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The Design Dimension

Series 3

Episode 1: Playing 'God'

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Dyckhoff explores the doll and how we represent ourselves individually and socially. He questions gender and stereotypes and looks at the design features of successful dolls. Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 3

Episode 2: Money, Money, Money

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Dyckhoff finds out how money is designed so that it is valued and trusted both in the real and virtual worlds. Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 1

Episode 1: Design and Desire

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

In design, what we consider to be desirable - and undesirable - is ever changing. Shumi Bose examines the qualities we consider to be most desirable. Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 1

Episode 2: Design and Damage

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Shumi Bose presents a four-part series that examines where design meets life. When our cities, our homes or our bodies suffer damage, how can design help? Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 1

Episode 3: Design and Identity

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Architectural writer Shumi Bose explores how design can help us explore and express our sense of identity. Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 1

Episode 4: Design and Truth

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Architectural writer Shumi Bose examines where design meets life. She explores whether we can trust what we see, and looks for 'truth' in the designs which organise our world. Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 2

Episode 1: Know Your Place

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Dyckhoff examines how the design of the built environment can influence who we are and who we might become. Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 2

Episode 2: Designing Protest

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Dyckhoff explores the history and the practice of design in protest. Featuring contributions from fashion writer Cally Blackman and political activist Mark Thomas. Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 2

Episode 3: Ageing Gracefully

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Dyckhoff talks to Sir Kenneth Grange about designing furniture for older people, for whom the shiny surfaces and minimal comfort of much modernist design poses challenges. Show more

The Design Dimension

Series 2

Episode 4: For Better or Worse

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Dyckhoff considers the digital future of design, looking at drone ambulances, a phone-based diagnostic eye examination and the pros and cons of the driverless car. Show more