I haven't watched Helvetica, but the same director also made Objectified which is fascinating look into the industrial design of everyday products.
He also recently produced Rams which I’ve not yet had a chance to see but I hope is on par with his previous work.
And if you enjoy these films you’ll also likely appreciate the Abstract series which originally aired on Netflix.
When Rams speaks about design, it always makes me reflect on modern software and how we’ve regressed so much. Though I think’s mostly as a single widget does 20 different things, which isn’t a great idea in the first place.
You mean like a smartphone? :-)
It's a tradeoff. For example, even a well-equipped kitchen generally doesn't have every sort of one-off small appliance or implement. On the one hand, if you do make a lot of rice, say, a rice cooker makes a lot of sense. If you make rice a few times a year? Probably makes more sense just to make it on the stovetop.