Design Movies

When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy room...

A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

World-renowned Drag Queen Miz Cracker helps a Texas family that’s experiencing strange occurrences after renovating their 1892 home. As a lover of the...

A young, aspiring fashion designer wants to bring more sparkle to the world and brighten it for those around her. Despite being told no on her initial...

Class Acts is a feature-length documentary tracing the genesis of Singapore's creative scene in the '90s through intimate conversations with its pione...

Architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome and one of the most brilliant thinkers of...

Seven people with seven love stories. They ignite the love and hate hidden under the table. In this battle of love, who will survive and who will lose...

Up until just over 30 years ago, when the desktop computer debuted, the whole design production process would have been done primarily by hand, and wi...

This witty and original film is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don't. Beginning at New York's Seagr...

Deeply thoughtful and illuminating, DRAWING A LIFE reveals the details of artist Geoff McFetridge’s life and work while delving further into the unive...

Borrowed From Nature explores the rich and complex history of Japanese gardens in western Canada. Through the principles and design philosophy of fame...

A photoshoot on the roofs and in the streets of Paris, under the astonished eyes of the inhabitants.

This film is about patient and dedicated teaching, about learning to look and visualize in order to design, about the importance of drawing. It is one...

Amanda, a brilliant aeronautical engineer, is enraged when her breakthrough design is stolen and patented by her colleague Brendan. When he is found m...

RAMS is a documentary portrait of legendary designer Dieter Rams by filmmaker Gary Hustwit. For over fifty years, Rams has left an indelible mark on t...

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who...

Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade through intimate portraits o...

The personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of all time and the stories behind their campaigns.

Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality anima...

Danish documentary about the disobedient schoolboy with a talent for painting, who became one of Denmark’s greatest architects. His ideas were ahead o...