Gary Hustwit

Watch Your Back Depp: Design Films Are On a Roll

Michael Cannell — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:42:11 -0400

You won't see any chase scenes or canoodling. No scatological jokes, and hardly any women. For the most part it's just wrinkly old white men talking about fenestration and foundation walls. Design documentaries may not be sexy, but they're enjoying a surprising surge on the indie film circuit.

Why design? The documentaries riding a wave of interest in the field, and designers are, almost without exception, charismatic figures who know how to court the camera.

Objectified: The New Design Film That Sickens, Inspires

Linda Tischler — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:48:10 -0400

"Your movie made me physically sick," one audience member told Gary Hustwit (left), the director of Objectified, the eagerly anticipated film about industrial design, last night at a screening in New York.

Far from being miffed, Hustwit grinned. "Maybe that's what we were trying to do," he said slyly.

'Objectified' Review: A Hurricane of Consumer Values

Alissa Walker — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:53:58 -0400

Gary Hustwit's "Objectified" [video]

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:21:20 -0500