A Brief History of Graphics • 0 • 5 episodes •
Voodoo Bloom
The voodoo magic of 3D acceleration, and the resultant bloom in realistic graphics.
2014 • Design
The dawn of video game graphics.
The voodoo magic of 3D acceleration, and the resultant bloom in realistic graphics.
2014 • Design
The voodoo magic of 3D acceleration, and the resultant bloom in realistic graphics.
4/5 • A Brief History of Graphics • 2014 • Design
They begin in California, viewing a property built from the wings and tail fins of a Boeing 747. In Arizona, the pair stay in a modern house with an innovative take on an ancient technique of absorbing the heat during the day and releasing it at night. In New Zealand, Caroline and Piers view a house camouflaged using cedar cladding, while their last stop takes them to a hexagonal alpine chalet with a steel chimney core that anchors it to the mountain.
S1E1 • The World's Most Extraordinary Homes • 2017 • Design
Nicholas Kennedy works with the ghosts of printing’s past, by using salvaged equipment. His style of “anti-design” or “found design” insists that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time you create. He suddenly makes the dying art of bookmaking seem very much alive.
5/6 • Great Minds of Design • 2012 • Design
La Sagrada Familia – although still under construction in Barcelona – is a cathedral without any flaws. Almost 100 years after his death, experts are convinced that Gaudi was a mathematical genius and that each embellishing ornament of the Sagrada Familia actually serves an architectural purpose.
2015 • Design
