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Book Designed for Life, a hardcover book featuring a rich maroon cover with yellow text and white line art silhouettes of various product designs. This insightful book is perfect for aspiring product designers, design students, and anyone interested in modern design history.
  • Book Designed for Life, a hardcover book featuring a rich maroon cover with yellow text and white line art silhouettes of various product designs. This insightful book is perfect for aspiring product designers, design students, and anyone interested in modern design history.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open hardcover book displaying vibrant interior pages with detailed text and multiple images showcasing modern furniture, architectural designs, and fashion. This visually rich book is perfect for design enthusiasts and creative professionals seeking inspiration and insights into contemporary design.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open art publication featuring "Marlene Huissoud" with detailed images of her organic, textured sculptures in black and white, and a large, multi-limbed outdoor piece with white dotted patterns set in a lush green environment. This premium art book is perfect for art enthusiasts, collectors, and design students interested in contemporary sculpture and artistic processes.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open hardcover book showcasing vibrant design photography and text on cream pages. This stylish book is perfect for design enthusiasts and art collectors.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open hardcover book displaying vibrant images of modern design, including teal vases, a unique textured chair, and green leaf art. This inspiring design book is perfect for interior designers, architects, and art enthusiasts seeking creative inspiration.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open hardcover book with a deep red binding, showcasing modern design concepts, colorful chairs, and unique wall clocks on its glossy pages. This insightful book is perfect for interior design enthusiasts, architects, and art students seeking inspiration and historical context.
  • Book Designed for Life, a hardcover book featuring a rich maroon cover with yellow text and white line art silhouettes of various product designs. This insightful book is perfect for aspiring product designers, design students, and anyone interested in modern design history.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open hardcover book displaying vibrant interior pages with detailed text and multiple images showcasing modern furniture, architectural designs, and fashion. This visually rich book is perfect for design enthusiasts and creative professionals seeking inspiration and insights into contemporary design.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open art publication featuring "Marlene Huissoud" with detailed images of her organic, textured sculptures in black and white, and a large, multi-limbed outdoor piece with white dotted patterns set in a lush green environment. This premium art book is perfect for art enthusiasts, collectors, and design students interested in contemporary sculpture and artistic processes.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open hardcover book showcasing vibrant design photography and text on cream pages. This stylish book is perfect for design enthusiasts and art collectors.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open hardcover book displaying vibrant images of modern design, including teal vases, a unique textured chair, and green leaf art. This inspiring design book is perfect for interior designers, architects, and art enthusiasts seeking creative inspiration.
  • Book Designed for Life, an open hardcover book with a deep red binding, showcasing modern design concepts, colorful chairs, and unique wall clocks on its glossy pages. This insightful book is perfect for interior design enthusiasts, architects, and art students seeking inspiration and historical context.
Designed for Life

Designed for Life
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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"
Material

Paper
Product Care

Store in a stable, moderate environment away from moisture and direct sunlight. Handle gently with clean hands to preserve condition.
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