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Reaktion Books - Extinct A Compendium Of Obsolete Objects - Hardcover
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Description: Blending architecture design and technology a visual tour through futures past via the objects we have replaced left behind and forgotten. So - called extinct objects are those that were imagined but were never in use or that existed but are now unused - superseded unfashionable or simply forgotten. Extinct gathers together an exceptional range of artists curators architects critics and academics including Hal Foster Barry Bergdoll Deyan Sudjic Tacita Dean Emily Orr Richard Wentworth and many more. In eighty - five essays contributors nominate "extinct" objects and address them in a series of short vivid sometimes personal accounts speaking not only of obsolete technologies but of other ways of thinking making and interacting with the world. Extinct is filled with curious half - remembered objects each one evoking a future that never came to pass. It is also a visual treat full of interest and delight.
Title: Extinct A Compendium Of Obsolete Objects
Brand: Reaktion Books
Barcode: 9781789144529
Pages: 400 Pages, 74 Color Plates, 46 Halftones
Publication Date: 12/21/2021
Category: Product Design
Description: Blending architecture design and technology a visual tour through futures past via the objects we have replaced left behind and forgotten. So - called extinct objects are those that were imagined but were never in use or that existed but are now unused - superseded unfashionable or simply forgotten. Extinct gathers together an exceptional range of artists curators architects critics and academics including Hal Foster Barry Bergdoll Deyan Sudjic Tacita Dean Emily Orr Richard Wentworth and many more. In eighty - five essays contributors nominate "extinct" objects and address them in a series of short vivid sometimes personal accounts speaking not only of obsolete technologies but of other ways of thinking making and interacting with the world. Extinct is filled with curious half - remembered objects each one evoking a future that never came to pass. It is also a visual treat full of interest and delight.
Title: Extinct A Compendium Of Obsolete Objects
Brand: Reaktion Books
Barcode: 9781789144529
Pages: 400 Pages, 74 Color Plates, 46 Halftones
Publication Date: 12/21/2021
Category: Product Design
