Design City: Melbourne by Van Schaik, Leon - 2006

Wiley, 2006. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 215mm x 280mm. Light wear to covers. Spine not creased. A small pencil impression and eraser rubbing to top corner of half-title page. Otherwise internally clean. 288pp Melbourne is now coming to the fore as a design hotspot. With three and a half million inhabitants, it is on a scale that is livable and diverse. Its rich and varied cultural intimacy has enabled it to build up a unique dynamism, which is set to shift the entire design agenda of the world - much like Barcelona did in the 1980s and Antwerp did in the 1990s. The intense plurality of Melbourne's recent design culture is due to have a vast impact on the way in which we think about city regions and living in them. This is a story of wonderful spaces: in civic and institutional buildings; in galleries, bars, clubs and restaurants; in one of the world's tallest residential apartment buildings; in beach houses and mountain shacks; in workshops and studios; and in international sports venues..