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Objectified

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 15m
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7.0/10
3.6K
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Objectified (2009)
An in-depth look at industrial art and how it impacts our lives, including interviews with designers from London, Tokyo, Paris, New York and more.
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A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Gary Hustwit
  • Stars
    • Paola Antonelli
    • Chris Bangle
    • Andrew Blauvelt
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  • Director
    • Gary Hustwit
  • Stars
    • Paola Antonelli
    • Chris Bangle
    • Andrew Blauvelt
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    • 4User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Paola Antonelli
    Paola Antonelli
    • Self - Design Curator, Museum of Modern Art (New York)as Self - Design Curator, Museum of Modern Art (New York)
    Chris Bangle
    • Self - Former Design Director, BMW Group (Munich)as Self - Former Design Director, BMW Group (Munich)
    Andrew Blauvelt
    • Self - Design Curator, Walker Art Centeras Self - Design Curator, Walker Art Center
    Erwan Bouroullec
    • Self - Designer (Paris)as Self - Designer (Paris)
    Ronan Bouroullec
    • Self - Designer (Paris)as Self - Designer (Paris)
    Anthony Dunne
    • Self - Designer (London)as Self - Designer (London)
    Agnete Enga
    • Self - Senior Industrial Designer, Smart Designas Self - Senior Industrial Designer, Smart Design
    Dan Formosa
    • Self - Design & Research, Smart Design (New York)as Self - Design & Research, Smart Design (New York)
    Naoto Fukasawa
    • Self - Designer (Tokyo)as Self - Designer (Tokyo)
    Jonathan Ive
    Jonathan Ive
    • Self - Senior VP Industrial Design, Apple (Cupertino)as Self - Senior VP Industrial Design, Apple (Cupertino)
    Hella Jongerius
    • Self - Designer (Rotterdam)as Self - Designer (Rotterdam)
    Bill Moggridge
    • Self - co-founder IDEOas Self - co-founder IDEO
    Marc Newson
    • Self - Designer (Paris)as Self - Designer (Paris)
    Fiona Raby
    • Self - Designer (London)as Self - Designer (London)
    Dieter Rams
    • Self - Former Design Director, Braun Kronberg (Germany)as Self - Former Design Director, Braun Kronberg (Germany)
    Karim Rashid
    • Self - Designer (New York)as Self - Designer (New York)
    Alice Rawsthorn
    • Self - Design Editor, International Herald Tribuneas Self - Design Editor, International Herald Tribune
    Amber Shonts
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Gary Hustwit
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    • Quotes

      Tim Brown - CEO & President, IDEO: If one's really honest with oneself, most of what we design ends up in a landfill somewhere. And I'm pretty sure most of the products that I have designed in my career, most instances of that, of the millions of things that have been produced are probably in landfills today. That isn't something that I was conscious of when I started working in design. It didn't even really sort-of occur to me because it doesn't really occur to us as a society, I think. Now, to be a designer, you have to take that into consideration because we have to think about these complex systems in which our products exist.

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    8/10
    Engaging, informative and thought-provoking.
    First off, just to let you know, I'm a designer. I say that because it may mean that I have more interest in the subject than most. Objectified however really points to the fact that we are ALL interested in this stuff. Far more than most consciously realize, and for those who do, probably more than we care to admit.

    Gary Hustwit's previous, "Helvetica" is on my rack and gets viewed probably about once a year. It's just that kinda documentary. Objectified is, in my 'subjectified' opinion, not quite so good, not quite as thoroughly followed through but Hustwit remains one of my favorite documentarians.

    Objectified is certainly engaging enough to pull you into the designing backstage of our world; the depth of thinking that goes behind much of what we take for granted. If you like "stuff" you'll like this movie. Even if you don't particularly care, then I still recommend it. Hustwit is again able to show just how powerful a pull we give to the things around us, what goes into them, and what we get out. You may find you care a lot more than you think you do. We really have a materialistic mindset and this is a good first step to seeing it clearly ... and maybe finding a way out.
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    • Oct 21, 2010

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    • Release date
      • May 22, 2009 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • PBS
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Dutch
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Уречевлення
    • Production companies
      • Plexi Productions
      • Swiss Dots
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,185
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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