In an age when the word 'designer' has become synonymous with the cynical and manipulative, Deyan examines the qualities behind successful design and explores the conflicting tensions between high art and mass production.

Deyan is Director of the Design Museum in London. Before joining the Museum, he was Dean of the Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design at Kingston University, Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art, and the Observer newspaper's design and architecture writer. From 2000 to 2004 he was Editor of Domus, the international magazine of art, architecture and design, and was Founding Editor of Blueprint magazine from 1983 to 1996.

Deyan was appointed as a CABE Commissioner in March 2006. In 2004 he was awarded the Bicentenary Medal of the Royal Society of Arts for the promotion of design, and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was made an OBE in 2000.

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