"Heatherwick is Leonardo da Vinci of our times" Sir Terence Conran. Still just two decades into his career, British designer Thomas Heatherwick has been heralded as one of the most original creative talents for many decades. He has produced everything from sculptural chairs forged from the world's largest aluminium extruder, to a bridge that rolls open and closed and an exuberant seed bank, "hairy" with fibre-optic lights (the award-winning UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo). This book is the first to present an exhaustive survey of his studio's output to date: over 140 projects. Long in development, it has been prepared in close collaboration with Heatherwick himself, offering a highly personal, in-depth and behind-the-scenes look at all aspects of Heatherwick's creative, design and manufacturing processes. Projects are organized chronologically and bookended by an introduction setting out the studio's philosophy and a reference section. Each project is fully illustrated and accompanied by a text explaining, in Heatherwick's own words, the particular design challenge it posed and the creative and practical processes used to address it.
Contents
1989: Throne, 1990: Cabinet, Chain Experiments, Slipcast Tile, 1991: Vessels, Clay Study for a Water Sculpture, Pair of Seats, 1992: Clay Test Pieces, Pavilion, Transformable Seat, Sculpture Park Gates, Upholstered Furniture, 1993: Three-Dimensional Picture Frame, City Gateway, Pocket Knife, Interlocking Book, Arts & Business Award, Plank, Windsor Great Hall, 1994: Twisted Cabinet, Bench, Gazebo, Business Card, Film Festival Ticket Office, Log, Montblanc Diary, Sleeping Policeman, Christmas Cards, 1995: London Underground Station, Kielder Boathouse, Conran Shop Window Display, Shelving for a Jade Collection, Office Interior, Christmas Card 1995, Laing Square, Complete Christmas Tree, 1996: Hate Seat, Millennium Bridge, 1997: Autumn Intrusion, Garden Railings for a London House, Christmas Card 1997, 1998: Image Bank Awar, Materials House, Installation, Christmas Card 1998, 1999: Blackburn Emergency Platform, Millennium Dome: National Identity Zone, Identity Crisis, Twin Roundabouts, Hairy Building, Electric Cinema Façade, Belsay Sitooterie, Street Chandelier, 2000: Boots Christmas Decoration, Shopping Centre, Barking Square, Barnards Farm Sitooterie, Double Clothing, Zip Bag, Guastavino's, Shop Design, Brand.new Exhibition, Paternoster Vents, Masts, 2001: Yorkshire Sound Barrier, Hereford Community Building, Turning Trees, Temple, HSBC History Wall, Conran Foundation Collection, Christmas Card 2001, 2002: B of the Bang, Paper House, Eden Project Exhibition, Buildings, Bleigiessen, Rolling Bridge, Christmas Card 2002, BMW Pavilion, 2003: Milton Keynes Information Centre, Glass Bridge, Piano Factory Apartments, Christmas Card 2003, Kagoshima Carpet, Grange-over-Sands Café and Bridge, 2004: Colindale Tower, Piggyback, Ballpoint, Salviati Glass Furniture, Milton Keynes Public Art Strategy, Southorn Playground, Christmas Card 2004, Motorway Bridge, Longchamp Store, Guy's Hospital, Expanding Furniture, 2005: East Beach Café, Aberystwyth Artists' Studios, Aberystwyth Meeting House, Konstam, Nottingham Eastside, Christmas Card 2005, Ribbon Bridge, Pacific Place, 2006: Christmas Card 2006, V&A Temporary Structure, Watch, Baku Monument, 2007: Worth Abbey Church, Southwark Town Hall, Notting Hill Residential Tower, Olympic Velodrome, Harewood Quarter, UK Pavilion, Cloud Bridge, Group ofTowers, Gradated Tower, 2008: Doha Grand Hotel, Christmas Card 2008, Chelsea Barracks Landscape, Sheung Wan Hotel, 2009: Masdar Mosque, Stratford Olympic Structure, Centrifugal Chandelier, Worthing Swimming Pool, Extrusions, Christmas Card 2009, Large-Span Rolling Bridge, Teesside Power Station, Baku Tea House, Sheikh Zayed Memorial, 2010: Spun, London Bus, Capitol Theatre, London Cable Car, Old Airport Road Park, Khalidiyah Park, Christmas Card 2010, Towers of Silence, Jiading Bridge, 2011: Electricity Pylon, Boat
About The Author
Thomas Heatherwick, winner of countless international design awards, is Honorary Fellow, RIBA; Senior Fellow, Royal College of Art; and was the youngest practitioner to be appointed a Royal Designer for Industry (2006).
