History of ideas: Consumerism
Learn about the origin of consumerism, its drivers and its consequences.
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Grayson Perry: All in the best possible Taste
A series analying the ideas of taste held by the different social classes of the United Kingdom. Perry produced a series of six tapestries depicting the taste ideas of Britons, entitled “The Vanity of Small Differences.” This one is about the Middle Class.
Zehn Thesen für gutes Design
Dieter Rams asked himself: what makes a design a good design? His answer was formulated in 10 statements that together make the basis for a well designed product. We are linking to the German version, because this is the original language Dieter Rams used. Feel free to switch it to the EU version if it is hard to read.
In the Bubble
A book by John Thackara about how to design a world in which we rely less on stuff, and more on people.
Powers of Ten
This short documentary film by Ray and Charles Eames investigates the relative size of things and the significance of adding a zero to any number. It illustrates the universe as an arena of both continuity and change, of everyday picnics and cosmic mystery.
Steve Jobs’ Secret to Life
Steve Jobs views life and the world. Recorded in 1995 when Steve Jobs had been ousted from Apple and was living in exile working on a fledgling computer company NeXT Computer.
Helvetica
A documentary on typography and how one design affects all our surroundings. An appearance is made by a professor emeritus of our faculty, Wim Crouwel.
How Toyota changed the way we make things
Learn about how the company introduced an ethos that is now known as “lean manufacturing”.
Manufactured Landscapes
Manufactured Landscapes is a documentary about the work of the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, who solely photographs industrial sites.