Deyan Sudjic

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Deyan Sudjic
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Sudjic in 2013
Born (1952-09-06) 6 September 1952 (age 71)
London, England, UK
Education Latymer Upper School, London
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
Occupation(s)Director, Writer, Broadcaster
Known forDirector, Design Museum, London (2006—2020)
Editor, Domus (2000—2004)
Director, Venice Architecture Biennale (2002)
Director, Glasgow's UK City of Architecture and Design programme (1999)
Co-founder, later Editor and Editorial Director, Blueprint architecture magazine (1983)
SpouseSarah Miller [1]
Children Olivia Sudjic [2]

Deyan Sudjic OBE (born 6 September 1952) [3] is a British writer and broadcaster, specialising in the fields of design and architecture. He was formerly the director of the Design Museum, London. [4]

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Life and career

Sudjic grew up in Acton, London; his parents, who were immigrants from Yugoslavia, spoke Serbo-Croatian at home. [5] His parents "lived the high life" after the Second World War, his father, Misa, working as foreign correspondent for Tanjug, the Yugoslav state news agency, then for a time, in less comfortable circumstances, as a bulletin-writer for the BBC World Service, also "working away sporadically on ill-fated plans to make a fortune" including selling non-stick frying pans, holiday lets, and DIY. [6] He was later employed by a travel company taking tourists to Yugoslavia, then relocated to Sveti Stefan, working at a hotel on the Adriatic Sea until he was hospitalized for alcoholism; brought back to the UK by his family, he finally worked as a security guard in a Kirkcaldy shopping centre. Sudjic's mother, Seja, took jobs teaching, translating Serbo-Croat, and in the homeware department at Harrods. [7]

Sudjic was educated at Latymer Upper School, [8] at the time a Direct Grant Grammar School, [9] based in Hammersmith in West London. He attended the University of Edinburgh. [9]

In 1970, as a teen, he contributed to Schoolkids OZ, the subject of an obscenity trial the following year. [10]

Sudjic was the design and architecture critic for The Observer , the Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University, visiting professor at the Royal College of Art, and co-chair of the Urban Age Advisory Board. [4] [11]

In 1983, he co-founded, with Peter Murray and Simon Esterson, Blueprint , a monthly architecture magazine and went on to be the magazine's editor and then its editorial director. From 2000–04, he was the editor of Domus . In 2000, he was made OBE. [12]

He was the director of Glasgow's UK City of Architecture and Design program in 1999, and the director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002. Sudjic became director of the Design Museum in 2006.

In 2012, Sudjic was awarded an honorary degree from the University for the Creative Arts. [11]

Sudjic has contributed to The Guardian , [13] the London Review of Books , [14] and other publications.

Selected publications

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References

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  2. ↑ "Sarah Miller - CEO Sarah Miller and Partners, Founding Editor-in-Chief Condé Nast Traveller London". London Culture Destinations Awards. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Weekend birthdays". The Guardian . Guardian News & Media. 6 September 2014. p. 50.
  4. 1 2 LSE: "Advisory board"; retrieved 17 May 2013
  5. ↑ "Deyan Sudjic returns to Belgrade after 25 years". TheGuardian.com . 30 April 2006.
  6. ↑ Sudjic, Deyan (29 April 2006). "The building blocks of a boy's life". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Yugoslavia is gone, renamed and redrawn, but my family's history lives on within me | Olivia Sudjic". TheGuardian.com . 30 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Distinguished Latymerians". Latymer Upper School . May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. 1 2 "The Inventory: Deyan Sudjic". The Financial Times . 17 January 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Murray, Charles Shaar (2 August 2001). "I was an Oz schoolkid". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  11. 1 2 "UCA honorary degrees 2012". University for the Creative Arts. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Directorate". Design Museum. Fabrique & Q42. Retrieved 4 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ↑ "Deyan Sudjic". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Deyan Sudjic · LRB". www.lrb.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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