The DVD ROM have a full and varied content:
- chaptering by designer
- teaching bonues
Shorts Stories Of Objects targets a younger audience. Developed
by the National Teaching Resources Center and the Ministry of National
Education, its an ideal teaching aid for parents and teachers alike.
- Complete information on designers and
their creations, with CV and object's presentation sheets that can
be accessed directly from the film and printed out via the ROM section
of the DVD.
- An interview with Françoise Darmon,
design consultant to business and creator of the programme. She
presents Stories Of Objects with passion and offers insight
into the careers and creative talents of leading designers, focusing
mainly on Europe.
Partners of Stories of Objects : Centre G. Pompidou, Ministry
of National Education, National Teaching Resource Centre, Ministry
of culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Creative Agent Consultants,
Digimage, Les films d'Ici, National Center of cinematography and
TV channel Paris Première. |
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Protection Suit
Design : Marc Sadler
Manufactor : Dainese
DVD ROM Histoires d'Objets, édition TF1 vidéo
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DVD
1 contains a film entitled Encounters with 10 french designers,
realized by Dominique Ferrucci and an interview with Françoise
Darmon, realized by Olivier Mégaton.
Ten leading French designers discuss the technological, sociological
and cultural impact of everyday objects and their essential role
in our lives.
With : objects of beauty by Elisabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti,
tableware by Sylvain Dubuisson, a table by Kristian Gavoille, the
Orangina bottle not
designed but presented by Jean-Paul Goude, chairs by Pascal Mourge,
tools by Jean-Paul Neyton, mirrors by Nestor Perkal, protective
suits by Marc Sadler, the TV set by Philippe Starck and street furniture
by Martin Szekely.
In her interview, Françoise Darmon, creator of Stories
Of Objects, presents the designers featured in the stories and
assesses their creative influence.
Content of DVD 1:
- Encounter with 10 french designers (51')
- Interview with Françoise Darmon (14')
- Chaptering by designer
- 42 technical and historical object presentation sheets (accessible
from the film)
- The CV of each designer
- Internet links to partner sites |
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"Massaï"
chair
design : Kristian Gavoille
editor : Neotu gallery
DVD ROM Histoires d'Objets, édition TF1 vidéo
Ofice
TBWA-Chiat/Day New York
Gaetano Pesce
DVD ROM Stories Of Objects, TF1 vidéo |
The themes covered in the second third DVD concern the very basics of
human activity. author Françoise Darmon and director Olivier
Mégaton (Exit), the films entitled To Work, To Sit, Objects
Of The Table, To Light explain how designers of international repute
approach the design of an object and its environment.
To Work is a prospective analysis of
the changes and developments affecting our living environment and the
objects it contains.
Gaetano Pesce (virtual office), Ross Lovegrove (modular office), Jean
Nouvel (Less office), Jonathan Ive (iMac computer), Antonio Citterio
(mobile office), Michele de Lucchi (office of the futur).
To Sit presents a range of seating concepts
based on new technics and new materials.
Alberto Meda ( seats and technology), Charlotte Perriand (modernism),
Ross Lovegrove (the ergonomic seat), Ron Arad (sculptured furniture),
Antonio Citterio (functional seat), Gaetano Pesce (the "diversified
serial production").
Objects Of The Table, reveals the way
in which designers look at our most significant everyday objects, permanent
symbols of social and ethnic tradition.
Ettore Sottsass (objects of the table, ritual instruments), Richard
Sapper (the fonctional evidence), Philippe Starck (to sit at a table
: a social act) , Enzo Mari (the formal quality in answer to the human
needs), Achille Castiglioni (the table is the world, the table is a
world), alberto Alessi (the domestic imaginary).
To Light examines the essential role
of light, which forms a link between the object and the space it occupies,
creating both public and private space. Designers explain how the emotional
component of light is revealed through the forms that they create.
Achille Castiglioni (formal and minimal beauty), Michele de Lucchi (the
lamp object, metaphorical and symbolic), Ettore Sottsass (the light's
langage), Alberto Meda (simplicity of shape), Philippe Starck (The Light,
a modern energy), Richard Sapper (The functional evidence), Ingo Maurer
(the spirit of light).
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Content of DVD 2 and 3
To Work / To Sit (2x51')
Objects Of The Table / To Light (At the table/ In the light) (2x51')
Chaptering by designer
212 technical and historical objects presentation sheets (accessible
from the film)
The CV of each designer
"Short Stories Of Objects":
4 teaching bonus provides a simplified presentation of each film,
adapted to an audience of children, parents and teachers.
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