Eighteen months of work from over 100 people in ten countries finally comes to fruition today, with the film’s World Premiere this afternoon at the Paramount Theater here in Austin. There are so many people who’ve helped make this project possible, from the designers in the film and their staffs, to the all the people who helped make the film or have done technical work on it. My deep thanks to you all, and I hope you enjoy the final product.
And a note to SxSW Interactive attendees: your badge gets you into this afternoon’s World Premiere! This screening of Objectified is a joint Film/IA event. Just get there early…
If you can’t make it to Texas this weekend, PBS will be interviewing me live from SxSW at 3:30pm CST Monday, March 16. (Update: due to some technical issue, the interview wasn’t streamed live, but will be posted on the PBS site in the next day or two.)
Cheers,
-Gary
Categories: Film News
Tickets are now available for two special screenings of Objectified at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Director Gary Hustwit and cast member Andrew Blauvelt (who happens to be the Design Director of the Walker) will be in attendance for post-film Q&A’s. April 30th, 7pm & 9pm. Get tickets now.
Categories: Film News
Michael C. Place and his studiomates at Build have come up with an awesome poster design for Objectified, featuring drawings of dozens of objects from designers in the film and more. Our favorite part of the poster is the bottom row of images, which are the objects we used to actually make the film (genius idea, Michael!).
Looks like we’ll have to be patrolling the walls at South by Southwest again this time. 27″ x 39″, metallic silver and black, lithograph. We’ll be adding them to the shop soon.
Categories: Film News
Please join director Gary Hustwit and special guests Jonathan Ive, Marc Newson, and Alice Rawsthorn for a special London screening and post-film discussion.
Thursday, April 16, 7:00pm
Curzon Chelsea Cinema
206 King’s Road
London SW3 5XP
Open seating, film starts promptly at 19:00 so arrive early.
Tickets are very limited for this special event, and are only available through our site. Tickets will go on sale Thursday, 26 February at noon GMT.
UPDATE: This event is sold out. There is no returns list, any spare tickets will be sold at the door the night of the event.
Categories: Film News
Join director Gary Hustwit and designers from the film for preview screenings and post-film Q&A’s at the Visual Arts Theater. Formerly the Chelsea West, SVA’s Visual Arts Theater has undergone an extensive renovation led by legendary designer Milton Glaser. This event is presented in conjunction with the School of Visual Arts, and the MFA Designer as Author, MFA D-Crit, and MFA Interaction Design programs.
Thursday, April 9th, 6:30pm and 9:30pm
Visual Arts Theater
333 West 23rd Street
(between Eighth and Ninth Avenues)
New York, NY 10011
Tickets are on sale!
Categories: Film News
San Francisco: of the two added shows on April 22nd, the 7pm show is getting close to selling out. Still a fair amount of tickets for the 10pm show though.
Chicago: the event at the Music Box Theatre April 28th is actually getting close to selling out as well… get on it…
Two new events announced, both with Gary Hustwit in attendance:
May 14 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.
May 15 & 16 at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio.
Categories: Film News
Question: how many manufactured objects did you touch this morning, between waking up and leaving your house?
Categories: Musings, Production Stills
We’re pleased to announce another special screening event:
May 13
Atlanta GA, USA
Plaza Theatre, 7pm
Post-screening Q&A with Gary Hustwit and special guests.
Sponsored by the Museum of Design Atlanta, AIGA Atlanta, and IDSA Atlanta
Tickets on sale now.
Many more cities will be announced soon…
Categories: Film News
Tickets for the first two San Francisco special screenings on April 21st sold out in one day. So a second night has been added, with two new screenings on April 22nd at 7pm & 10pm. Director Gary Hustwit and designers from the film will be in attendance at these shows as well. Tickets go sale tomorrow, Tuesday February 10th, at 12 noon PST. Don’t miss out.
Categories: Film News
Big news in the car design world: Objectified cast member Chris Bangle has left BMW after 16 years as the company’s design chief. “Bangle’s plan to pursue his own design-related endeavours beyond the auto industry marks the start of a new phase in his life while maintaining strong ties with the BMW Group,” BMW said in a statement.
More coverage via Auto Week, Wired, Business Week.
Categories: Design News
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