Living with the Future
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This series follows presenter Simon Davis as he visits modern private homes built in recent years. He stays overnight to explore what it feels like to live in each building, focusing on their design and eco-friendly features.
informativearchitecturalcalmobservationalcuriousreflectivetasteful
What happens
Living with the Future is a television documentary series first broadcast on 15 January 2007 on BBC Four. It is a follow-up series to Living with Modernism, also on BBC Four. In each episode, presenter Simon Davis visits the owners of a private house, then stays overnight so he can comment on what the building is like to actually live in. The preceding series visited older "classic" buildings (1930s to 1970s) where modernity was the key feature. In this series, buildings have been constructed in the last few years and often rely on cutting-edge materials (the glass walls at "Skywood") and have "green" elements of re-use ("Quay House" is a rebuilt dairy) and efficiency ("Drop House" glazing and walls). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Living with Modernism
Planet Earth II (2016)
The Curious House Guest (2005)
One Foot in the Past (1993)
The World's Most Extraordinary Homes (2017)
Holidays in the Danger Zone
Dreamspaces (2003)
The Way We Went Wild (2004)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.