Extinct : a compendium of obsolete objects
2021
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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 So-called extinct objects are those that were imagined but were never in use, or that existed but are now unused-superseded, unfashionable, or simply forgotten.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. In 85 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.
Main title:
Extinct : a compendium of obsolete objects / edited by Barbara Penner, Adrian Forty, Olivia Horsfall Turner and Miranda Critchley.
Author:
Penner, Barbara, 1970-, editorForty, Adrian, 1948-, editorHorsfall Turner, Olivia, editorCritchley, Miranda, editor
Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2021.
Collation:
390 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781789144529 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
745.209745.209 PENN
Language:
English
BRN:
2280219
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