Reading Design
the visual language of common objects
$75.59
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2025
Summary
Decoding Design: A Journey Through Everyday Objects
In Decoding Design, renowned architect Craig Hodgetts, drawing upon his extensive experience at UCLA’s prestigious School of Architecture, meticulously examines the vast array of objects that permeate our lives. Building on the momentum of the groundbreaking “Blueprints for Modern Living” exhibition at MOCA, Hodgetts delves into the selection and appreciation of items that not only exemplify exceptional contemporary design…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781917458481 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1917458487 |
| Author: | Craig Hodgetts |
| Publisher: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 150mm |
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About The Author
Craig Hodgetts
With a background in theatre arts, architecture, and exhibit design, Craig Hodgetts has created enduring designs that continue to resonate more than fifty years after their completion. As a founding partner in the seminal architectural firm Studio Works, the originating Dean of the Design School at the California Institute of the Arts, and now the Creative Director of award-winning Hodgetts+Fung Design Associates, he has a well-earned reputation as an innovative designer and architect.
He is the author of numerous articles on design as well as several books, including Design Quarterly #100 dedicated to architect James Stirling, Swimming to Suburbia, a collection of environmental essays and illustrations, and the Art of Syd Meade, the prolific designer of futuristic motion pictures.
Twice invited to exhibit work at the Venice Biennale and featured in numerous Museum exhibitions, he and partner Fung created the immersive Casa Pulpa installation for the Milan Triennale and Visionary San Francisco at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Science Fiction legend William Gibson. His Punchout line of furniture is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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