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Abstract: The Art of Design

★ 8.3 6K votes 2017–2019 2 seasons · 14 episodes Ended Netflix
DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 9/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 7/10AnthologyA new story or cast with every episode or season.This show: 7/10
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About

"Quiet, gorgeous portraits of creative obsession"

Each episode of this Netflix documentary series spends roughly 40 minutes with one influential designer, from sneaker creators and typographers to architects and stage designers, tracing how they think and work. It's glossy, visually inventive, and paced like a mini-profile piece: warm narration, gorgeous close-ups of process and finished work, and enough personal history to make each subject feel human rather than just accomplished. There's no overarching plot, so you can dip in and out by episode. It works best as inspiration and craft appreciation rather than deep journalism or critical analysis.

Watch it for

the intimate look at how visionary designers actually think through problems.

Maybe skip if

you want critical depth rather than polished, admiring profiles.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12017
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Season 22019
7.71K6

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Platon Self
Tinker Hatfield Self - Designer
Ian Spalter Self
Cas Holman Self
Tiffany Beers Self - Senior Innovator
Michael Jordan Self - 6 Time NBA Champion
Mark Parker Self - Nike Ceo
Michael Hainey Self - Executive Director of Editorial, Esquire Magazine
Elizabeth Semmelhack Self - Curator, Bata Shoe Museum
Bobbito Garcia Self - Radio DJ, Sneaker Connoisseur

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