These pivotal works in our Penguin on Design series by some of the 20th century's most creative thinkers including Bruno Munari and Deyan Sudjic analyses a common theme: the way we read the language of images. They explore art, design and the media and make some discoveries that have changed our visions and the way we look at the world forever.
The Medium is the MassageMarshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan’s theories, many of which are illustrated in his astonishing The Medium is the Massage; An Inventory of Effects force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society.
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On PhotographySusan Sontag
Photographs are everywhere. In six incisive essays, Susan Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives, On Photography.
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Ways of SeeingJohn Berger
John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, first published in 1972 is still one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language.
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Language of Things
Deyan Sudjic
We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves? In The Language of Things, Design Museum Director, Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship - both innocent and knowing - with all things designed.
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Design as ArtBruno Munari
Described by Picasso as ‘the new Leonardo’ Bruno Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book, Design as Art sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday.
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