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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 30 sec.) ; 293050720 bytes |
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For designers, new materials and new technologies are bread and butter, and after the 'make do' and 'mend it' years of the war, the 50s and 60s offered a veritable feast of products. The infinitely elastic possibilities of plastic combined with the miracles of electronic miniaturisation allowed designers to offer post-war consumers something new: liberation.In keeping with the experimental lifestyles of the 1960s, designer Verner Panton pursued the seemingly impossible dream of a chair made from a seamless piece of plastic, while the Italian designer Joe Colombo proposed the Austin Powers-style 'cabriolet bed', complete with built-in cigarette lighter and stereo.Meanwhile in Japan, designers at Sony were shrinking radios from pocket-size to palm-size, paving the way for the ultimate in portable lifestyle - the Walkman.But the optimism of the era came to an abrupt end when concerns about the environmental impact of plastic came to the fore.Features interviews with Sony master designer Teiyu Goto, Alberto Alessi and Stephen Bayley.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Narrated by Denis Lawson. Producers/Directors: Peter Sweasey and Chris Rodley. Series Producer: Tim Kirby. Executive Producers: Alex Graham and Michael Jackson. Wall to Wall Media production |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-10-12 at 18:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Design.
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Designers.
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Industrial design.
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Panton, Verner, 1926-1998.
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Plastics -- Design.
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Sustainable design.
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United Kingdom.
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Streaming video
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Lawson, Denis, cast
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Rodley, Chris, director
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Sweasey, Peter, director
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