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Design in Britain: big ideas, small island

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This oublication discusses the major figures that have led the way in design and those who have turned it on its head. Divided by subject matter, it includes chapters that cover Architecture - how the shape of commercial rebuilding has evolved in Britain and Identity - how the logos and marks measure out the history of Britain.

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The endless city

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More and more people are moving into towns and cities to live and work, which is altering the urban/rural balance of countries worldwide. THE Endless City is an unparalleled study of the growth of six of the world's international cities (New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg, and Berlin), exploring key structural, social, and economic factors. This book was overseen by the London School of Economics, and features extensive research and coherent texts by world-renowned professionals in the field of urban planning and development. The information is presented in a comprehensive and visually compelling sequence, enabling quick and efficient reference as well as offering material that is exciting to study. Each city is examined individually in its own chapter as well as being analyzed comparatively in an observational chapter. THE Endless City is authoritatively edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic in collaboration with the London School of Economics and the Urban Age Project, an expanding international organization seeking a new urban agenda for global cities.

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Living in the endless city: The Urban Age Project

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In 2050, over three quarters of the world’s population will live in cities. This follow-up to Phaidon’s successful The Endless City is a close look at the issues that affect cities, and thus human life across the globe in the twenty-first century. Based on a series of conferences held by the London School of Economics, Living in the Endless City examines Mumbai, Sao Paolo and Istanbul through a series of essays by global scholars and thinkers, photographs illustrating key aspects of life in the three cities, and compellingly presented analytical data.

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Kenneth Grange : making Britain modern

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This publication is the first to document the work of the post-war British product and industrial designer Kenneth Grange. Since 1947 Kenneth Grange has worked with a range of high-profile clients including British Rail, Wilkinson Sword, Manganese Bronze, and products as varied as the Anglepoise lamp, the black cab and high-speed inner city train. Grange is one of the founding partners of the famous design consultancy Pentagram, where he has worked with a number of high-profile clients including Kodak and Kenwood. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Design Museum in London, the book celebrates the career of one great figure of modern British design; featuring previously unpublished interviews and specially commissioned photography of his work, it also includes essays by commentators on Modern British design including Deyan Sudjic and Fiona MacCarthy.

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Norman Foster : a life in architecture

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Norman Foster is a phenomenon - as an architect, but also as an individual. He is responsible for a dozen or more of the most recognizable buildings of the last 30 years. 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, and for a crop of new towers in London. He designed the Reichstag, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks headquarters in London and China, the new Wembley stadium and the British Museum's new court. Deyan Sudjic's insightful and elegantly written biography charts the remarkable life of one of the world's most influential architectural figures.

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Shiro Kuramata: essays and writings

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This publication is the first complete monograph on influential Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata (1934–91) comes in two volumes and specially designed acrylic slipcase.

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B is for Bauhaus

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This book is not a dictionary, though it tells you all you need know about everything from Authenticity to Zips. It's not an autobiography, though it does offer a revealing and highly personal inside view of contemporary culture. It's an essential tool kit for understanding the world around us. It's about what makes a Warhol a genuine fake; the creation of national identities; the mania to collect. It's also about the city as seen from the rear view mirror of Grand Theft Auto V; digital ornament and why we value imperfection. It's about drinking a bruisingly dry martini in Adolf Loo's American bar in Vienna, and about Hitchcock's film sets. It's about the modern world of fashion, technology, design and art.

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Fifty modern buildings that changed the world

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The history of modern architecture is diverse, varying wildly from region to region and era to era. Here Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, explores 50 of the most significant and striking buildings in the world, from the modernist aesthetic of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to the eye-catching flair of Beijing's CCTV Headquarters. Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World is one of two new titles in the Design Museum Fifty series published in conjunction with London's Design Museum.

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Ettore Sottsass and the poetry of things

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Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things chronicles the life and times of one of the most important, prolific, and, above all, interesting designers and architects of the 20th century. Sottsass (1917-2007), originally trained as an architect and worked as a design consultant for Olivetti, where he developed the iconic Valentine typewriter, before going on to found the Memphis Group in the 1980s, ushering in an era of influential designs in furniture, ceramics and lighting that continue to inspire design minds today with their flamboyance and use of color.