Many people look at creative professionals with some degree of envy. Their wild imaginations, inventive minds and irreverent outlooks help them create designs that push brands to embrace the unexpected. Unique invites you on a journey to meet the designers who are leaders in their field, giving you inside access to the creative process at work.
1 season • 5 episodes
Season 1
5 episodes
Stefan Sagmeister: graphic designer
Stefan Sagmeister is a known rebel in the design world. His work plays with the rules, makes you think, grabs your attention and refuses to let go. His routine is equally unique. Every 7 years, he takes a year off to visit faraway lands. Having let his artistic vision roam, he comes back refreshed and ready to take on the status quo once again.
S1 • 1 • 22mn
Mo Coppoletta: tattoo artist
Mo Coppoletta applies his tattoo artist heritage to the world of art and design. He's an eternal romantic whose work is a blend of spontaneous inspiration, careful precision and deep reflection. Whether he's inking tattoos or designing glasses, furniture or watches, this unique artist has a single aim in sight: to leave his mark.
S1 • 2 • 23mn
Seb Lester: type designer and calligrapher
“The pen is mightier than the sword.” This is the motto of Seb Lester, a famous type designer and self-taught calligrapher. For him, calligraphy is not only an art, but also a language: each stroke of a letter expresses a specific intention and feeling. With pen in hand, Lester shows us what inspires him to create.
S1 • 3 • 22mn
Matali Crasset: designer
French designer Matali Crasset is forever reinventing herself. A protégé of Philippe Starck, she’s behind a diverse range of projects, from the iconic Parisian kiosk redesign to a Tunisian eco lodge and even an Ikea lamp. With boundless energy and insight, she challenges norms and invites people to see the objects around them in a whole new light.
S1 • 4 • 18mn
Nelly Ben Hayoun: designer of experiences
Nelly Ben Hayoun goes by one simple rule: create the impossible. She is the Designer of Experiences at the SETI Institute and her London studio has worked for the likes of NASA. Dubbed the “Willy Wonka of Design and Science”, her aim is to explore new frontiers in all she does and create sacred experiences that break the limits of reality.
S1 • 5 • 20mn
