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 />  <i>Time Out</i><br><br> 'A nightmare vision of a world drowning in objects ... witty, well observed and wide-ranging' <br />  <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 />  <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br> 'Lively ... engaging' <br />  <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br> 'Readable, sharp and worthwhile' <br />  <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> <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 />  <i>Time Out</i><br><br> 'A nightmare vision of a world drowning in objects ... witty, well observed and wide-ranging' <br />  <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 />  <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br> 'Lively ... engaging' <br />  <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br> 'Readable, sharp and worthwhile' <br />  <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>