Design Classics
- Synopsis
- Using archive film, commercials and interviews with key figures, the series looks at the contribution to design of some of the most successful products to be marketed this century.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1987
- Notes
- Each episode is also available to purchase separately, at £75.00 (University/College); £63.75 (School/TAFE/Community College) (+ P&P, + VAT)
- Subjects
- Design
- Keywords
- advertising; cars; clothing; glassware; household machines; maps and mapping; product design
Credits
- Cast
Jancis Robinson
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £360.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 300 minutes
- Year
- 2014
Sections
- Title
- Volkswagen beetle, The
- Synopsis
- 1: The Volkswagen car from its beginnings in the 1930, when Hitler instructed Dr Porsche to design a vehicle which would fulfil his dream that everyone should be able to afford a car. The Beetle became more than a means of transport, becoming eventually an icon.
- Title
- Aga cooker, The
- Synopsis
- 2: The Aga cooker, which was created by the blind Swedish designer Dalen in the 1920s and has become a symbol of English country life.
- Title
- Barcelona chair, The
- Synopsis
- 3: The Barcelona chair, designed by German architect Mies van der Rohe for the German pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona exhibition. Using chrome and leather, he refined the design to the purest form, creating a cult object.
- Title
- Levi jeans
- Synopsis
- 4: How Levi's 501 blue jeans, originally designed for California god miners in 1874, have become the fashion garment which today constitutes the acceptable uniform of non-conformity.
- Title
- Coke bottle
- Synopsis
- 5: How Alex Samuelson'd bottle design won a competition held by the Coca-Cola company in 1915, and how it has come to symbolise the American Dream.
- Title
- London Underground map, The
- Synopsis
- 6: The London Underground map, with Harry Beck's 1933 design still hanging on the walls of the London Underground and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The map has become a symbol of London all over the world.
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Artfilms-digital
- digital@artfilms.com.au
- Web
- http://www.artfilms-digital.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +61 03 9690 0666
- Fax
- +61 03 9690 0644
- Address
- 213 Park Street
South Melbourne
Victoria 3205
Australia
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