Films
This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of Do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.
At a time when most American cityscapes are dominated by computer created signage, Sign Painters takes a close look at the past, present, and hopeful future of the hand paint sign industry in the USA.
Kristina Klausen's documentary "The Universe of Keith Haring— is a vivid archive footage, memories of his friends, colleagues and fans of creativity, including Kenny Scharf, Yoko Ono and Tony Shafrazi.
A series about the design of eight episodes. Each episode is a story from one of the iconic designers of our time. Christoph Niemann, Paula Scher (Pentagram), Bjarke Ingels, Tinker Hatfield and others - they all share thoughts and exciting cases from their practice. The series reveals the state of design in our time, now, and shows its parallel developing directions.
Mixing animation with live-action, Saul Bass' "Why Man Creates" is an eight-part meditation on the nature and struggle of creativity.
"Design Genius" is a project dedicated to those who, in modern conditions, are engaged in improving products of various purposes, achieving harmony of content and form.
ART & COPY is a powerful film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray, it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives -- people who've profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry.
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
"Modern Russian Design" is a documentary film dedicated to the last twenty years of design development in Russia. Includes special projects about graphic design, fashion design and industrial design.
Paul Smith has 400 shops and outlets in 35 countries, 12 clothing lines, 400 million euros in yearly revenue, sales figures topping Chanel's, partnerships with Evian, Apple, and Austin, as well as prestigious bicycle and race car brands. All that, and his popularity around the world is only growing. The secret of his success? A brilliant concept called "Maximizing Britishness" or "How to build a brand and an empire around English pop culture with a brilliant marketing strategy and an unrivalled sense of imagination.
The film examines the full breadth of the work of Milton Glazer— an outstanding designer who for many embodies American graphic design. From the design of newspapers and magazines to the interior, logos and identity, famous prints, drawings, posters and paintings - the film highlights the entire field of creativity of the great designer.
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
A camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of twentieth-century erotic fantasy.
The film tells the story of the Bauhaus Higher School of Architecture and Design, founded in Weimaer in 1919— one of the most impressive educational movements in the art of the twentieth century. She has had a great influence on modern architecture, painting, sculpture, design and theater.