B IS FOR BAUHAUS: AN A-Z OF THE MODERN WORLD (PB)

This is an essential tool kit for understanding the world around us from the former Director of The Design Museum. It's about our obsession with collecting, the quest for authenticity and the creation of national identities. It's about Hitchcock's film sets, what makes a Warhol a genuine fake, the beauty of the jumbo jet, the notion of authenticity, the success of Ikea, the creation of national identity, the mania to collect and the value of imperfection.