The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Henry Larsen is a highly specialized ice-breaker. In addition to keeping shipping lanes open for commercial fishing vessels and other ships, she’s especially outfitted for search and rescue missions as well as oceanographic research in the High Arctic. This ship is a lifeline. It’s work really does make a difference between life and death, in terms of the ‘search and rescue’ work. But Henry Larsen is also a lifeline for the people of Fogo Island. If there was no icebreaker, there would be no ferry and the communities would be completely stranded.
Subjects: Design
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David Macaulay: Roman City
The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay’s acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.
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David Macaulay: Cathedral
Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France’s most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.
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David Macaulay: Castle
CASTLE combines colorful animation with live-action documentary sequences to tell the story of a 13th-century Welsh castle. Author David Macaulay, who wrote and illustrated the best-selling book of the same title, leads viewers on a castle tour, explaining its cultural and sociological significance and its architectural design. Detailed animation dramatizes the building of the castle and portrays the lifestyle of the early inhabitants.
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology, and religions of Egypt’s people, combining live footage and animation. Take a rare look at the mummy of Ramses II and buried treasure in the sacred Valley of the Kings.
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Design: e2
2 design season one examines the economies of being environmentally conscious in green building design. Includes all six series episodes: The Green Apple, Green for All, The Green Machine, Gray to Green, China: From Red to Green, and Deeper Shades of Green.
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Evaluating a Product
This program begins by looking at the concept of aesthetics in design, what aesthetics are and how they are used to enhance the beauty and appearance of a consumer product. It then takes an in depth look at how the qualities of a product are defined in the design process. Functional efficiency of a product and it’s incorporation into the design is an area which is carefully examined, followed by the impact its manufacture and disposal will have on the environment. Finally, every product has planned obsolescence built into its design and manufacture. A look at how manufacturers carefully balance quality and durability against a limited useful life of the product is also taken.
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Fashionable Business: Young Designers, New Labels
The fashion industry is renowned for its competitiveness. So how do emerging fashion designers get a foothold when there’s so much competition? In this program we introduce three emerging fashion labels and the designers behind them. It examines the elements of design and manufacture design inspiration, the different types of fabrics used in manufacture, and the marketing and branding of the labels.
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Model Making: Tools, Materials and Techniques
This program provides an informative look at all facets of model construction which could be for students starting a Design Technology course or could be used to refresh and enhance skills. It contains five main sections: Different types of model construction; The correct and safe use of hand tools in use today; Portable power tools; Man made products, natural products; The various techniques used in the woodwork room.
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Design for Sustainability
Sustainable design is the art of designing physical objects to comply with the principles of economic, social and ecological sustainability. It ranges from the microcosm of designing small objects for everyday use, through to the macrocosm of designing buildings, cities and the earth’s physical surface. The essential aim of sustainable design is to produce places, products and services in a way that reduces use of non renewable resources, minimizes environmental impact and relates people with the natural environment.