Description
Featuring sixteen new projects and fresh photography, this updated and revised book remains the definitive publication on the internationally acclaimed designer Thomas Heatherwick. How do you create a car that cleans the air? Construct a building that helps you heal? Humanize space to improve life on earth? Turn a paper mill into a gin distillery? Let every country in the Olympic Games take part in making and lighting the Olympic Cauldron? Design a building using an electron microscope? Produce a new bus for London that uses less fuel? Make someone eat your business card? Making is an extraordinary compendium of the work of Thomas Heatherwick and his studio since its founding 30 years ago. Fully updated and revised, and now in its third edition, this is the definitive publication on one of the world's most exceptional designers. With more than 600 pages, 116 projects and hundreds of photographs, drawings and sketches, this essential monograph will be an inspirational resource for designers, makers and curious minds.
Featuring sixteen new projects and fresh photography, this updated and revised book remains the definitive publication on the internationally acclaimed designer Thomas Heatherwick
About the Author
Thomas Heatherwick leads the design of all Heatherwick Studio projects, working in collaboration with a team of 200 architects, designers and makers across four continents on projects valued at over GBP2 billion. He has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Royal Academician and in 2004 became the youngest Royal Designer for Industry.
Reviews
'A thrilling design compendium' - Guardian
'We need Thomas Heatherwick. He is unique in our generation ... he is an explorer, an adventurer, a rule breaker, a game changer, a risk taker. He makes ideas happen. We need people like this, and how many are practising architecture today?' - Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai
'A triumph: an adventure into the mind of one of the industry's most captivating designers well worth the hours you will lose within its pages ... aglow with images and passionate commentary from Heatherwick himself' - World Architecture News
'A detailed tour ... of Heatherwick's ingenious projects, from Christmas cards to the Seed Cathedral' - Crafts magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9780500297162
Format Paperback
Page Count 640
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 2400g
Featuring sixteen new projects and fresh photography, this updated and revised book remains the definitive publication on the internationally acclaimed designer Thomas Heatherwick
About the Author
Thomas Heatherwick leads the design of all Heatherwick Studio projects, working in collaboration with a team of 200 architects, designers and makers across four continents on projects valued at over GBP2 billion. He has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Royal Academician and in 2004 became the youngest Royal Designer for Industry.
Reviews
'A thrilling design compendium' - Guardian
'We need Thomas Heatherwick. He is unique in our generation ... he is an explorer, an adventurer, a rule breaker, a game changer, a risk taker. He makes ideas happen. We need people like this, and how many are practising architecture today?' - Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai
'A triumph: an adventure into the mind of one of the industry's most captivating designers well worth the hours you will lose within its pages ... aglow with images and passionate commentary from Heatherwick himself' - World Architecture News
'A detailed tour ... of Heatherwick's ingenious projects, from Christmas cards to the Seed Cathedral' - Crafts magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9780500297162
Format Paperback
Page Count 640
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 2400g
