Urbanized to Join Objectified, Helvetica, as Design Nerds Get Their Ultimate Trilogy Box Set

Filmmaker Gary Hustwit has become the Francis Ford Coppola of design documentaries (I expect a vineyard soon). His documentaries on type (Helvetica) and industrial design (Objectified) are glorious, intimate sources of visual inspiration. Now, he’s taking his quest to release a third film on cities to Kickstarter. And while Kickstarter seems to be the “it” […]

Review: DJ Shortee How-To DJ DVDs

DJ Eldorado is back with a guest review of instructional DVDs that aim to teach you how to DJ — and to his surprise, given the challenge of teaching DJing, he’s got only good things to say. Drop the iPods and learn real vinyl and computer programs like Final Scratch: can these show you the […]

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2005

Moog Documentary DVD: May

The gang at Music Thing filling in for Tom while he's away have wisely pointed to the trailer for the superb Moog documentary. If you missed this in theaters in the fall, you've got another chance: Plexifilm tells CDM to expect the DVD sometime around May. We'll keep you posted here. And there's a poster […]

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2005

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