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Chargement... Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our Worldpar Thomas Heatherwick
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/insight/the-anatomy-of-hum... ( ) I've never used the word 'important' about a book I have read, largely because most of the books I read are entertaining trash. But this is arguably the most important book I have ever read. For anyone asking themselves "why is everything shit?", this book brings a very clear answer to at least one aspect of the shittiness. Although it appears intimidatingly large, Heatherwick utilises his design skills for the task of making his argument in ways that remove the need for thousands of wordy paragraphs. As a result, it's a surprisingly quick read. It's also allows plenty of space for annotation, if you're given to that kind of thing (I am). I picked up as a 'thing I may fancy having a read of', along with three books of entertaining trash. When I got home I had a skim as I made a cup of tea, and by the time I had sat don with the tea I was glued to the book. In case I haven't been quite clear about just how fantastic this book is, I'm buying copies for other people for Christmas. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
'Humanise is a masterwork. It's quietly furious, impassioned, rigorous and forensic in all the right doses. It leaves me very hopeful indeed about how things could go from here' ALAIN DE BOTTON In this manifesto for change, one of the world's pre-eminent designers explores how buildings and cities around the world lost their soul - and what we can do about it. Thomas Heatherwick shows how design has a profound effect on our mental and physical health, the climate, as well as the peace and cohesion of societies. He shows how a flawed idea of utility and 'efficiency' has engulfed our towns and cities and hardened into a form of bland minimalism. But it doesn't have to be this way- there are other ways to build - with the power to lift our spirits, engage and connect us. Heatherwick draws on his own work, the ideas of other experts in the field, and recent advances in neuroscience and cognitive psychology to offer both a case against the inhumanity of modernist design and a rallying cry to everyone to imagine the world anew. Looking through his eyes, we take in places around the world, old and new, famous and obscure, that can sap the life out of us - or nourish our senses and our psyche. Humanise is a tautly argued provocation and an urgent call-to-arms to make the world around us a far better place for everyone to live. 'This book is a super accessible guide as to why we shouldn't put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that' GRAYSON PERRY Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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