Media Probes: Design

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This program projects that every object in the man-made environment serves a function and carries a message. Starts with design-related newsreel footage narrated by Ed Herlihy. Then goes to Macy’s in New York and looks at hair dryer design. The film takes viewers behind the scenes at a fashion showing. Also shows studies of consumers, tracking their eye movements when seeing a wall full of products at the grocery store. Introduces graphic designer Milton Glasser (of I HEART NY fame) and product designers Morison and Michael Cousins.

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