The Language of Things

<p><b>In <i>The Language of Things </i>Deyan Sudjic Director of the Design Museum decodes the things around us: their hidden meanings our relationship with them how they shape our lives and why we desire them.</b><br><br> 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.<br><br> 'Articulate and wonderfully knowledgeable ... for anyone who takes an interest in the world around us' <br />&#160;&#160;<i>Time Out</i><br><br> 'A nightmare vision of a world drowning in objects ... witty well observed and wide-ranging' <br />&#160;&#160;<i>Guardian</i><br><br> 'An elegant witty and free-ranging survey from Thomas Chippendale's ponderous 18th-century manor-house furnishings to Jonathan Ive's sprightly Macintosh iBooks'<br />&#160;&#160;<i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br> 'Lively ... engaging' <br />&#160;&#160;<i>Evening Standard</i><br><br> 'Readable sharp and worthwhile' <br />&#160;&#160;<i>Financial Times</i><br><br> Director of the Design Museum <b>Deyan Sudjic </b>was born in London of Yugoslav parents. He is a former architecture critic for the <i>Observer</i> and a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art. Sudjic was Director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002 and is author of <i>The Edifice Complex</i> the much-praised <i>100-Miles City</i> the best-selling <i>Architecture Pack</i> <i>The Language of Things </i>and monographs on John Pawson Ron Arad and Richard Rogers.</p>