{"product_id":"extinct-a-compendium-of-obsolete-objects-9781789144529","title":"Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolete Objects","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Barbara Penner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Product\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlending architecture, design, and technology, a visual tour through futures past via the objects we have replaced, left behind, and forgotten.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So-called extinct objects are those that were imagined but were never in use, or that existed but are now unused--superseded, unfashionable, or simply forgotten. \u003ci\u003eExtinct \u003c\/i\u003egathers 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. \u003ci\u003eExtinct\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45034423615639,"sku":"9781789144529","price":4556.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781789144529.webp?v=1769210603","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/extinct-a-compendium-of-obsolete-objects-9781789144529","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}