BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

The Language of Things:  Understanding the World of Desirable Objects

The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects

The Language of Things:  Understanding the World of Desirable Objects
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects Hardback - 2009

by Deyan Sudjik

Add to wish list
  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardback
  • first
Used - Very good

Description

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009 Book condition: VG/Fine with push to spine ends. Jacket: VG with light wrinkle to edges. A bright copy.
Ask the seller a question Add to wish list
A$29.24
A$48.73 Delivery to USA
Standard delivery: 14 to 21 days
More delivery options
Ships from Kirklee Books (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Details

  • Title The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects
  • Author Deyan Sudjik
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W.W. Norton & Co., New York
  • Publication date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 012954
  • ISBN 9780393070811 / 0393070816
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 7.8 x 0.9 in (21.59 x 19.81 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Architecture
  • Library of Congress subjects Design - Social aspects, Design - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009009726
  • Dewey Decimal Code 745.401
  • Quantity available 1
  • Bookseller catalogues Philosophy

About Kirklee Books Glasgow, United Kingdom

Biblio member since 2025

Internet only business, but books may be viewed by appointment.

We buy books, especially those of academic interest.

Terms of Sale: 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

Browse books from Kirklee Books

Reader reviews for The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects

From the publisher

In The Language of Things, the director of London's Design Museum charts our relationship with all things designed. With scintillating wit and an eye for the pleasures and dangers of rampant consumerism, Deyan Sudjic takes us from luxury car commercials to glossy advertisements for seasonal variations of the Prada purse to the hype surrounding the latest version of the iPhone, exploring how we are manipulated and seduced by our possessions. Who would've thought that it's the subtle visual similarity between the Volkswagen Golf GTI and the barrel of an automatic pistol that makes people want to get behind the wheel? And why is it that digital cameras in cell phones click even though they don't have a shutter? Sudjic's illuminating argument will resound with anyone who has ever been affected by how things look--lured, in other words, by the powerful siren call of design.
tracking-