WWU Industrial Design Program Co-Sponsors Showing of "Objectified" at the Pickford Cinema Oct. 2-4

DATE: September 28, 2009 12:55:47 PM PDT

Contact: Jason Morris, WWU associate professor of Engineering Technology, (360) 650-2514 or Jason.morris@wwu.edu.

BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s Industrial Design Program is co-sponsoring, along with the Ideal store, showings of the design documentary “Objectified” at 2 p.m. on Friday-Sunday, Oct. 2-4, at Bellingham’s Pickford Cinema.

“Objectified,” Gary Hustwit’s documentary about industrial design, is as sleek and handsome as any of the new and improved household items it exhibits.

The movie traces the history of the field to the need for mass production – arrows used by warriors in Chinese armies had to be standardized. From there, this absorbing, digressive study hop–scotches among designers in several countries, some of them serious thinkers, others eccentric showoffs.

Before “Objectified” will be a screening of “Form Function,” a 10-minute short film by WWU Associate Professor of Engineering Technology Jason Morris, which showcases the work of his junior Industrial Design class last spring.

For more information about the screening of either “Objectified” or “Form Function,” contact Morris at (360) 650-2514 or Jason.morris@wwu.edu.

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