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Plug. Pitch. Promote. Display. Endorse. Notify. Inform. Put on the map. Sponsor. Sell. Hype. Herald. Exhibit. There are a slew of ways to define the process of getting a product attention and sales; AD FACTORY peeks behind the screen to reveal the inner workings of television’s most influential and interesting advertisements.
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This is a Pakistan the rest of the world never sees: colorful, musical and vibrant. Another Pakistan takes a different look at a country widely perceived as backward, dangerous and a hotbed for terrorism, driven by Islamic fundamentalism at odds with the modern age. British Pakistani businesswoman Nighat Awan follows a personal journey that shows how unlike this perception the country really is.
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Two jewelry houses, each with their own defining heritage and mindset, share a passion for fine jewelry. The iconic Cartier is a French classic that has captivated jewelry lovers for over a century.
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Experience the birth of the "Bird's Nest," Beijing's iconic National Stadium which played host to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Swedish designer, Thomas Herzog, conceptualized this marvel, which is not only functional, but architectural and cultural. Explore the creation of this magnificent structure from the beginning stages through the construction and completion. You'll hear from the designers, architects and welders who each played a part. The Bird's Nest stands apart from any other stadium as a one of a kind structure unique in its design and social significance. Like humans, buildings have life. The Bird's Nest will forever be a piece of Beijing's history and Chinese culture.
Related Titles: "The World's Dream Stage," "Megawheel"
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The experience of a capital created from nothing 40 years ago on a desert plateau in Brazil.
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Claude Monet (1840-1926) is the first and last great Impressionist: the man whose painting gave birth to the term Impressionism.
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From an idea to the first design of a new product, designers have their own ways of creating the art using a drawing board or a computer screen. But what makes the most attractive product out of tons of good products? Now, designers have to use not only their creativity but also their thinking and problem solving skills to make business decisions.
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The spotlight falls on Berlin, an epicenter, of European contemporary art. When
the Berlin wall came down in 1989, artists moved in attracted by the city's bohemian
image and liberalism. Frank Thiel has documented the rapid rebirth and
architectural changes in the reunified Berlin and Norbert Bisky's violent, but
pastel scenes deal with disillusion in the utopia of a western world.
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Take a visit to Cape Town to meet artists who are working in post-Apartheid South Africa. Sculptor and painter, Willie Bester, reveals why he trawls the city's junkyards for inspiration and materials and sound artist James Webb takes us on a tour of Cape Town.
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Travel to Italy to discover more about its burgeoning contemporary art scene. We
meet rising star Patrick Tuttofuoco, who uses architecture as inspiration for his dynamic
sculptures and we meet il Padre of contemporary Italian art, Michelangelo
Pistoletto.
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Destination Art travels to Mumbai, the fastest moving, most affluent and industrialized
city in India. We take a look at its ever changing landscape through the
eyes of two very different artists, Hema Upadhyay and Sudhir Patwardhan.
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In the vibrant city of Tokyo where Asian and Western art styles meet, photographer
Ishiuchi Miyako discusses her captivating work which explores the passage
of time. We also meet one of Japan's most established sculptures and painters,
77-year old Yayoi Kusama.
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Destination Art travels the world in search of art in all shapes and sizes. Presented by Francine Stock, this series showcases some of the most renowned creative figures at the cutting edge of the world of art. From Tokyo to Mumbai we find both budding and established artists working in a range of materials and styles. Sculpture, oils, photography, installation; it is all covered in this insightful series.
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Destination Fashion views the designs, innovations and philosophies of some of the most creative, new and well-known people who work in the fashion industry. This 3-part series features trendsetters, creators and writers from India, London and Copenhagen. India is a fast emerging fashion hub. The emergence of fashion weeks in Mumbai and Delhi gives Indian fashion a platform the rest of the world is invited to see.
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London is ranked as one of the top five fashion capitals of the world, and we are going to see why. Some of the most famed designers come out of schools in London. Meet up with the expert staff at Central St. Martin's to discover why they nurture talent with unique qualities. Bora Aksu is no exception. He came from Turkey and has since become a huge name in London's fashion scene. Meet the quirky designers Antoni and Alison who make their own trends. Unearth the vintage treasures that can be found in Rellik. Hear Amanda Wakeley's values of British quality and style. Visit Jasper Conran in his chic London boutique to discuss high-end fashion. And finally, unlock the secrets of Topshop in a meeting with brand director Jane Sheperdson. Experience the chaos, class and originality that is British style.
