Dear Punya
You could think of using some of the short films made by Charles and Ray
Eames in the 60's and 70's which are both evocative and exqiisite in
their expression of form and content. I would particularly recommend
'Tops' and "Black Top" which are poetic expressions on film and there
are a whole lot more, all available easily from the very reasonably
priced DVD set of six in a box now available from the Eames Office
website managed by Eames' grandson. <http://www.eamesoffice.com>
I first saw these films in the early 70's as a design student at NID and
now I have a personal set which I use in class to stimulate discussions
on sensitivity and design thinking. Check out the website and get the
set of six DVD's since the entire collection is just great for students
and can be watched year after year and still be stimulating for the
viewer, they never fail to amaze one, just fascinating.
With warm regards
M P Ranjan
from my Mac at home on the NID campus
5 August 2007 at 11.50 pm IST
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Prof M P Ranjan
Faculty of Design
Head, Centre for Bamboo Initiatives at NID (CFBI-NID)
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Punya Mishra wrote:
>
> Dear friends,
>
> I am teaching a course on design this coming fall. This is in a college
> of eduction. The brief course description is as follows:
>
> Title: Design of Media for Learning
> Brief description: Design knowledge as it intersects education,
> psychology, communications, engineering, media theory, art and
> aesthetics. Research methodologies for understanding design. Design of
> educational media.
>
> I often like to include videos in my teaching - either as short clips
> that we view in class or longer movies that I recommend to students. For
> instance in my educational psychology classes we watch anything from
> "Searching for Bobby Fisher" to " Jtre et avoir" (English title, To Be
> and to Have, and for those who haven't seen it, it is a wonderful
> documentary about a one room school-house in France)."
>
> I was wondering if people on this list can recommend some
> movies/documentaries/short films related to design, the meaning we
> attach to artifacts, the creative process etc., anything that can help
> set the agenda or help us thinking fruitfully about this complicated
> thing we call design. Currently on my list are "The Deep Dive" (6o
> minutes show on IDEO), a movie called Robot Stories (especially the 2nd
> story in the movie), and a few more...
>
> Please reply to me directly and I will post a summary to the list (if
> people are interested).
>
> thanks in anticipation
> ~ punya
>
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