Glass Paperback / softback
by Professor John S. (Independent scholar, USA) Garrison
Part of the Object Lessons series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 you are surrounded by glass.
It reflects and refracts light through your windows; it encircles a glowing filament above you; it’s in a mirror hanging on the wall; it lies shattered in a dented corner of an iPhone—you’re drinking water out of a pint glass.
Taking up a most common object, rarely considered because assumed to be transparent, John Garrison draws evocative connections between historical depictions of glass and emerging visions that see it as holding a unique promise for new forms of interaction.
Grounded in everyday examples, this book offers a series of surprising insights into how we increasingly find ourselves living in a world made of glass. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:136 pages, 15 b/w illustrations
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:05/11/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781628924244
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:136 pages, 15 b/w illustrations
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:05/11/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781628924244