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Along the Persian Gulf flourishes a chain of tourist cities with futuristic architecture heralding the look of the 21st century.
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Edgar Degas (1834-1917) had a seemingly effortless natural talent which sometimes disguised his obsessive working and reworking of images.
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Manet (1832-83) was the reluctant role model and artistic godfather of the Impressionists.
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A fashion designer for a street wear label reveals the process that turns the sketch in his notebook into a garment hanging on the rack in a clothing shop. We follow all the steps in the process.
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This unique program describes the life and work of Antoni Gaudi, an extraordinary architect whose works are displayed throughout Barcelona. Presented in the guise of an autobiography, "Gaudi: Life and Works" invites us into the mind of a creative revolutionary.
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This visually stunning three part series explores the connection of the religion of Islam with its art and architecture, revealing how artistic giants such as Sinian were led by Islamic movement to craft a glorious aesthetic heritage. Their faith is reflected in the related but distinct achievements throughout the centuries: the Umayyads of Damascus, in the 9th and 10th, the 12th century Shi'ite Fatimids and 14th century Sunni Mamlukes of Cairo, and the Ottomans of Istanbul in the 15th and 16th centuries. The combinations of unsurpassed beauty and compelling storytelling makes this subject readily accessible to a broad audience.
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Steven Holl is one of America's most renowned and innovative architects, and the winner of many outstanding awards. The Building, opened by Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit in August 2009, the Hamsun Center, off Norway's northwest coast, is one of his most prestigious international achievements and a worthy runner-up to the Oslo Opera House.
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Small in physical stature, the aristocratic Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) became the painter of the darker side of Parisian life at the end of the 19th century.
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This dazzling art series reveals a fresh and exciting perspective on how to truly appreciate and better understand the world of painting.
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Impressionism is probably the most well known and most popular style of art today. This eight-part series brings that world alive by looking at the movement through the lives of eight of the greatest Impressionist painters ever - MANET, MONEY, DEGAS, RENOIR, CEZANNE, VAN GOGH, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC and GAUGUIN. This series covers all aspects of "The Impressionists'" lives; their work, the development of their style, their characters, and their friendships. It also looks at a selection of each of the artists' paintings which are representative of their life and work. These paintings are all from a limited number of collections in Britain, Paris and Amsterdam.
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India is an ancient land of devotion, ritual, and tradition - but it is also in the throes of becoming the modern world's largest consumer economy. This program looks at both broad areas of progress (education, health care, information technology, urbanization) and concerns (illiteracy, poverty, the caste system, urban sprawl, damage to natural resources) and specific examples of each.
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Manish Arora is one of the biggest icons in the world of Indian fashion today. He is known for a rich palette of psychedelic colors and kitsch motifs in garments combining India and the West. With creations worn by stars like Lady Gaga, he now has international acclaim. In India on the Catwalk, Arora takes the audience back to where it all began, telling a personal story about his rise to fame the international fashion scene.
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INNOVATION LAB is a series that unveils the secrets of cre- ativity, design, technology and goes behind the scenes in companies that have successfully implemented cutting-edge business models. Innovation Lab gathers the most creative ideas and innovative companies from different industries.
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Italian Cathedrals is a visual portrait of two cathedrals; one in Venice and one in Florence. Learn about the architecture, art, interior design, and inspiration each has on it's city.
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From humble beginnings as durable clothing for workers in the mining towns of the Wild West, jeans have evolved into a cultural icon.
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An industrial designer shows how he hand-makes high quality pressed jewelry from silver and gold. His process is contrasted with mass produced jewelry cast from pewter for the surfers' market.
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The rediscovery of a city that cares more about the art of living than its monuments.
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20,000 years ago Siberians crossed the Bering Strait land bridge into Alaska, and poured into the American prairie. As the copper-colored descendants of the Siberian hunters began to settle down, the Red Indian emerged in North America and developed an amazing diversity in habitats, cultures, arts and crafts.
