Objectified
A visually attentive documentary explores how designed objects organize daily life and reveal the values of the people who create and use them.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- reflective
- curious
- visually elegant
- design study
- creative inspiration
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the documentary as an engaging and visually polished exploration of industrial design and its relationship to everyday life.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film uses everyday manufactured objects and their designers to investigate how people live with, interpret, and emotionally invest in things.
Interviews connect industrial design with consumer habits and the broader social consequences of manufactured goods.
The documentary foregrounds product shapes, materials, interfaces, and construction through polished observational imagery.
Designers and curators including Paola Antonelli, Chris Bangle, and the Bouroullec brothers provide professional perspectives on modern object-making.
Films like Objectified, and why
Helvetica
design-focused documentary examining how creative disciplines shape everyday life and culture
Rams
observational documentary about visual culture, consumer objects, and the systems behind designed experiences
The Human Scale
thoughtful documentary portrait of modern architecture and its relationship to human experience
Movie Details
- Director
- Gary Hustwit
- Release Date
- 2009-05-22
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (121)
Cast
- Paola Antonelli
- Chris Bangle
- Andrew Blauvelt
- Erwan Bouroullec
- Ronan Bouroullec
- Anthony Dunne
- Agnete Enga
- Dan Formosa
- Naoto Fukasawa
- Jonathan Ive
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Criterion Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Objectified about?
- A visually attentive documentary explores how designed objects organize daily life and reveal the values of the people who create and use them.
- What is Objectified like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Objectified as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Objectified violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Objectified.
- What did critics think of Objectified?
- Critics broadly regard the documentary as an engaging and visually polished exploration of industrial design and its relationship to everyday life.
- Which films are like Objectified?
- Films with a similar feel include Helvetica, Rams, and The Human Scale.
- How long is Objectified?
- Objectified runs 75 minutes.
- Where can I watch Objectified?
- In United States, Objectified streams on Criterion Channel.
