Thomas Heatherwick: Making

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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.

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 industrys 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 Heatherwicks ingenious projects, from Christmas cards to the Seed Cathedral' - Crafts magazine

Author Bio

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 2 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.