Thomas Heatherwick: Making is the definitive monograph on Heatherwick Studio, tracing more than one hundred and fifty projects across scales and continents — from intimate furniture to urban architecture — and laying bare the creative logic behind each one.
About This Book
This fully revised and updated edition of Heatherwick Studio's canonical monograph spans the studio's complete output since its foundation in 1994, covering projects from London to Shanghai, New York to Tokyo. What distinguishes it from conventional design monographs is its commitment to process: revealing texts answer not just what was built, but how and why each project came to be. Sixteen new projects are included alongside updated photography and a new index, making this both a creative retrospective and a practical design resource. For students of contemporary design thinking, and for practitioners interested in how manufacturing, material, and concept intersect, this is essential reading.
Key Features
- 640 pages of project documentation, process photography, and revealing behind-the-scenes texts across more than 150 works
- Sixteen new projects added to this revised edition, including a National Trust Glasshouse in Sussex and a Friction Table shown at Design Miami in Shanghai
- Published by Thames & Hudson Australia, 1994
What You'll Discover
- How Heatherwick Studio approaches creative problem-solving across wildly different scales — from exhibition furniture to major civic architecture
- The manufacturing and material innovations that define the studio's design language, documented through process imagery and explanatory texts
- The geographic breadth of the studio's practice, with projects spanning London, Shanghai, New York, and Tokyo examined in depth
- How the studio's founding creative processes have become embedded in its institutional DNA, continuing to drive work across successive generations of designers
About the Author
Thomas Heatherwick is the founder of Heatherwick Studio, a practice recognised internationally for work that pushes the boundaries of design, architecture, and manufacturing. The studio's output spans product design, public sculpture, building, and urban infrastructure across multiple continents.
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 640
- Dimensions: 21.6 x 24.6 x 4.8 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780500297162
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Australia
- Publication Date: 1994
Perfect For: Architects, industrial designers, and design students seeking deep insight into the creative and manufacturing processes behind one of the world's most inventive contemporary studios.