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There are many great examples for glaciated landscapes in the UK. This medium shows footage from Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Snowdonia. The explanations and illustrations of the landforms are rich in detail and make it easy to understand the processes of erosion, deposition and transportation.
India's largest slum Dharavi is located in Mumbai. The people who live here struggle on a daily base with poverty: There is not enough living space, the Slum lacks clean water and sanitation as well as electricity. There are too less healthcare and educational institutes and jobs for all the residents.
There are a lot of strategies that can be used to create comedy. This medium shows how comedy characters are developed, how timing, rhythm and surprises are used, how one works with crossed objectives and double acts and how ideas can be tested. It uses footage from workshops, performances and interviews.
The global textile industry has a huge impact on the environment. The medium shows how UK's companies use water recycling plants and also more of their waste streams. In the meantime poor people living in Bangladesh shortly downstream from the textile factories are adversely affected by the pollution.
Bangladesh's mangroves are a home to the endangered tigers and also a fascinating tourist attraction. But the mangrove forests are endangered themselves: The impacts of climate change as well as the ones of shrimp farming reduces them. The government tries to control resource exploitation in the area.
This medium explains how energy from gas, coal and uranium is used to generate electricity. It gives an overview over the particular pros and cons and touches the topic of nuclear safety. Carbon capture and storage as well as fracking are discussed to give a complete insight into the current energy debates.
There are several ways to generate electricity from renewables: This medium explains how solar, tidal, wind, biomass HEP and geothermal power are used and which are the pros and cons of each of these sources. It is shown which framework conditions have to be in place and what kind of oppositions exist.
Modern textiles are able to meet the most different needs. This medium presents Kevlar, wearable electronics and conductive polymers and gives stunning examples for their use as clothing, ballet shoes, bags or tents. Smart and interactive textiles are a part of the new digital world and the internet of things.
Smart resistant materials allow designs which wouldn't have been possible just a short while ago. This medium explains their functions, characteristics and potential applications using the examples of thermochromatic plastics and inks, QTC and shape memory alloys. It provides valuable input for new ideas.
Each new designed product should meet the needs of the users so this medium focuses on the investigation stage of product development which is not only practical, but can be fun, too. The footage shows designers working with anthropometric and ergonomic data and taking the demographic change into account.
Volvo's crash testing facility is the place where the footage on this medium has been filmed. It shows clearly which considerations industrial designers have to include in their projects. It is a helpful tool for students who develop their own designs and have to have them tested, evaluated and modified.
Whoever wants to design a product has to choose the material wisely: Should it be sustainable? What is the difference between recycled and renewable materials? What happens to the product when it's not used anymore? The medium contains also footage from the first zero carbon housing project in the US.
The global fashion industry comes at much too high of a cost: The footage of this medium is filmed in Bangladesh and shows the working conditions of the people here. It asks about the role of fair trade in times of globalization and shows how important a close meshed quality control in this industry is.
Textiles which can be used in space, racing, transport, for medical assignments or as geotextile have to meet specific requirements. This medium explains their impressive functions, properties, structure and characteristics and gives an outlook to the technical and smart textiles that are yet to come.
People in the graphic products' industry use different smart materials nowadays. This medium introduces fluorescent and phosphorescent paints, thermo chromic inks and photochromic dyes with their particular characteristics and properties. Furthermore, it explains the applications they can be used for.
Die Film Flat bietet über 8.000 rechtssichere Unterrichtsfilme für alle Schulformen, Fächer und Altersklassen. Das Angebot umfasst Lehrfilme, Dokumentationen und Spielfilme. Lehrkräfte können die Videos streamen, herunterladen und mit ihren Schülerinnen und Schülern teilen.
The fashion and textile industry is globally revolutionized by ICT, CAD and CAM. This medium shows footage from one of the top international design houses in which these new technologies and 3D body scanner are used. They are indispensable for research, design, production and intercontinental communication.
Textiles can undergo treatments that make them usable in fires as well as in sub-zero temperatures. This medium takes a look at the chemical and physical industrial finishes that allow such a development and gives examples for the use of the resistant garments. It also allows an outlook to future finishes.
There are many tests textiles have to undergo before they reach the shelves in the stores. This medium shows many of them, including flammability, colour-fastness, shrinkage, tear and tensile strength, pilling, drape and burst. Is the textile resistant to wind and water, is it insulating and breathable?
How do textiles get their colours? This medium shows how dye recipes are developed, tested and applied on the textile by different printing methods: The footage shows the roller screen-print, the flatbed carousel, flocking and transfer printing. The final part is about the environmental impacts of the waste.
Computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) changes the whole process of textiles being manufactured. For this medium many designers and manufacturers from different textile industries explain how they use CAD/CAM, how it changes the everyday work and how their business benefits from it.
There are many techniques and systems for mass production of textiles. This medium includes footage of pattern laying by hand or digitized, cutting and marking up, hot drill, computerized laser cutting and cutting with a straight or a rotating blade. It also shows how the quality control systems work.
The interest in recycled and sustainable Textiles is growing and designers have found some interesting ways to fulfil the needs. This medium shows bags that are made form airline seats, second hand shop textiles turned into high fashion, shoes made from seatbelts and tyres and textiles from jute sacks.
This medium contains a guide made by designers for the development of a new product. It starts with the client's briefing, explains how research and prototyping are done, shows how you make moulds for mass production, touches branding and other points and ends with the product – all while working to a budget.
Large parts of the Isle Montserrat have been destroyed by volcanic activity in 1995. Since this day the people here have learned to live with the continuing eruptions: There are projects which help to improve biodiversity, strategies for disaster response have been developed and tourists visit the island.
Packaging should have low production costs, protect the product, be eco-friendly and attractive for customers all at once. This medium gives an insight into designers' decisions for more recycled materials or a reduced packaging. In some cases it is also necessary to revise the complete product's design
The medium contains methods and ideas for adding physical action to performance. It combines live footage, interviews and insights into workshops and give an overview over the history of physical action. Students benefit from the exercises which are vividly explained by professionals.
Kinder, die in Armut leben, sind in vielerlei Hinsicht benachteiligt: Die Armut zieht Folgen nach sich, die die Kinder oft ausschließen. Die Armutsforscherin Prof. Dr. Sabine Andresen erklärt, welche Folgen das sind (auch für die Selbstwahrnehmung der Kinder) und wie PädagogInnen angemessen reagieren können.
Anhand von Betrachtungen, wie menschliche Systeme sich entwickeln und wie Wandel entsteht, welche Zusammenhänge es hier gibt und was die treibenden Kräfte sind, entwickelt dieser Film eine Zukunftsvision, die deutlich mehr Hand und Fuß hat als die eher spekulativen Zukunftsbilder vergangener Zeiten.
Prof. Götz Werner hat die Unternehmenskette dm gegründet. Dafür setzte er auf ein unautoritäres Führungskonzept, das auf Verständnis, Respekt, Selbstverantwortung und Eigenkontrolle fußt. Die Mitarbeiter können ihre Persönlichkeiten entwickeln und Vorschläge einbringen - der Erfolg spricht für sich.