Top Five Videos

Designers Talking

Although many "educational" videos available online are amateurish and boring, VCR offers a selection that are informative and worth watching as the "top 15" in three sections: designers talking, originating and greening.

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Harry Thaler

This German television production about Italian designer Harry Thayler describes the developement of his pressed aluminum sheet chair. Starting with the initial design idea conceived while a student at London's Royal College of Art, the designer explains the concepts behind the chair's eco-impact, structure, production and marketing.

Jaime Hayón

Interviewed by Deezen at the London Design Festival, Spanish designer Jaime Hayón introduces furniture he designed for London-based design house Sè. He explains how he is inspired by meetings with people and producers across Europe who become Hayón's idea "laboratory" encouraging him to perfect the details important to his work.

Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby

The UK's Design Council interviews Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, who opened their London studio (BarberOsgerby) in 1996 and created furniture designs and other products for a wide range of clients including Cappellini, Established & Sons, Isokon Plus and Vitra.

John Makepeace

Renowned British furniture designer/maker John Makepeace describes two of his pieces on display at SOFA in Chicago: a solid ash 10-drawer chest that accentuates the depth and pattern of the grain and his Millenium chair made from laminated holly wood.

Roderick Vos

This Frame magazine video follows Dutch designer Roderick Vos as he explains the making of his Reply stacking chair from steaming the initial log through veneer peeling, laying up, pressing, CNC routing and final finishing.

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