Today we are going to share with you a great collection of must watch Netflix documentaries for designers, artists, and creatives. I am sure after watching these documentaries on Netflix you can get new ideas and inspiration.
Must Watch Netflix Documentaries For Designers
01. Abstract: The Art of Design
Go Inside the minds of the world’s greatest designers.
2. Minimalism: A Documentary About The Important Things
People dedicated to rejecting the American ideal that things bring happiness are interviewed in this documentary showing the virtues of less is more.
3. The Toys That Made Us
The minds behind history’s most iconic toy franchises discuss the rise and sometimes fall of their billion-dollar creations.
4. Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Artists in LA discover the work of forgotten Polish sculptor Stanislav Szukalski, a mad genius whose true story unfolds chapter by astounding chapter.
5. They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
Actors, crew members, and others who were there discuss the tumultuous creation of Orson Welles’s final, unfinished film, “The Other Side of the Wind.”
6. Print the Legend
This award-winning, the original documentary chronicles the race for market leadership in 3D printing, the next wave of technological evolution.
7. High Score
This docuseries traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life.
8. The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
Filmmaker Errol Morris probes the life, work, and studio of his pal Elsa Dorfman, a Polaroid photographer who’s shot luminaries and regular folk alike.
Below are some more documentaries that you can watch but these are not available on Netflix. All these documentaries are available on other streaming platforms.
- Helvetica
- Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production
- The Pixar Story
- Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
- I am Sun Mu
- The 100 Years Show
- The Creative Brain
- 44 Pages
- Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World
- She Makes Comics