Joined Up Design for Schools

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Joinedupdesignforschools is a pioneering scheme aimed at inspiring creativity in young people. Schoolchildren throughout Britain commissioned leading designers and architects to improve their schools by responding to their everyday needs and concerns. This book presents the fascinating results of their collaborations with such renowned practitioners as Richard Rogers Partnership, Paul Smith, Will Alsop and Wolff Olins.

AUTHOR:
John and Frances Sorrell co-chair The Sorrell Foundation, established to inspire creativity in young people and improve the quality of life through good design. John founded and chairs the London Design Festival and chaired the Design Council from 1994 to 2000. Frances was co-chair and creative director of Newell & Sorrell (later Interbrand Newell & Sorrell) and led the company to more than 100 design awards over 25 years.

SELLING POINTS:
Features more than 60 remarkable projects in which schoolchildren thoughout Britain have commissioned pioneering concepts from a dazzling array of international designers and architects, including Marks Barfield,Thomas Heatherwick,Wolff Olins, Conran & Partners, Priestman Goode and Kevin McCloud

The first scheme worldwide in which client teams of children have engaged today’s leading designers to respond to their everyday needs and concerns

Engagingly describes and illustrates an inspiring range of projects that deal with the built environment, communications, storage, colour, clothing and identity in school

Essential reading for designers, architects, teachers and anyone who cares about the environment in which our children learn

400 colour illustrations

ISBN: 9781858943084
Author: SORRELL FRANCES & JOHN
Format: Hardcover
RRP: $69.95
Pages: 192
Dimension: 343mm X 267mm