About the film

Objectified is a feature-length independent documentary about industrial design. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the people who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability. It’s about our relationship to mass-produced objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, the film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives. What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves?

Read director Gary Hustwit’s post about the film.

Objectified is currently in production and will have its world premiere in early 2009. Join our mailing list or subscribe to our RSS feed to stay informed of screening announcements.

Featuring
Paola Antonelli (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Chris Bangle (BMW Group, Munich)
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec (Paris)
Andrew Blauvelt (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis)
Anthony Dunne (London)
Naoto Fukasawa (Tokyo)
IDEO (Palo Alto)
Jonathan Ive (Apple, California)
Hella Jongerius (Rotterdam)
Marc Newson (London/Paris)
Fiona Raby (London)
Dieter Rams (Kronberg, Germany)
Karim Rashid (New York)
Alice Rawsthorn (International Herald Tribune)
Smart Design (New York)
Rob Walker (New York Times Magazine)
and more participants TBA

Credits

Produced and Directed by
Gary Hustwit

Editor
Joe Beshenkovsky

Director of Photography
Luke Geissbuhler

Additional Photography
Gary Hustwit

Sound Recordists
Singeli Agnew
Valerio Cerini
Matty Nematollahi
Sam Pullen
Joelle Jaffe

Website Design
Jason Santa Maria

Contact Info

General inquiries: info (at) objectifiedfilm (dot) com
Screening inquiries: objectified (at) swissdots (dot) com
Filmmaker contact: gary (at) objectifiedfilm (dot) com