
From the same filmmaker that brought us
Helvetica,
Gary Hustwit, this film deals with the design of all the objects that fill and in some cases clutter our lives. This may be old news to many of you, but I caught the last ten minutes of this last night and cant wait to go back to see the rest. That is in spite of a mixed review from a venerable and much respected source (
Mark Badger) on these types of things. He actually owns a copy. Maybe we can convince him to bring it in for a brown bag lunch showing?
Even though it focuses specifically on industrial design, the issues facing designers of all sorts are common and shared. For instance, user/consumer assumptions based on form, anticipating needs or solutions, and long term effect and sustainability of the things that we use everyday.
Check the local listings and try to catch this if you can.
Also, try the
"Which Object Are You" quiz. Apparently, I am a spork!! A little disappointing, but I can't say that I disagree with most of the explanations it gave me for the choice :)