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Japan's long struggle to remain free from the dominance of China and to conserve its' cultural identity is manifested in the simplicity and severity of ceremony and design: most vividly in aspects of Japanese life such as formal gardens, calligraphy, craftsmanship in pottery, wood, paper, fan making and bamboo.
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This captivating 11 part series portrays the history of the Pacific Rim countries and their intriguing life today. MAN ON THE RIM traces the greatest succession of migrations in history and the historical and cultural background of this remarkable migration. It uncovers the footprints of a tremendous cavalcade of technological and biological evolution. Today the global economic center of gravity is shifting to the Pacific and the peoples of the Rim are emerging as a major force in world affairs. This extraordinary series offers a glimpse of the shape of the next momentous period in human history: the Pacific Century.
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Around Central Park, discovering the city that is the most representative of the architecture of the 20th century.
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No other function in our world is evolving more than marketing: what are the new rules of branding, communication anddifferentiation? MARK IT explores new marketing and media concepts that are revolutionizing the way we consume and create advertising: from online and mobile marketing to the power of creativity.
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No other function in our world is evolving more than marketing: what are the new rules of branding, communication and differentiation?
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It's the most popular luxury item in the world. It's the second biggest earner for haute couture brands and no celebrity will step out without one. In just ten years, the handbag has become the world's top selling accessory. The more expensive it is, the more it is snapped up!
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The Ottomans continued the theme of borrowing from, or adapting the work of their Byzantine predecessors. The two dominating buildings of historic Istanbul are the Blue Mosque and Haghia Sophia. The latter is a converted Christian cathedral, still containing the images of Jesus and Mary alongside the motifs of the early caliphs. The man mainly responsible for the conversion was the pre-eminent architect of Islam, Sinan. He was lucky enough to win the patronage of Suleiman the Magnificent, one of the richest and the most powerful of Ottoman rulers.
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Takes us to the Sumerian archaeological sites in present day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere, to see the influence of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system in the world. Its development brought about a cultural renaissance,and Sumer's rise in the Mesopotamian region. The influence of these Sumerian wedge characters did not end with the fall of Sumer, but also provided a literary foundation for civilizations that followed. Cuneiform influenced Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing, evolving over time from rudimentary pictures to standardized symbols.
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This episode examines the seven dialects of the Chinese language - all different from one another but share the same writing systems. Chinese differs from other languages in that it is all monosyllables with multiple meanings depending on pronunciation. This episode follows the evolution of the Chinese dialects.
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The Endless Challenge focuses on ancient Persia, a vast empire that stretched across western Asia into Europe and Africa. The blending of cultures in ancient Persia left a number of artifacts that show how prolific writing systems came to be. The program centers on how the century-long task of deciphering these writing systems produced a greater understanding of ancient Persia and its influences long after, even on Western civilizations.
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Describes dramatic change brought about by the evolution of writing from simple letters to entire alphabetic systems. This program both examines the reasons the alphabets were developed, and traces how the use of alphabets spread around the world, changing the cultures they touched. Letters of a sphinx discovered on the Sinai Peninsula in 1905 reveal how the characters found there were in a very different style from earlier forms of writing and suggest the beginning of an alphabet.
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In 711 A.D. the Moroccan Islamic army crossed the strait of Gibraltar and reached Tarifa, a port at the edge of the European continent, and began a rule of more than 800 years. Those years of Islamic rule left unique traces of its culture in the Andalusia region of Spain. Now, Southern Spain has a complex history having absorbed the influences from not only Islam but from the Romans and Christianity. Cordoba became a symbolic city mixing the various influences and now has a culture unique to Spain. Does that cultural development continue today?
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Of all the major Impressionists, Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) is the man who pushed Impressionism towards a totally new way of representing the world, one which shattered the artistic conventions of five centuries and more.
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Paul Gauguin's life (1848-1903) was as colorful as his painting, a rich and varied melting pot of different styles, ideas and cultures.
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The work of Pierre August Renoir (1841-1919) is the most sensual and carefree of all the Impressionists.
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What happened in Europe at the time of the renaissance and
how has it influenced modern man? This historical documentary
takes us back to one of history's most intriguing and crucial
chapters of Europe's history when doors opened to whole
new worlds; when man explored the stars, and traveled to the
ends of the earth.
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The most agreeable city in Brazil was also the site of the most successful architectural creations of the 20th century.
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