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59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
In the 1950s and 60s, plastic, combined with the miracles of electronic miniaturisation, allowed designers to offer consumers more freedom. Show more
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
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. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
The story of the birth of industrial design, from celebrated names to the work of anonymous designers responsible for prosaic but classic designs. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
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. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
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. Show more
