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'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.'These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries be...
This seminal period of British history is a far-off world in which poverty, violence and superstition went hand-in-hand with opulence, religious virtu...
This book is a fan tribute to the original Adidas models, the so-called 'OGs'. It includes original Adidas basketball, tennis, and running shoes from the 70s, 80s and 90s. This exceptional book presents legendary sneakers, as well as athletes and musicians who have been honoured by Adidas with their own signature modes. Interviews with contemporary
Now more than ever, we live in a society where we covet new and shiny things. Not only has consumption risen dramatically over the last 60 years, but ...
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Who ponders the sock? This common object i...
Since its inception in 2012, Made in L.A. has been bringing together regional artists from every discipline and has been curated by some of the most e...
The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. Shakespeare's Restl...
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Speed. Bump. Speed. Traffic considers the ...
In Miniature is a delightful, entertaining and illuminating investigation into our peculiar fascination with making things small, and what small thing...
Carnal Knowledge is an outcome of the renewed energy and interest in moving beyond the discursive construction of reality to understand the relationsh...
Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with a new captivating portra...
How are love and emotion embodied in material form?
Love Objects explores the emotional potency of things, addressing how objects can function as fe...
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
When the Sony Walkman debuted in 1979, pe...
According to current thinking, anyone who fails to succeed must have something wrong with them. The pressure to achieve and be happy is taking a heavy...
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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed bo...
Concrete has been used in arches, vaults, and domes dating as far back as the Roman Empire. Today, it is everywhere-in our roads, bridges, sidewalks, ...
Generations of scholars have grappled with the origins of 'palace' society on Minoan Crete, seeking to explain when and how life on the island altered...
Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the obje...
A treasure trove of human creativity from around the world History of the World in 1000 Objects takes a fresh look at world history, viewing cultures ...
Luxury has been both celebrated and condemned throughout history right up to the present day. This groundbreaking text examines luxury and its relatio...
How product design criticism has rescued some products from the trash and consigned others to the landfill.Product design criticism operates at the ve...
From the 'soft modernism' of Scandinavian furniture to the sleek, clean lines of the lighting created by the Castiglioni brothers in Italy, Judith Mil...
Only when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and freezers. In Refrigeration Nation, Jonathan ...
A delightful, entertaining and illuminating investigation into our peculiar fascination with making things small, and what small things tell us about ...
Ritual has long been a central concept in anthropological theories of religious transmission. Ritual, Performance and the Senses offers a new understa...
This seminal period of British history is a far-off world in which poverty, violence and superstition went hand-in-hand with opulence, religious virtu...
Through their metaphorical and material qualities, textiles can be seductive, exciting, intimate and, at times, shocking and disquieting. This book is...
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Desert nomads tested their vision by dist...
Museum Objects provides a set of readings that together create a distinctive emphasis and perspective on the objects which lie at the heart of interp...
Balint Abady is forced to part from the beautiful and unhappily married Adrienne Uzdy. Laszlo Gyeroffy is rapidly heading for self-destruction through...
In this innovative new book, Alison Bancroft re-examines significant moments in twentieth century fashion history through the focal lens of psychoanal...
Fashion History: A Global View proposes a new perspective on fashion history. Arguing that fashion has occurred in cultures beyond the West throughout...
With a background in painting billboards, James Rosenquist had a unique perspective on the dual effects of imagery and scale on the viewing experience...
This book explores the border zones between life and non-life as represented in cinema from the end of the nineteenth century, when France led the gl...
Informed by a provocative exhibition at the Louvre curated by the author, The Severed Head unpacks artistic representations of severed heads from the ...
Crystal palaces and railway stations, greenhouses and arcades, church windows and shop frontages, wine glasses and lamp shades: from the monumental to...
Uncover the secrets of the Swedish philosophy of life called Lagom - meaning 'just enough'. At its core is the idea that we can strike a healthy balan...
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Pause and look around: you will see that y...
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the National Museum of Scotland, this book showcases over 100 of its treasures.
It was in the closing year of the First World War, on 1 April 1918, that the Royal Air Force was born from the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps ...
Arguing for a paleocybernetic approach to current media studies debates, Nicolas Salazar Sutil develops an original framework for a new media ecology ...
Shooting parties in great country houses, turbulent scenes in parliament and the luxury life in Budapest provide the backdrop for this gripping, presc...