
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.... (Full plot summary below)
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A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
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| Village VoiceAaron HillisA slickly entertaining and thorough enough curiosity about the form, function, context, inspiration, and evolution of industrial design. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaCompilation of filmed interviews with industrial designers who talk about the philosophy of design, rather than the objects they designed. |
| AV ClubKeith PhippsIt provides just enough information to invite further study without going into much detail. It's an intriguing film about what goes on beneath the surface of the objects we take for granted, but one that never digs as deep as it should. |
| Slant MagazineBill Webermoothly compelling with its sleek, mass-produced shapes and beautiful minds that fetishize ergonomics and the ideal of perfectability. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekObjectified is so straightforward, sensible and thought-provoking that it alleviates that design noise instead of adding to it. |
| GuardianAndrew PulverThis is real hothouse stuff, and Hustwit does a nice job elucidating it. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferHas sporadically intriguing moments and stylish editing, but its lack of insight, elaborations and synthesis makes it seem deficient in both form and function as a documentary. |
| User ReviewMiku PGood design should be innovative, useful, aesthetic, understandable, honest, unobtrusive, long-lived, consistent, environmentally-friendly, and as little design as possible. That's IKEA, BMW and Apple. |
| User ReviewTodd SThought provoking, well paced, pretentious in just a few spots(Hella Jongerius DIE YOU TERRIBLE BITCH). For those of us design neophytes this documentary is a very accessible introduction. |
| User ReviewMichelle RI am a lover of design and design philosophy. You don't have to be one to enjoy this documentary. When you get the great Dieter Rams, Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson into one program talking about design philosophy you think to yourself that the world could be a better place because of them - they are today's philosophers ... IMHO |