LAYER: Benjamin Hubert
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LAYER: Benjamin Hubert is a designer monograph for industrial design students, product designers, and readers interested in contemporary studio practice. Written by Benjamin Hubert and Max Fraser, the 2022 Phaidon volume has 256 pages and is in English. It presents Hubert’s work as a basis for considering how a designer develops ideas across projects and translates a brief into objects for use. The book is relevant to readers who want to connect form and function with research, context, and the character of a design practice, without treating a finished product as an isolated image.
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For students, a monograph of this kind supports visual research and comparison of design decisions across different projects. It can prompt discussion about how a studio responds to users, constraints, and changing requirements while retaining a recognizable point of view. These themes are useful in industrial design coursework, where students need to explain the route from an initial concept to a resolved product and assess the role of collaboration. Readers can refer to the book when selecting precedents, presenting project research, or reflecting on their own process. As a university reading list title, it offers a practical reference for product design studies and a structured way to discuss professional design work in studio critiques.
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