Episode 5 | Design for Life

S06E06: Chairs | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits the Ercol factory in Buckinghamshire to follow the production of a Windsor chair. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey investiga...

Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory

Cherry investigates the source of wood used for making Windsor chairs, and the process it undergoes to make it ready for ...

02: Away | Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners

Mark Miodownik looks at how materials have enabled us to indulge our curiosity about the world arou...

S02E04: Bicycles | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits Britain's largest bicycle factory, which produces 150 folding bikes every day, and joins a production line to make...

Wartime furniture | Inside the Factory

Ruth visits a museum where she finds out the government-approved furniture that certain people could buy with tokens, designed with th...

Converting old chairs | Money for Nothing

Two old wooden chairs are turned into beautiful pieces fit for a new home.

01: Home | Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners

Mark Miodownik shows that some of the everyday objects that are often taken for granted are in fact...

Art and Design | Bitesize Secondary

Series supporting the Creative Arts diploma, focusing on fashion, textile, graphic and product design. It looks at areas as diverse as th...

Creating moulds | James May's Man Lab

James re-forms some impractical kitchen items into the perfect lemon squeezer in his very own foundry.

Episode 1 | Design for Life

In an effort to find a new generation of design talent, Philippe Starck, one of the world's best known product designers, invites 12 hopefuls to ...

Episode 2 | Design for Life

At the school of design in Paris the 10 surviving students are set a challenge by master of design, Philippe Starck. Tensions rise among the stud...

Episode 3 | Design for Life

Students compete for a placement with Philippe Starck. After a misunderstanding, everybody panics when they realise that there's just a day to tu...

Episode 4 | Design for Life

Students compete for a placement with Philippe Starck. After their failure to interpret the brief correctly, the students struggle yet again to g...

Episode 6 | Design for Life

It is the final and only Ilsa and Mike remain from the original 12 students. They have two weeks to finalise their products and come up with adve...

Making a chair (Part 1) | Inside the Factory

Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. First up cutting the diffe...

Making a chair (Part 2) | Inside the Factory

Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. Next up, bending the bow o...

Making a chair (Part 3) | Inside the Factory

Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. Next up, sanding the separ...

Making a chair (Part 4) | Inside the Factory

Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. Next up, assembling the co...

Making a chair (Part 5) | Inside the Factory

Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. Last up, polishing the cha...

Philippe Starck | Profiles

Documentary profiling Philippe Starck. Design journalist Marcus Fairs talks to critics and collaborators in an attempt to discover what makes him ...