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A few weeks ago, Amazon.com added a nice benefit to Amazon Prime membership, free video streaming. They don't (yet) have a catalog as extensive as say, Netflix, but there is enough to be interesting. I've finally seen all the Steig Larsson, "Millenium Series" movies, so I know what people who mention "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" are talking about. They seem to have at least one story from each of the many Doctors Who. More recently I got into a series of documentaries on design related topics.

My talents like more in programming, but I've always had an interest in the arts. My grandfather, and his father before him, were jewelers and engravers. My uncle had a successful career as a graphics artist and corporate identity executive in several large companies. I got very interested in graphic design when graphical user interfaces and desktop publishing came into vogue in the mid-1980s, albeit more from an "art appreciation" viewpoint than an ability to produce good art.

Now there's not much directly applicable to web design in these, but I recommend them for your viewing pleasure:

• Helvetica - covers the Swiss design movement from the 1950s, particularly the Helvetica font, which is probably the most use font of all.
• Objectified - talks mostly about product design, with interviews with designers including Jon Ives of Apple, and Chris Bangle, late of BMW.
• Milton Glazer: To Delight and Inform - Milton Glazer was in a sense the American answer to the Swiss design movement. He is quite prolific. Among other things he started New York Magazine, and has done many magazine designs, he also did the iconic Bob Dylan in silhouette with multi-colored hair poster, the I HEART NY logo, and many other iconic designs. The documentary basically interview him at work, home and at the site of some of his projects.

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