I went 30 years without a TV and one of the first shows on Netflix that I watched after getting one was Abstract. Very high quality designers were featured so I thought I'd found a show that I could turn to to watch on a regular basis. Then it was discontinued. I still lament that and wish that whoever was producing, directing, writing the show would do it again. There are so few options in the art and design field. If the powers that be are reading this, please know that you would have a following if enough time were given to the show to get the word out.

(Flash Review)If you like or appreciate various types of art and design, this is a must see. This documentary highlights a top tier creative of their specialized disciplines with an episode for each. Such as the person who was responsible for designing the Nike Jordan shoe line, Paula Scher a world-renowned graphic designer as well as other disciplines such as automotive design, theatre stage design, illustration, architecture, photography and interior design. Each episode dives into how each person got their start, what inspires them, how they actually create their work, highlights noteworthy projects and each one is engaging with a slew of great visuals. On top of that, great thought was put into the production value with fun transitions, clever editing and each one accentuates the designer skills. Top notch effort.

The quality is mediocre. The story telling is the vulgar myth building and even if it is a very usual way of telling stories, the creators do not excel at it.Overall it's trivia plus misunderstandings from people with limited education. Take the second episode. One man qualified in making pretty drawings and very qualified shoe makers do some shoes. They are pretty. They are comfortable. That is undeniable. But step any way further away and one steps into superstitious crap. There are no doctors in the team, no physicists, no biologists. Because the performance increase comes from the comfort and not from any performance babble. And just because a famous ball player wore these shoes and got paid a huge amount of money, that does not mean Regular Joe won't sprain an ankle in the exact same pretty shoe. The ball player might have an excellent game bare footed, because he is the blonde with big boobs using a power drill in the advert.Short: nice to hear those people talk, even if they have no idea what they are talking about.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

The show is excellent, is well directed and very well produced, but what I like the most is the very honest way to present the persons behind the work, they are not presented in typical PR or marketing way, they are presented as humans with some gifts and some struggles, their stories are truly inspiring mostly because are not fantastic or heroic, just because they are very human.