Published to coincide with the
V&A's major retrospective of the studio,
Thomas Heatherwick: Making (
Thames & Hudson/
Monacelli Press, 2012) presents a comprehensive guide to Heatherwick's work to date, totalling 140 different projects.
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| Seed Cathedral by Thomas Heatherwick at Shanghai World Expo |
From the Seed Cathedral and London's new Routemaster to Heatherwick's Spun chairs, inventive Christmas cards and early projects such as Manchester's B of the Bang sculpture, the book presents each piece alongside an explanation written by Heatherwick considering the design question posed by the project as well as the technological innovations required to make it.
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| Spun chairs by Thomas Heatherwick at London Design Festival 2010 |
Read it to glimpse inside the studio of one of Britain's most exciting designers, described by Sir Terence Conran as "a Leonardo da Vinci of our times".
