Deyan Sudjic Knihy

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This two-volume monograph explores the influential work of Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata. The first volume features Deyan Sudji's text on Kuramata's life and innovations, alongside newly translated writings. The second volume catalogs over 600 of his designs, many previously unpublished, with illustrations and detailed captions.

The only comprehensive book on the fascinating life and work of the celebrated architectural designer, John Pawson This visual biography brings together John Pawson’s architecture, life, clients, travel, photography, design, books, and ideas. Written by Deyan Sudjic, an architectural historian and long-time friend, it explores the full scope of Pawson’s life, from his Yorkshire upbringing and time spent in Japan to the fashion years and the influence of art, and provides a thoughtful and intimate insight into his life, inspirations, and work. It features wonderfully engaging stories and anecdotes about Pawson's work with such clients as Bruce Chatwin, Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Shiro Kuramata, Martha Stewart, and many more. The book features documents, photography and ephemera, including never-seen-before images from Pawson's personal and professional archives – richly illustrated, this is the ultimate book on John Pawson.

Expanded edition of John Pawson's only monograph, which now includes his most recent projects: a private house in Germany (2003) and the celebrated Novy Dvur monastery in the Czech Republic (2004) Pawson (b.1949) is the acclaimed designer of a wide variety of high-profile projects, including the Calvin Klein flagship store in Manhattan, a house on…

The first monograph on the work of Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, two of the most innovative industrial designers from Britain.

John Pawson is one of the foremost proponents of Minimalism in architecture and design. Already known to designers for his austere yet luxurious interiors, he has attained public acclaim for his high-profile retail projects such as the Calvin Klein flagship store in New York, his celebrity clients like Martha Stewart and his book Minimum (Phaidon, 19960.This book traces the varied course of the relationships between an architects and his clients, between an architect and the design briefs set for him, and between the architect and his own intellectual approach to design and its impact on his work. The incisive text, with specially commissioned pictures, explores Pawson's design process, working methods and philosophical approach, and illuminates the emotional and artistic content of his work. Through a close examination of ten diverse projects, Deyan Sudjic considers the way in which design is influenced by the processes of construction and making, and explores the nature and significance of the finished scheme. This book, a record of Pawson's developing approach to design and his unique position at the intersection of art and design, offers insights into culture, society and architecture.

An authoritative and visually rich survey of the contemporary city.

This an essential tool kit for understanding the world around us. It's about our obsession with collecting, the quest for authenticity and the creation of national identities. It's about Hitchcock's film sets and why we value imperfection. It's about fashion and technology, about politics and art.'A memoir and a master class in musing on modern design . . . It's a collection of thoughtful, absorbing essays about many aspects of modern design, a subject nobody writes better about than Sudjic' - Evening Standard

What would an architect risk for the chance to construct the tallest building in the world? This publication delves into the extraordinary life of Boris Iofan (1891-1976), the state architect under Joseph Stalin. Iofan's journey reveals the complex relationship between successful architects and power. A talented designer and committed Communist, he became the Soviet Union's leading architect after being persuaded to return to Moscow from Rome with his wife, Olga Sasso-Ruffo. His work is crucial for understanding Soviet official culture, especially as he created a new national style when the architectural avant-garde was suppressed. Notable projects include the House on the Embankment, a vast complex for the Soviet elite, and the ambitious, though unbuilt, Palace of the Soviets, a baroque Stalinist vision. Iofan's career spanned cities like New York and Paris, and he engaged with influential figures such as Frank Lloyd Wright while contending with rivals like Le Corbusier. Despite witnessing the execution of friends, including Alexei Rykov, he adhered to Stalin's directives, sacrificing his own artistic vision to fulfill the regime's ambitions. Richly illustrated and featuring unpublished material, this exploration highlights architecture as a tool of statecraft and offers a unique perspective on pivotal moments in 20th-century politics and culture through Iofan's remarkable story.