Images from the Objectified Website

About the film
Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability. 

Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, the film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives. What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves?

Read director Gary Hustwit’s post about the film

Objectified is currently in production and will have its world premiere in March 2009. Join the mailing list or subscribe to our RSS feed to stay informed of screening announcements.

Featuring
Paola Antonelli (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Chris Bangle (BMW Group, Munich)
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec (Paris)
Andrew Blauvelt (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis)
Tim Brown (IDEO)
Anthony Dunne (London)
Dan Formosa (Smart Design)
Naoto Fukasawa (Tokyo)
Jonathan Ive (Apple, California)
Hella Jongerius (Rotterdam)
David Kelley (IDEO)
Bill Moggridge (IDEO)
Marc Newson (London/Paris)
Fiona Raby (London)
Dieter Rams (Kronberg, Germany)
Karim Rashid (New York)
Alice Rawsthorn (International Herald Tribune)
Davin Stowell (Smart Design)
Jane Fulton Suri (IDEO)
Rob Walker (New York Times Magazine)
and more participants TBA

Credits

Produced and Directed by
Gary Hustwit
Editor

Joe Beshenkovsky
Director of Photography

Luke Geissbuhler
Additional Photography

Guillermo Cabrera

Kevin Fritz

Gary Hustwit

James Longley

Ben Wolf
Sound Recordists

Singeli Agnew

Valerio Cerini

Joelle Jaffe

Matty Nematollahi

Sam Pullen

Mike Urdaneta

Contact Info
General inquiries: info (at) objectifiedfilm (dot) com
Screening inquiries: objectified (at) swissdots (dot) com
Filmmaker contact: gary (at) objectifiedfilm (dot) com

Screenings
March 13 - 17
Austin TX, USA
South by Southwest Film Festival
World Premiere! March 14, Paramount Theater, 5pm. Post-screening Q&A with director Gary Hustwit and film cast members. Additional screening March 17, Austin Convention Center. Buy afilm badge or pass and see all the films at SxSW. Individual tickets are sold at the venue 15 minutes before screening time, depending on available space.
SOLD OUT

March 15 at SxSW Interactive: “We Have Been Objectified: Identity, Consumerism, and the Future of Designed Objects” panel discussion with Gary Hustwit, Tim Brown (IDEO), Davin Stowell (Smart Design), and Rob Walker (New York Times Magazine Consumed columnist), moderated by Stuart Constantine (Core77).

March 19
Las Vegas NV, USA
MIX09 Conference
Special screening at the MIX09 web development conference, for attendees only. Q&A with Gary Hustwit.

April 2-5
Durham NC, USA
Full Frame Documentary Festival
Q&A with Gary Hustwit

April 9
New York NY, USA
Special Screening - Visual Arts Theater
6:30pm & 9:30pm. Post-screening Q&A with Gary Hustwit and designers from the film
Presented in conjunction with the School of Visual Arts
SOLD OUT

April 16
London, UK
Special Screening - Curzon Chelsea Cinema, 7pm
Special guests Jonathan Ive, Marc Newson, Alice Rawsthorn, and Gary Hustwit
Open seating, film starts promptly at 7pm so arrive early.
SOLD OUT

April 21 & 22
San Francisco CA, USA
Special Screening - Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
7pm & 10pm. Post-screening Q&A with Gary Hustwit and designers from the film
Sponsored by AIGA SF, IDSA SF, and Dwell Magazine

April 21 SOLD OUT
Second night added in San Francisco, April 22! Get tickets

April 27
Denver CO, USA
Special Screening - Mayan Theatre
7pm, Q&A with director Gary Hustwit
Sponsored by AIGA Colorado, IDSA RM, and the Art Directors Club Denver
Tickets on sale now

April 28
Chicago IL, USA
Special Screening, Music Box Theatre
7:30pm, post-screening Q&A with Gary Hustwit and film cast members
Sponsored by AIGA Chicago, IDSA Chicago, and Coudal Partners
SOLD OUT

April 30
Minneapolis MN, USA
Walker Art Center
Two screenings, Q&A’s with Gary Hustwit and Andrew Blauvelt.
Tickets on sale now

May 3 & 4
Toronto ON, Canada
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Canadian Premiere! Two screenings at the Bloor Cinema, Q&A’s with Gary Hustwit.
Tickets on sale now

May 5
Vancouver BC, Canada
Special Screening - Rio Theatre
6:30pm, post-screening Q&A with Gary Hustwit
Sponsored by the GDC BC, BCID, and ACID
Tickets on sale now

May 11
Philadelphia PA, USA
Special Screening - Drexel University
The Westphal College at Drexel University, 6:30pm & 9pm
Bossone Auditorium
Post-screening Q&A’s with director Gary Hustwit
Tickets on sale now

May 13
Atlanta GA, USA
Special Screening - Plaza Theatre
7pm, post-screening Q&A with Gary Hustwit and special guests.
Sponsored by the Museum of Design Atlanta, AIGA Atlanta and IDSA Atlanta
Tickets on sale now

May 14
Indianapolis IN, USA
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Post-screening Q&A with Gary Hustwit.

May 15 & 16
Columbus OH, USA
Wexner Center for the Arts
Three showings, post-screening Q&A’s with Gary Hustwit
Tickets on sale now

May 21 & 22
Boston MA, USA
Museum of Fine Arts
8pm both nights. Q&A with Gary Hustwit after May 21st screening.
Tickets on sale soon

June 12
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cinéma du Parc
7pm and 9:30pm, Q&A with Gary Hustwit after both screenings.
Tickets on sale now

Coming very soon: details on screenings in Vancouver, Denver, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Barcelona, Berlin, Melbourne, Auckland, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Providence, Seoul, Washington DC, Cleveland, Paris, and 100 other cities worldwide. We’ll be releasing more event news every week, so subscribe to our newsletter or our RSS feed and we’ll keep you posted.

If you work with a film festival, museum, cinema, or arts group and would like to inquire about possibly organizing a screening, please contact us via email: objectified (at) swissdots (dot) com

For updated information, to view the trailer, and for further information, visit the website here: http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/