Deyan Sudjic: 8 books
B is for Bauhaus, Y is for YouTube
Designing the Modern World from A to Z
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
A tool kit, done in A–Z form, for understanding the world around us through the way we design and use things. Covering subjects that range from authenticity to Grand Theft Auto to Dieter Rams, Deyan Sudjic’s latest book has been called "a master class in musing on modern design." Though...
by Deyan Sudjic
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
A brilliant exposé of the interaction between art, design, and commerce.
In The Language of Things, the director of London's Design Museum charts our relationship with all things designed. With scintillating wit and an eye for the pleasures and dangers of rampant consumerism, Deyan Sudjic...
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2006
A provocative look at architecture-"exceptionally intelligent and original" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World)
Deyan Sudjic-"probably the most influential figure in architecture you've never heard of" - argues that architecture, far from being auteur art,...
by Deyan Sudjic
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
The director of the Design Museum defines the greatest artefact of all time: the city
We live in a world that is now predominantly urban. So how do we define the city as it evolves in the twenty-first century? Drawing examples from across the globe, Deyan Sudjic decodes the underlying forces...
Norman Foster
A Life in Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Amongst many other buildings, Norman Foster is responsible for the design of Beijing's new airport, one of the world's largest, for the Rossiya tower in Moscow, in contention to be the tallest skyscraper in Europe until the credit crunch killed it, for one of the towers at Ground Zero in Manhattan,...
by Deyan Sudjic
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Este libro es una indagación valiente y demoledora de la obsesión arquitectónica de presidentes, primeros ministros, alcaldes, dictadores, magnates y otros personajes poderosos y en el endiosamiento de los arquitectos que se han puesto a su servicio. El resultado es una mirada ácida, rebosante...
by Deyan Sudjic
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 7, 2017
«Para dar sentido a una ciudad, hemos de saber algo acerca de las personas que viven en ella, y de la gente que la construyó. Es necesario preguntarse cómo lo hicieron y por qué.»
Una ciudad está hecha por personas. Tiene una identidad distintiva, que consiste en mucho más que una aglomeración...
by Deyan Sudjic
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Una clase magistral sobre diseño, arquitectura, forma, objetos y consumo en el siglo XXI. Con la A de Auténtico. Así empieza este libro, que es algo más que un diccionario: una guía esencial para entender el mundo moderno. Por qué Warhol es auténticamente falso, cómo se crean las identidades...