About the Author

Director of the Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic was born in London of Yugoslav parents. Former architecture critic for the Observer and a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art. In Milan, for many years he edited Domus, the international magazine of art, architecture and design. He was Director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002 and is author of The Edifice Complex, the much-praised 100-Miles City, the best-selling Architecture Pack, and monographs on John Pawson, Ron Arad and Richard Rogers. He is Director of the Design Museum in London.

Reviews

Astonishing ... a thrilling and passionately indignant trawl through vanity's most polluted depths
*Times*

Punchily written ... deftly amusing ... a closely argued, brilliantly marshalled, important book
*Daily Mail*

Full of fascinating fact and smart observation ... clever, stimulating and thoughtful
*Observer*

Essential reading for anyone who cares about the physical world around them
*Independent*

As compelling a read as a popular novel ... it is as though the worlds of academe and the gossip column collide ... funny, acidic, penetrating and provocative
*Royal Academy Magazine*