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Oct 5, 2020 · 26 Movies Every Design Lover Should See. From The Leopard to Black Panther, these films rely on stunning visuals and a well-defined aesthetic to get their point across. By Michael Martin....
- Why Man Creates, 1968. Seminal artist Saul Bass and Mayo Simon created animated short documentary Why Man Creates in 1968. An early classic, the film discusses the nature of creativity and is as much inspiring today as it was 50 years ago.
- Helvetica, 2007. American director Gary Hustwit celebrates 50 years of the typeface with a feature-length documentary focusing on the wider conversation about how type affects our culture.
- Design and Thinking, 2012. Directed by Mu-Ming Tsai, Design and Thinking examines how design can influence the world of business and social change and calls on creative minds to work together to change the world.
- Objectified, 2009. Following on from Helvetica, Gary Hustwit’s second film looks at the world of design engineering and the creative concepts behind everyday objects such as toothbrushes to tech gadgets.
- Tales by Light
- Sneakerheadz
- Finding Dory
If you’ve ever watched the behind-the-scenes of Planet Earth, you know: The stories behind the photography can be every bit as exciting as the captured moments themselves. Tales by Light is a Netflix Original that profiles nature photographers at work. It’s all a bit meta. You’re watching photographers, getting these amazing photos–all being captur...
Let us get this out of the way first: Sneakerheadz is not a great documentary. But it’s a superb primer to a cultural movement and big business you may know nothing about. This very hand-holding documentary goes as far to define words like “colorway” before explaining how Run DMC planted the seeds of Adidas’s business strategy today. Critics agree ...
If you don’t have a child in your life who has forced you to watch Finding Dory–and then watch Finding Dory again–it’s a must-see purely for its visual splendor. In an age when Hollywood computer animation cuts every corner possible, Pixar demonstrates the height of the medium, with an impossibly intricate octopus (the studio’s most complicated cha...
- Design Canada (2018) IMDb rating: 8.6/10. "Retracing Canada's design lineage is a reminder that to know a country’s graphic design is to know its history."
- Marina Abramovic – The Artist is Present (2012) IMDb rating: 7.1/10. “This is illuminating and inspiring.” – Time Out. “The documentary Marina Abramovic - The Artist is Present is a portrait more celebratory than analytical of the Yugoslav-born performance artist.”
- Finding Vivian Maier (2013) IMDb rating: 7.7/10. Finding Vivian Maier focuses on a mysterious nanny who photographed Chicago scenes in the 1950s and ’60s.”
- Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006) IMDb rating: 7.9/10. “Ric Burns’s solemn four-hour hagiography Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film may set a record for the number of times the label “genius” is applied to its subject.”
Apr 14, 2020 · Since there’s only so much “Love is Blind” snacking that one can handle before they require a more substantial meal, here are 19 art and design documentaries for your quarantine watchlist. (And if you’re on the hunt for fictive design flicks, Wix has a great list here .)
- Zachary Petit
The Design Trilogy by Gary Hustwit consists of three must-see movies for designers and those interested in the origins of modern design. The films were released from 2007 to 2011 and gave rise to a new direction in documentary filmmaking.
1. Design Is One: The Vignellis. 2012 1h 26m Not Rated. 7.0 (158) Rate. 63 Metascore. A documentary on two of the world's most influential designers -- Lella and Massimo Vignelli. Director Kathy Brew Roberto Guerra Stars Paola Antonelli Barry Bergdoll Michael Bierut. 2. Eames: The Architect & The Painter. 2011 1h 25m Not Rated. 7.1 (1.2K) Rate.
