Life Style - Hardcover

Mau, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714838276 ISBN 13: 9780714838274

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Since founding his Toronto-based studio in 1985, Bruce Mau has become one of the world's most sought-after designers, collaborating with leading architects, artists and cultural institutions in North America and Europe. This book documents his creative process and studio practice. A collection of essays, observations and personal anecdotes interspersed with project documentation, it manifests Mau's world view and his belief that form and content are inseparable.

About this title

Review:

"A 624-page strip tease performed with an endless variety of veils... The book tantalizes readers with glimpses into the thinking of one of the most creative minds at work in design today."―New York Times

"A book form that's partly a journal of ideas, creative anthology, social critique, manifesto for change and a superlative piece of design."―Blueprint

"An insightful and exhilarating analysis of image culture."―Dazed and Confused

"A wide-ranging, fascinating view of the world, it offers hundreds of explanations (or observations) of what we see around us."―Guardian

About the Author:

Bruce Mau is the President and Creative Director of Bruce Mau Design. He has been a visiting scholar at institutions worldwide, including The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, Rice University in Houston, the University of Toronto's School of Architecture, and California Institute of the Arts, where he was an artist-in-residence. He has lectured widely throughout North America and in Berlin and Zurich, and in 1998 won the Chrysler Award for Design Innovation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0714838276
• ISBN 13: 9780714838274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624