Gary Hustwit is best known for his design documentaries, which examine the impact of trends in graphic design, typography, industrial design, architecture, and urban planning.
12 Facts About Gary Hustwit
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Gary Hustwit continued to publish books by other authors about the music business, fiction, and poetry.
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Gary Hustwit worked with punk record label SST Records in Los Angeles in 1989 and 1990, doing distribution.
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In 1999 Gary Hustwit moved to New York City and opened a publishing office and bookstore called Incommunicado, as part of the Lower East Side nightclub Tonic.
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Gary Hustwit began making audio recordings of authors reading from their books, and eventually launched a website that featured these spoken word recordings in MP3 format.
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Gary Hustwit made his film directorial debut in 2007 with Helvetica, a documentary which examined the role of typography and graphic design in visual culture.
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Gary Hustwit released Objectified in 2009, a film which looked at industrial design and product design, and featured Jonathan Ive, Marc Newson, Dieter Rams, Hella Jongerius and others.
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Gary Hustwit directed Urbanized in 2011, a documentary which covered urban planning and architecture.
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Gary Hustwit and Pack have stated that this is an ongoing project and that they are continuing to photograph additional cities around the world.
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Gary Hustwit was invited to participate in the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture with Workplace, a site-specific documentary film about the future of the office.
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In 2016, Gary Hustwit announced that he was making a feature documentary about German product designer Dieter Rams with original music from Brian Eno.
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In 2008, Gary Hustwit was nominated for the Independent Spirit "Truer Than Fiction" Award for Helvetica.