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The latest addition to the Design series, from the Director of the Design Museum 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 that shape our cities, such as resources and land, to the ideas that shape conscious elements of design, whether of buildings or of space. Erudite and entertaining, he considers the differences between capital cities and the rest to understand why it is that we often feel more comfortable in our identities as Londoners, Muscovites, or Mumbaikars than in our national identities.

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A deeply original and necessary book. --Alain de Botton An indispensable guide to what makes a city a city. --Evening Standard The Language of Things reads like a good conversation with someone who has a deep understanding of his subject matter. . . . A provocative and effective way of looking at our world through the lens of objects. --John Dunningan, Dean of Architecture and Design, Rhode Island School of Design Witty commentary on rampant consumerism enabled by design innovation. . . . Especially appealing to marketers and design connoisseurs, this is easily digestible for the average consumers interested in knowingly purchasing quality design for the senses--if they can still afford it in today's economy. --Publishers Weekly on The Language of Things

A deeply original and necessary book. --Alain de Botton Witty commentary on rampant consumerism enabled by design innovation. . . . Especially appealing to marketers and design connoisseurs, this is easily digestible for the average consumers interested in knowingly purchasing quality design for the senses--if they can still afford it in today's economy. --Publishers Weekly on The Language of Things An indispensable guide to what makes a city a city. --Evening Standard The Language of Things reads like a good conversation with someone who has a deep understanding of his subject matter. . . . A provocative and effective way of looking at our world through the lens of objects. --John Dunningan, Dean of Architecture and Design, Rhode Island School of Design

A deeply original and necessary book. --Alain de Botton The Language of Things reads like a good conversation with someone who has a deep understanding of his subject matter. . . . A provocative and effective way of looking at our world through the lens of objects. --John Dunningan, Dean of Architecture and Design, Rhode Island School of Design Witty commentary on rampant consumerism enabled by design innovation. . . . Especially appealing to marketers and design connoisseurs, this is easily digestible for the average consumers interested in knowingly purchasing quality design for the senses--if they can still afford it in today's economy. --Publishers Weekly on The Language of Things An indispensable guide to what makes a city a city. --Evening Standard

A deeply original and necessary book. --Alain de Botton The Language of Things reads like a good conversation with someone who has a deep understanding of his subject matter. . . . A provocative and effective way of looking at our world through the lens of objects. --John Dunningan, Dean of Architecture and Design, Rhode Island School of Design An indispensable guide to what makes a city a city. --Evening Standard Witty commentary on rampant consumerism enabled by design innovation. . . . Especially appealing to marketers and design connoisseurs, this is easily digestible for the average consumers interested in knowingly purchasing quality design for the senses--if they can still afford it in today's economy. --Publishers Weekly on The Language of Things

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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 B is for Bauhaus, The Language of Things and The Edifice Complex.

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