''Objectified'' is a feature-length documentary film examining the role of every day non-living
objects and the people who design them, in our daily lives. The film is directed by
Gary Hustwit
Gary Hustwit is an American independent filmmaker and photographer. He is best known for his design documentaries, which examine the impact of trends in graphic design, typography, industrial design, architecture, and urban planning. He told ' ...
. ''Objectified'' premièred at the
South By Southwest
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, ...
Festival on March 14, 2009.
According to Swiss Dots Production, the film is the second part of the three-film series
Design Trilogy
The Design Trilogy is the collective name of a series of three documentary films about design directed by film director Gary Hustwit.
The films are:
*2007: '' Helvetica'', on the famous typeface of the same name
*2009: '' Objectified'', on ind ...
,
[
] the first being
''Helvetica'' about the famous typeface, and the third and final film being the documentary ''
Urbanized
''Urbanized'' is a documentary film directed by Gary Hustwit and released on 26 October 2011. It is considered the third of a three-part series on design known as the Design Trilogy; the first being '' Helvetica'', about the typeface, and the s ...
''.
Appearing characters
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Paola Antonelli
Paola Antonelli (born 1963 in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy) is an Italian author, editor, architect, and curator. She is currently the Senior Curator of the Department of Architecture & Design as well as the Director of R&D at the Museum of Modern ...
- Design Curator, Museum of Modern Art (New York)
*
Chris Bangle - Former Design Director, BMW Group (Munich)
*
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec - Designers (Paris)
*
Andrew Blauvelt Andrew Blauvelt (born West Point, NY in 1964) is a Japanese-American curator, designer, educator, and writer. Since 2015 he has served as director of the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Biography
Blauvelt received an MFA in ...
- Design Curator, Walker Art Center
* Tim Brown - CEO, IDEO
* Anthony Dunne - Designer (London)
* Agnete Enga - Senior Industrial Designer, Smart Design
* Dan Formosa - Design & Research, Smart Design (New York)
*
Naoto Fukasawa - Designer (Tokyo)
*
Jonathan Ive - Chief Design Officer, Apple (Cupertino)
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Hella Jongerius
Hella Jongerius (born 30 May 1963 in De Meern, Utrecht) is a Dutch industrial designer.
Biography
Jongerius was born in De Meern, a village to the west of Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1963. From 1988 to 1993, she studied design at the Des ...
- Designer (Rotterdam)
*
David M. Kelley - Founder & Chairman, IDEO
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Bill Moggridge - Co-founder, IDEO
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Marc Newson - Designer (London/Paris)
* Fiona Raby - Designer (London)
*
Dieter Rams - Former Design Director, Braun (Kronberg, Germany)
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Karim Rashid - Designer (New York)
*
Alice Rawsthorn
Alice Rawsthorn OBE (born 1958 in Manchester) is a British design critic and author. Her books include ''Design as an Attitude'' (2018) and ''Hello World: Where Design Meets Life'' (2013). She is chair of the board of trustees at the Chisenhale ...
- Design Editor, International Herald Tribune
* Amber Shonts - Model
* Davin Stowell - CEO & Founder, Smart Design
* Jane Fulton Suri - IDEO
*
Rob Walker - ''
New York Times Magazine
''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. ...
''
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American documentary films
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Documentary films about the visual arts
Films directed by Gary Hustwit
2009 documentary films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
2000s British films
English-language documentary films
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