Deyan Sudjic OBE (born 6 September 1952)[3] is a British writer and broadcaster, specialising in the fields of design and architecture.

[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.

Sudjic was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours for services to architecture.