B LIKE BAUHAUS

What issues underlie the design of our living environment, from the fitted kitchen to the sports car to the zipper? B as in Bauhaus guides us through the very heterogeneous forms that are now part of our common imagination, such as the Eames Lounge chair, the QWERTY keyboard and the Sydney Opera House.

This "ABC of the modern world" is an essential kit for understanding our relationship with objects and decoding contemporary culture. It sheds unique light on the difference between art and design, the success of GTA and YouTube, the beauty of the Boeing 747, it questions the mania for collecting and the qualities of imperfection. By sharing his own experience, British critic Deyan Sudjic delivers a vision of the recent history of design that is both embodied and accessible.