FORMAT: DVD Pal
CAT#: BFIVD855
Barcode: 5 035673 008553
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Some Words from Saint Etienne's Pete Wiggs on Page 24 of Booklet
Also includes a 8 Panel BFI 2011 DVD Catalog
This second volume in the COI Collection surveys the subjects of architecture, design and fashion. Highlights include: Designing Women (1948), Joyce Grenfell takes us through the dos and dont's of home furnishing; Brief City (1952), modernist architecture and design on show at the Festival of Britain; Design for Today (1965), Hugh Hudson's day-in-the-life of British design; Insight: Terence Conran (1981) and Insight: Zandra Rhodes (1981), Peter Greenaway and Michael Nyman team up in an early collaboration: The Pacemakers – BIBA (1970) a look at the work of Barbara Hulanicki.
This volume also boasts two newly commissioned scores by electronic pop band Saint Etienne. They give Designed in Britain (1959) and Design for Today (1965) a contemporary music makeover, whilst still retaining some original features. An accompanying booklet provides authoritative notes, along with Hugh Hudson's recollections of making Design for Today.
