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Halston (2019)

Director

Frédéric Tcheng

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes)

Documentary about America’s first superstar designer, Halston. From Iowa to Studio 54 to Wall Street, Halston lived an American dream. Prodigiously talented, he reigned over fashion in the 1970s, becoming...

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Monty Don’s Paradise Gardens (2018)

Subject

Agriculture; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £14.99

In this BBC documentary, renowned gardener Monty Don travels in search of paradise gardens referenced in the Koran as green spaces filled with flowers and fruit where shade and water provide a safe haven...

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Love, Cecil (2017)

aka: The Life of Legendary Photographer Cecil Beaton

Director

Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Subject

Design; Film studies

Documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award winning films such as ‘GIGI’ (1958)...

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Out of Town (2017)

Subject

Agriculture; Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 875 minutes), £19.50

Documentary series in which presenter Jack Hargreaves explores rural life in Britain, observing and reflecting on its character, traditions, history and folklore, and the skills that had passed from...

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Thomas Telford: The Man Who Built Britain (2017)

Director

Lester Wilson

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 59 minutes), $24.95

Arguably a greater engineer than Brunel, Telford led the way for Britain to become one of the great engineering nations of the world. Although he worked 200 years ago, scores of his creations still adorn our...

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Dries (2017)

Director

Reiner Holzemer

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £9.99

Documentary about Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten. For an entire year, Reiner Holzemer documents the precise steps that Dries takes to conceive of four collections, the rich fabrics, embroidery and...

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Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (2017)

Director

Lorna Tucker

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 78 minutes), £9.99

Documentary about fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who has been redefining British fashion trends for over 40 years. Blending archive footage and interviews with Westwood’s collaborators, the film...

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Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production (2017)

Director

Briar Levit

Subject

Design; Information technology; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 85 minutes), $350

Up until just over 30 years ago, when the desktop computer arrived on the scene, the whole design production process would have been done primarily by hand, and with the aid of analogue machines. The design...

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Forces and Motion: The Physics of Car Crashes (2015)

Subject

Physics; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £49.00

Educational DVD aimed at KS 3-5. Newton’s three laws of motion are explained using slow motion HD footage filmed during car crash testing to explore how energy is distributed during the fractions of a...

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Renzo Piano (2014)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 74 minutes), £17.99

It is often said of the world famous architect Renzo Piano that he has never developed a recognisable style. But Piano’s style is to grapple primarily with the sites and to tease from them uniquely...

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