Thomas Heatherwick

I've never used the word 'important' about a book I have read, largely because most of the books I read are entertaining trash. But this is arguably the most important book I have ever read.

For anyone asking themselves "why is everything shit?", this book brings a very clear answer to at least one aspect of the shittiness.

Although it appears intimidatingly large, Heatherwick utilises his design skills for the task of making his argument in ways that remove the need for thousands of wordy paragraphs. As a result, it's a surprisingly quick read. It's also allows plenty of space for annotation, if you're given to that kind of thing (I am).

I picked up as a 'thing I may fancy having a read of', along with three books of entertaining trash. When I got home I had a skim as I made a cup of tea, and by the time I had sat don with the tea I was glued to the book.

In case I haven't been quite clear about just how fantastic this book is, I'm buying copies for other people for Christmas.… (meer)