Design Squad

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Feb 2007
  • Episodes: 23
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Unknown
  • Children

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Season 1
1x1
The Need for Speed
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 21, 2007
A professional racecar builder challenges the DS teams to convert kiddie toys—a red wagon and tricycle—into motorized dragsters. Fasten your seatbelts for Design Squad's racy debut!
1x2
Rock On
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 28, 2007
The teams compete to create original musical instruments—one stringed and one percussive—for Off White Noise, a local band. The instruments are put to the test when Off White Noise rocks out at the Middle East nightclub.
1x3
Skunk'd
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 07, 2007
When a guy named Skunk comes looking for a bike bizarre enough to impress the members of SCUL (Subversive Choppers Urban Legion), well, you give him what he wants. The rubber really hits .. show full overview
1x4
DS Unplugged
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 14, 2007
The teams take a crash course in pre-industrial building techniques, as they compete to build 20-foot bridges—without the aid of power tools, forklifts, or...flushable toilets. It's a show for the (Middle) Ages!
1x5
Got Game
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 21, 2007
Challenged to come up with a way to cover all the angles of a basketball game via remote-controlled cameras, the teams dive into action and compete to prove who's got (the whole) game!
1x6
A Collective Collaboration
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 28, 2007
The teams set their sights on designing the most durable, portable and low cost peanut butter making machines for a women's collective in Haiti. Powered by human hands and inspiring to .. show full overview
1x7
Just for Kicks
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 04, 2007
The challenge: design a REVOLUTIONary device that automatically feeds a stream of balls to Michael Parkhurst, a professional soccer player with the New England Revolution. Here's one Design Squad's episode that's sure to be a ball.
1x8
Functional Fashion
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 11, 2007
It's a marriage of high tech and haute couture (well, sort of!) as the teams compete to see who can design the best dual-purpose clothing. Join DS on the runway as the garments/gadgets make their fashion debut.
1x9
Batter Up
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 18, 2007
How to make a perfect pancake? The DS teams seek the right ingredients for a machine that will cook, flip, and serve up delicious flapjacks at the flick of a switch. The winning machine is put to the (taste) test at a busy diner.
1x10
Pumped
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 25, 2007
An 11-foot tall water slide will be a cool addition to the community pool...once there's a pump to deliver the water. See which invention makes the biggest splash with YMCA campers.
1x11
Blowin' in the Wind
Episode overview
Air date
May 02, 2007
The teams tap into their inner artists as they compete to design and build wind-powered kinetic art from recycled materials. The winning sculpture is put on display at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
1x12
Bodies Electric
Episode overview
Air date
May 09, 2007
DESIGN SQUAD-ers take a shine to hip-hop artist Wyatt Jackson when they try to create a sound and light show triggered by Jackson's moves and grooves. In a live performance, it's DS night at the Strand Theatre!
1x13 Season finale
Winner Takes All
Episode overview
Air date
May 16, 2007
The season concludes when Continuum (a design consulting firm) asks the DS teams to develop and test a "summer sled" for retail giant L.L. Bean. It's a bumpy, downhill slide to the finish line!

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