Design and Technology

05: Objects of Desire | The Genius of Design

After the drab days of the late 70s, an explosion of wild creativity defined the 'designer decades' of the 80s and early 90s.

01: Ghosts in the Machine | The Genius of Design

The story of the birth of industrial design, from celebrated names to the work of anonymous designers responsible for prosai...

Marek Reichman meets Peter Saville | Only Artists

The industrial designer Marek Reichman meets the graphic artist and designer Peter Saville.

04: Better Living Through Chemistry | The Genius of Design

In the 1950s and 60s, plastic, combined with the miracles of electronic miniaturisation, allowed designers to offe...

03: Blueprints for War | The Genius of Design

A look at the rival war machines designed and built during World War II, and how definitions of good design shift dramatically ...

02: Designs for Living | The Genius of Design

In the 1920s and 30s, with the world at the tipping point between two global wars, design suggested dramatically different idea...

The sewing machine | The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank

The rise of the Singer sewing machine and how it became a commercially successful product.

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 ...

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...

S07E02: Buses | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace gets exclusive access to a factory that builds red London buses, while Cherry Healey visits a bus windscreen factory and Rut...

Creating moulds | James May's Man Lab

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

S05E02: Wax Jackets | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day.

Photos with symbolism | Great British Photography Challenge

The contestants are using flowers to create different symbolism within their photos.

Photographing moving targets | Great British Photography Challenge

The contestants need to find the correct settings and techniques to take good action photos.

S07E04: Diggers | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get special access to a factory that makes as many as a hundred iconic yellow diggers every single day.

S04E02: Toilet Roll | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace explores the factory that makes 700,000 toilet rolls a day and Cherry Healey gets the bum deal of following a flush th...

S06E07: Leather Boots | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits a boot factory in Wollaston, Northamptonshire to follow the production of a pair of Dr. Martens, while Cherry...

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...

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 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 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 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...

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...

Making tweed | Tweed

The process of making tweed and its decline.

Brass metal work | Money for Nothing

An old brass fireplace front is turned into beautiful brass bottle openers.

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...

Creating moulds | James May's Man Lab

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

S05E02: Wax Jackets | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day.

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...

Jonathan Ive | Blue Peter

Barney meets Jonathan Ive, the British designer of the famous Apple products.

Philippe Starck | Profiles

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

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...

Episode 5 | Design for Life

Students compete for a placement with Philippe Starck. The four remaining students set out to meet Starck's model maker, but he is a hard man to ...

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 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 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 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 ...

Rams: Principles of Good Design

Dieter Rams has left an indelible mark on the field of product design. Why, at the age of 87, does he now regret ever taking up the profession?

The Designed World | The Learning Zone

An insight into the world of design through 12 stories, shot across a range of countries, ranging from product design to world class f...

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...

S07E04: Diggers | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get special access to a factory that makes as many as a hundred iconic yellow diggers every single day.

S04E02: Toilet Roll | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace explores the factory that makes 700,000 toilet rolls a day and Cherry Healey gets the bum deal of following a flush th...