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13 Episodes 2007 - 2007
Episode 1
Thu, Feb 1, 200728 mins
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!
Episode 2
Sun, Apr 1, 200728 mins
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.
Episode 3
Sun, Apr 1, 200728 mins
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 the road when DS parades their newly created choppers (bikes) on a SCUL mission.
Episode 4
Sun, Apr 1, 200728 mins
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!
Episode 5
Sun, Apr 1, 200728 mins
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!
Episode 6
Sun, Apr 1, 200728 mins
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 the human heart, DS shows that engineering really can change lives.
Episode 7
Sun, Apr 1, 200728 mins
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 episode that's sure to be a ball.
Episode 8
Sun, Apr 1, 200728 mins
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.
Episode 9
Sun, Apr 1, 200728 mins
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.
Episode 10
Tue, May 1, 200728 mins
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.
Episode 11
Tue, May 1, 200728 mins
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.
Episode 12
Fri, Jun 1, 200728 mins
Design Squaders 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!
Episode 13
Tue, May 1, 200728 mins
The season concludes when Continuum (a product design 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!