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

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

Design and Technology | BBC Four | 2014 | 59'07''

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

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

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

Design and Technology | BBC Four | 2014 | 58'37''

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

Jonathan Ive | Blue Peter

Jonathan Ive | Blue Peter

Design and Technology | CBBC | 2013 | 6'52''

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

Philippe Starck | Profiles

Philippe Starck | Profiles

Design and Technology | BBC Four | 2004 | 28'59''

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

Rams: Principles of Good Design

Rams: Principles of Good Design

Design and Technology | BBC Four | 2019 | 59'03''

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?

Episode 6 | Design for Life

Episode 6 | Design for Life

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'59''

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

Episode 5 | Design for Life

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'57''

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

Episode 4 | Design for Life

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'56''

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

Episode 3 | Design for Life

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2009 | 59'01''

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

Episode 2 | Design for Life

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2009 | 59'05''

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

Episode 1 | Design for Life

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'41''

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 ...

The Designed World | The Learning Zone

The Designed World | The Learning Zone

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'52''

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

Art and Design | Bitesize Secondary

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2010 | 58'57''

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

Creating moulds | James May’s Man Lab

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2011 | 10'50''

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

S07E04: Diggers | Inside the Factory

S07E04: Diggers | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'03''

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

S05E02: Wax Jackets | Inside the Factory

S05E02: Wax Jackets | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'58''

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

S04E02: Toilet Roll | Inside the Factory

S04E02: Toilet Roll | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'28''

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...

S02E04: Bicycles | Inside the Factory

S02E04: Bicycles | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2016 | 58'59''

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

S06E07: Leather Boots | Inside the Factory

S06E07: Leather Boots | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 58'51''

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

S06E06: Chairs | Inside the Factory

S06E06: Chairs | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'09''

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

Making a chair (Part 4) | Inside the Factory

Making a chair (Part 4) | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 6'17''

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

Making a chair (Part 5) | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 4'34''

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 1) | Inside the Factory

Making a chair (Part 1) | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 6'37''

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 3) | Inside the Factory

Making a chair (Part 3) | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 4'01''

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

Making a chair (Part 2) | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 4'15''

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...

Wartime furniture | Inside the Factory

Wartime furniture | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 5'10''

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

Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory

Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory

Design and Technology | BBC Two | 2022 | 5'09''

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

Converting old chairs | Money for Nothing

Converting old chairs | Money for Nothing

Design and Technology | BBC One | 2018 | 6'00''

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