Synopsis
One of the few books to examine Ai Weiwei’s approach to design, architecture and the city.
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About the Author
Justin McGuirk is chief curator at the Design Museum and the director of Future Observatory.
Contributors:
Brian Dillon, Rachel Hajek, Julia Lovell, Tim Marlow, Justin McGuirk, Wang Shu, Eyal Weizman
From the Back Cover
Ai Weiwei is best known as an artist, activist and public figure. But he is almost unique in the way he glides across disciplinary boundaries: into architecture, design, collecting and curating. In Spring 2023, a retrospective on Ai Weiwei will open at the Design Museum. This is the first exhibition to examine Ai’s relationship to design, architecture and the city. To accompany this exhibition, a catalogue of the same title will explore Ai’s practice as artist, architect, designer and collector. The book w
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