually recounts the events of the creative...

    Spontaneous Generation, 10 years of Design in Mexico
  • 2023
    Food & Design

    Food & Design

    Food & Design

    02023HD

    It is a documentary on food design, redefining food through the lens of creativity and design. The film features interviewees from Italy, Spain,...

    Food & Design
  • 2015
    All the World in a Design School

    All the World in a Design School

    All the World in a Design School

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    Documentary about an eclectic group of students from all corners of the planet at one of the world's top industrial design schools in Sweden's...

    All the World in a Design School
  • 1976
    Design Innovations for Canadian Settlements

    Design Innovations for Canadian Settlements

    Design Innovations for Canadian Settlements

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    Design Innovations for Canadian Settlements
  • 2012
    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    6.72012HD

    Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst...

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
  • 2023
    Virgil Abloh: How To Be Both

    Virgil Abloh: How To Be Both

    Virgil Abloh: How To Be Both

    02023HD

    Film exploring the life of legendary designer Virgil Abloh. It tracks his spectacular ascent from Kanye West’s right-hand man to his role as...

    Virgil Abloh: How To Be Both
  • 2020
    Borrowed from Nature

    Borrowed from Nature

    Borrowed from Nature

    102020HD

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

    Borrowed from Nature
  • 2017
    Signs With Soul

    Signs With Soul

    Signs With Soul

    102017HD

    Goodwin & Goodwin are a creative sign company based in North London — an eclectic, international team of architects, designers,...

    Signs With Soul
  • 2021
    2021-1985

    2021-1985

    2021-1985

    102021HD

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

    2021-1985
  • 1963
    Le Paris des mannequins

    Le Paris des mannequins

    Le Paris des mannequins

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    A photoshoot on the roofs and in the streets of Paris, under the astonished eyes of the inhabitants.

    Le Paris des mannequins