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The genius of design: the compelling five part series on designs that shaped our lives

series producer, Tim Kirby; producers/directors, Chris Wilson, Peter Sweasey, Chris Rodley, Hattie Bowering
Resource Type:
DVD Video
Publication:
[London, England] : Acorn Media UK, [2010]
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Summary:
The series tells the story of design from the Industrial Revolution through 20s modernism, the impact of war and freedoms of a post-war world, the swinging 60s, the designer 80s and up to the present day.
Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1. pt. 1. Ghosts in the machine ; pt. 2. Designs for living ; pt. 3. Blueprints for war
  • disc 2. pt. 4. Better living through chemistry ; pt. 5. Objects of desire.
Contributors:
Kirby, Tim (Television producer) , television producer
Wilson, Chris (Television producer) , television producer, television director
Sweasey, Peter (Director) , television producer, television director
Rodley, Chris , television producer, television director
Bowering, Hattie , television producer, television director
Lawson, Denis , narrator
Burke, Anthony (Composer) , composer
Weber, Thomas Ch. (Cinematographer) , director of photography
Sparke, Penny
Acorn Media Enterprises (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
Wall to Wall (Firm)
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
English with subtitles in English.
Main Work:
Genius of design (Television program)
Included Works:
Complemented by: Genius of design [by Sparke, P.]
Subjects:
Designers
Design — History
Design — Philosophy
Industrial design
Documentary television programs — Great Britain
Design
Documentary television programs
Great Britain
Genres:
Television programs
Educational television programs
Nonfiction television programs
Television series
History
System Details:
DVD; PAL; Dolby Digital.
Playback Region 2 : This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda.
Performers:
Narrated by Denis Lawson.
Production Credits:
Music by Anthony Burke; series cinematography by Thomas Ch. Weber.
General Notes:
Title from container.
Originally broadcast as a television series on BBC in 2010.
Wide screen (16:9).
Audience:
Exempt from classification.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 243 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics:
4 3/4 in.; polychrome
Audio Characteristics:
digital; optical; Dolby Digital; sound
Film Characteristics:
16:9; wide screen
Video Characteristics:
PAL
Digital Characteristics:
video file; DVD video
Call Numbers:
NK1175 GEN 2010 DVD
Other Standard Numbers:
[Unknown Type]: 5036193097997
Publisher Number, Acorn Media: AV9799 (container)
OCLC Numbers:
646999967