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Hello Design!

Hello Design!

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Summary

Did you know that everything you touch has been designed? Your toys, your clothes, your scooter . . . and this book!

A design can be as small as a toothbrush . . . or as BIG as a skyscraper. Every design starts in someone's imagination - an imagination just like yours.

Travel through one day and discover how the world around you has been designed - even though we don't always realise it! Question HOW everyday items have been designed, and WHY they look the way they do. Guaranteed to make you see the world a little differently, pick up your pens and imagine your own designs.

What will you design?

With facts and questions to inspire all budding designers and get creative minds whirring - and featuring iconic designs from the experts at the V&A Museum.

About the authors

Isabel Thomas

Isabel Thomas has written more than 150 books about science for young readers and has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association of Science Education Book of the Year, the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards and the Blue Peter Book Awards.
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Aurélie Guillerey (Illustrator)

Aurélie Guillerey studied at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg and now works as an illustrator in France. Her characters are often inspired by her children and she likes to work with bright, bold colours to create energetic illustration.
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