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Design Museum - Ai Weiwei: Making Sense - Paperback
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Description: The first book to dive exclusively into Ai Weiwei's approach to design and collecting shedding light on the value we ascribe to everyday objects. Artist film - maker architect activist collector whatever mode Ai Weiwei is in he is trying to tell us something about the state of the world. This book presents Ai's work as a commentary on design and what it reveals about our changing values. Confronted by the rapid pace of change in his country Ai became fascinated by Chinese antiquities. His vast collections of historical artefacts from Stone Age tools to broken teapot spouts attest to the way the language of objects speaks across the ages. Is this a classic tale of technical progress or have we lost crucial qualities with the march of time? Ai invites us to make sense of these objects as he explores the tensions between past and present hand and machine precious and worthless construction and destruction.
Title: Ai Weiwei: Making Sense
Brand: Design Museum
Barcode: 9781872005638
Pages: 224 Pages, 160 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Category: Individual Designers
Description: The first book to dive exclusively into Ai Weiwei's approach to design and collecting shedding light on the value we ascribe to everyday objects. Artist film - maker architect activist collector whatever mode Ai Weiwei is in he is trying to tell us something about the state of the world. This book presents Ai's work as a commentary on design and what it reveals about our changing values. Confronted by the rapid pace of change in his country Ai became fascinated by Chinese antiquities. His vast collections of historical artefacts from Stone Age tools to broken teapot spouts attest to the way the language of objects speaks across the ages. Is this a classic tale of technical progress or have we lost crucial qualities with the march of time? Ai invites us to make sense of these objects as he explores the tensions between past and present hand and machine precious and worthless construction and destruction.
Title: Ai Weiwei: Making Sense
Brand: Design Museum
Barcode: 9781872005638
Pages: 224 Pages, 160 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Category: Individual Designers
