{"id":18670,"date":"2021-01-16T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=18670"},"modified":"2022-09-16T21:43:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:43:14","slug":"the-genius-of-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=18670","title":{"rendered":"The Genius of Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Genius of Design<\/strong><\/em> examines the history of design<\/a>, focusing on inventions \u2013 such as the ring pull and the fitted kitchen \u2013 that have transformed modern life. It tells the story of design from the Industrial Revolution<\/a> through 20s modernism, the swinging 60s, the designer 80s and up to the present day. Features interviews with star designers like Philippe Starck<\/a> and creatives from Apple<\/a> and Ford<\/a>; as well as design fans like Stephen Fry<\/a>. This five-part series charts the story invention and innovation from the Industrial Revolution up to modern day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Episode 1: Ghosts in the Machine<\/strong>
The story of the birth of industrial design, from celebrated names to the work of anonymous designers responsible for prosaic but classic designs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Episode 2: Designs for Living<\/strong>
In the 1920s and 30s, with the world at the tipping point between two global wars, design suggested dramatically different ideas about the shape of things to come.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Episode 3: Blueprints for War<\/strong>
A look at the rival war machines designed and built during World War II, and how definitions of good design shift dramatically when national survival is at stake.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Episode 4: Better Living Through Chemistry<\/strong>
In the 1950s and 60s, plastic, combined with the miracles of electronic miniaturisation, allowed designers to offer consumers more freedom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Episode 5: Objects of Desire<\/strong>
The story 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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