Designing the Decades
- Synopsis
- A series celebrating 40 years of British designs. Details compiled from TRILT - see www.trilt.ac.uk
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 2004
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 weekly from 15/5/03
- Subjects
- Design; FE
- Keywords
- design; designers; British design
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Price
- subscription only
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 60 minutes each
Sections
- Title
- Designing the 60s
- Synopsis
- On the 1960s high street, Habitat was transforming interior design and Tupperware parties were transforming kitchens. Including contributions from: Kenneth Grange (designer of the Kenwood Chef), Peter Murdoch (designer), Adam Faith (musician), Molly Parkin (fashion editor), Tony Benn and Jonathan Glancey (architecture and design critic for The Guardian). Narrated by Penelope Keith.
- Duration
- 60 mins
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- Title
- Designing the 70s
- Synopsis
- A look at the 1970s, a period of recession, social unrest and the three-day week, when designers sought to help the public escape from the grim reality of their daily lives. The fashion for rural idyll, the rise and fall of Biba, Clive Sinclair’s pocket calculator and the DIY ethos of punk are examined.
- Duration
- 60 mins
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- Title
- Designing the 80s
- Synopsis
- In the 1980s, Britain became well and truly style conscious. The decade of the designer-suited yuppie also witnessed the rise of Paul Smith, the Filofax, the Walkman, the Sinclair C5 and Richard Rogers’s Lloyd’s building
Including contributions from Paul Smith, Alice Rawsthorn (Director, Design Museum), Christopher Frayling, Neville Brody (designer of ‘The Face’), Terence Conran, Anne Diamond, Janet Street-Porter, Tyler Brulee (founder of Wallpaper) and Terry Farrell (architect). - Duration
- 60 mins
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- Title
- Designing the 90s
- Synopsis
- This episode looks at the rise of minimalism and loft living as well as the revolutions in bars starting with the All Bar One chain, which created clean bright spaces to appeal to the young professional market. As women’s spending power increased designs became softer, curvier and more colourful; this was the decade of ‘girl power’, consider the effect this had on everything from the wonderbra to Lara Croft. The programme includes contributions from James Dyson (creator of the Dyson vacuum cleaner), David Adjaye (architect), Tyler Brulee (founder of Wallpaper), Nicholas Grimshaw (architect), Caryn Franklin (Fashion), Adam and Jeremy Smith (Tomb Raider creators), John Hegarty (creative director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty), Kevin McCloud (designer) and Alice Rawsthorn (Director, Design Museum). Narrated by Penelope Keith. Directed by Heidi Perry. Series producer: Mary Sackville-West.
- Duration
- 60 mins
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Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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