Description
This hardcover book is a global survey of 100 contemporary product designers, presented with extensive imagery and a wide range of objects from furniture and lighting to everyday systems. It’s a smart pick for design lovers, students, and anyone who wants a grounded look at what product design looks like right now.
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Designed for Life by Phaidon Editors takes you through an international roster of designers selected by a panel of design critics, curators, journalists, and gallerists, with an introduction by Kelsey Keith. Expect a contemporary product design book focused on how designers work across categories, materials, and approaches as design overlaps with art, craft, fashion, and architecture. It’s especially useful if you like browsing names, studios, and objects you can keep tracking beyond one read-through.
It looks great styled on a coffee table, open to a spread, and it also stacks cleanly with other large-format design books on shelves or consoles. Keep it within reach for quick inspiration during a project, a studio session, or whenever you want a fast visual reset. If you’re building a design reference library, this one works as a broad overview rather than a single-designer deep dive.
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Dimensions
W26.0 x D3.0 x H30.0 cm / W10.24" x D1.18" x H11.81"
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