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Top Five Videos
Designers Originating (1894-2010)
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.
To view any video click the image. As links on this page become obsolete, VCR will add new content. Image copyrights belong to the director/producer credited.
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Contemporary Days: The Designs of Robin and Lucienne Day
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| Director: Murray Grigor |
Origin: Vimeo |
| Cinematographer: Hamid Shams |
Prod: Design Onscreen |
| Format: 16:9 |
Length: 12:15 mins |
View exerpts from the 77-minute full-length documentary produced by Design Onscreen, Denver, CO, featuring the life and works of British designers Lucienne Day (1917-2010) and Robin Day (1915-2010).
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The Design Genius of Charles + Ray Eames
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| Director: n/a |
Origin: TED |
| Cinematographer: n/a |
Prod: TED |
| Format: 16:9 |
Length: 15:12 mins |
Eames Demetrios, the grandson of American designers Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Eames (1912–1988), presents this TED talk describing the work of his grandparents in furniture design, photography and film.
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Gilbert Rohde and Design Now
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| Director: n/a |
Origin: YouTube |
| Cinematographer: n/a |
Prod: Cooper-Hewitt |
| Format: 16:9 |
Length: 20:20 mins |
View an illustrated lecture by Phyllis Ross at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum outlining the work of American furniture designer Gilbert Rohde (1894-1944), an early design consultant for Herman Miller. (An additional panel discussion video is also available.)
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Modern Furniture (London 1958)
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| Director: n/a |
Origin: Pathe |
| Cinematographer: n/a |
Prod: Pathe |
| Format: 5:4 |
Length: 2:33 mins |
Experience a classic newsreel describing the furniture displayed at Heals's department store, London. It includes a bedroom suite by Ernest Race (1913-1964), table by Robert Heritage (1927-2010) and a media storage unit by Christopher Heal (1911-1985).
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Design Icon (04) The Wassily Chair
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| Director: n/a |
Origin: DW-TV |
| Cinematographer: Jean Schablin |
Prod: DW-TV |
| Format: 16:9 |
Length: 5:02 mins |
Scan this German TV production (one of a series) on the development of Marcel Bruer's (1902-1981) Model B3 metal tubing and leather arm chair, commonly known as the Wassily Chair.
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