The Language of Things by Deyan Sudjic

The Language of Things by Deyan Sudjic

In The Language of Things, Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum, decodes the things around us: their hidden meanings, our relationships with them, how they shape our lives and why we desire them.

Design is everywhere. It seduces, pleases and inspires us. It makes us part with our money. It defines who we think we are. An iPhone, an anglepoise lamp, a Picasso, a banknote, an Armani suit, a William Morris textile, a Lucky Strike packet, a spacecraft - every object tells a story. And understanding their stories offers us a whole new way of seeing the world.

Director of the Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic was born in London of Yugoslav parents. He is a former architecture critic for the Observer and a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art. Sudjic was director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002 and is author of The Edifice Complex, the much-praised 100-Miles City, the best-selling Architecture Pack, The Language of Things and monographs on John Pawson, Ron Arad and Richard Rogers.

Deyan Sudjic is director of the Design Museum in London. As founding editor of Blueprint Magazine in the 1980s, he frequently commissioned Richard Bryant to photograph newly completed projects. His books include The Edifice Complex: How the Rich and Powerful Shape the World (2006).

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ISBN 13	9780393070811
ISBN 10	0393070816
Title	The Language of Things
Author	Deyan Sudjic
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2009-06-01
Number of pages	208
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