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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 Hardback - 2009

by Sudjic, Deyan

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New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 0393070816 . With illustrations, A fine copy in fine dustjacket, as new. In The Language of Things 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. ; 215 x 145mm; 208 pages .
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  • Title THE LANGUAGE OF THINGS Understanding the World of Desirable Objects
  • Author Sudjic, Deyan
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York & London
  • Publication date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 19840
  • 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
  • Bookseller catalogues Physchology

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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.
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