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The language of things / Deyan Sudjic.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Penguin, 2009Description: 223 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780141031170
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.401 SU.L 2008 23
LOC classification:
  • NK1505 .S83 2008
Contents:
Introduction: a world drowning in objects -- Language -- Design and its archetypes -- Luxury -- Fashion -- Art.
Summary: Deyan Sudjic has written a book about design and what it means to us, covering everything from spoons to skyscrapers. His goal is to reach as wide an audience as possible, to help us understand how we ascribe and interpret everything from the value of objects to their power, even their gender.
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On cover: Design, luxury, fashion, art : how we are seduced by the objects around us.

Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: a world drowning in objects -- Language -- Design and its archetypes -- Luxury -- Fashion -- Art.

Deyan Sudjic has written a book about design and what it means to us, covering everything from spoons to skyscrapers. His goal is to reach as wide an audience as possible, to help us understand how we ascribe and interpret everything from the value of objects to their power, even their gender.

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