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PASSION FOR DESIGN A
Deyan Sudjic
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Description for PASSION FOR DESIGN A
Paperback. Provides a tool kit for understanding the world around us. This book is about our obsession with collecting, the quest for authenticity and the creation of national identities. It's about Hitchcock's film sets and why we value imperfection. It's about fashion and technology, about politics and art. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AK; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 182 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
This an essential tool kit for understanding the world around us. It's about our obsession with collecting, the quest for authenticity and the creation of national identities. It's about Hitchcock's film sets and why we value imperfection. It's about fashion and technology, about politics and art.
'A memoir and a master class in musing on modern design . . . It's a collection of thoughtful, absorbing essays about many aspects of modern design, a subject nobody writes better about than Sudjic' - Evening Standard
Product Details
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718199517
SKU
V9780718199517
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99-99
About Deyan Sudjic
Deyan Sudjic is Director of the Design Museum. He was born in London, and studied architecture in Edinburgh. He has worked as a critic for the Observer and The Sunday Times, as the editor of Domus in Milan, as the director of the Venice Architecture Biennale, and as a curator in Glasgow, Istanbul and Copenhagen. He is the author of ... Read more
Reviews for PASSION FOR DESIGN A
A memoir and a master class in musing on modern design . . . It's a collection of thoughtful, absorbing essays about many aspects of modern design, a subject nobody writes better about than Sudjic . . . There are many rewarding pieces here on subjects ranging from the genius of Dieter Rams, the beauty of the Jumbo jet, the ... Read more