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Summary

A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.

Details

Release Date: September 9, 2011

Runtime: 85 minutes

Genres: Documentary

Rating: 7.4/10 (78 votes)


Design Trilogy

  • Helvetica

    Helvetica

    Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.

  • Objectified

    Objectified

    A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

  • Urbanized

    Urbanized

    A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.


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Cast

  • Norman Foster

    Norman Foster

    Self

  • Jan Gehl

    Jan Gehl

    Self

  • Oscar Niemeyer

    Oscar Niemeyer

    Self