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Extinct
A Compendium of Obsolete Objects
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Extinct
A Compendium of Obsolete Objects
About this book
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 So-called extinct objects are those that were imagined but were never in use, or that existed but are now unused—superseded, unfashionable, or simply forgotten.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, 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. 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.
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Yes, you can access Extinct by Barbara Penner, Adrian Forty, Olivia Horsfall Turner, Miranda Critchley, Barbara Penner,Adrian Forty,Olivia Horsfall Turner,Miranda Critchley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Design & Design generale. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: Barbara Penner, Adrian Forty, Olivia Horsfall Turner and Miranda Critchley
- Acoustic Location Device: Bryony Quinn
- Action Office Acoustic Area Conditioner: The ‘Maskitball’: Kristen Gallerneaux
- Air-curtain Roof: Laurent Stalder
- All-plastic House: Carola Hein
- Arsenic Wallpaper: Lucinda Hawksley
- Arundel Print: Tanya Harrod
- Asbestos-cement Rondavel: Hannah le Roux
- Ashtray: Catherine Slessor
- Atmospheric Railway: Niall McLaughlin
- Cab-fare Map: Paul Dobraszczyk
- Central Heating: Mario Carpo
- Chaparral 2J: The ‘Sucker Car’: Eirik A. G. Bøhn
- Chatelaine: Iris Moon
- The Clapper: Charles Rice
- Close-constraint Key: Ben Vandenput
- Concorde: Thomas McQuillan
- ConvAirCar: Emily M. Orr
- Cybernetic Anthropomorphic Machines: Lydia Kallipoliti
- Cybersyn: Hugo Palmarola and Pedro Ignacio Alonso
- Cyclegraph: Barbara Penner
- Cyclops 1: Thandi Loewenson
- Dougong: Guang Yu Ren and Edward Denison
- Dymaxion House: Barry Bergdoll
- Edison’s Anti-gravitation Under-clothing: Bob Nicholson
- Electrotype Pattern: Angus Patterson
- Fisher-Price Peg Figures: Mark Morris
- Flashcube: Harriet Harriss
- Flying Boat: David Edgerton
- Glass Lantern Slide: Daniel M. Abramson
- Globe of Mars: Lucy Garrett
- High-pressure Water Mains: Adrian Forty
- House Environment: Eszter Steierho‰er
- ‘Hummingbird’ Taxi: Lucinda Hawksley
- Incandescent Light Bulb: Mari Hvattum
- Integrated Radio/TV Cabinet: Anders V. Munch
- Invacar: The ‘Invalid Carriage’: Elizabeth Guffey
- Kodachrome: Tacita Dean
- Letraset: Robin Kinross
- Leucotome: Carsten Timmermann
- Manchester Pail System: ‘Dolly Vardens’: Barbara Penner
- Mechanical Polygraph: Danielle S. Willkens
- Medical Wax Model: Thomas Kador
- Memo: Adrian Forty
- Milk Spoon: Hugo Palmarola
- MiniDisc: Priya Khanchandani
- Minitel: Shahed Saleem
- Moon Towers: Bryony Quinn
- Nikini: Rachel Siobhán Tyler
- ‘No Nonsense’ Fountain Pen: Pippo Ciorra
- North Bucks Monorail City: Gillian Darley
- Notgeld: Tom Wilkinson
- Oil from Coal: David Edgerton
- Optical Telegraph: David Trotter
- Paper Aeroplane Ticket: Gökçe Günel
- Paper Dress: Olivia Horsfall Turner
- Pasilalinic-sympathetic Compass: Richard Taws
- Phase-change Chemical Heat-storage Barrel: Daniel Barber
- Player Piano: Hal Foster
- Pneumatic Postal System: Jacob Paskins
- Polaroid SX-70: Deyan Sudjic
- Public Standards of Length: David Rooney
- Pyrophone: Tim Boon
- Realistic Wax Mannequin: Maude Bass-Krueger
- Rotring, Letratone, MiniCAD: Tony Fretton
- Scaphander: ‘Man-boat’: Steven Connor
- Scarificator: Thomas Kador
- Serving Hatch: Tim Ainsworth Anstey
- Sinclair C5: Simon Sadler
- Skirt Grip: Amy de la Haye
- Slide Rule: Adrian Forty
- Slotted Screwdriver: Richard Wentworth
- Space Frame: Catherine Slessor
- Stanley 55 Combination Plane: Nikos Magouliotis
- Telephone Table: Edwin Heathcote
- Teletype: James Purdon
- Théâtrophone: Carlotta Darò
- Think City Electric Vehicle: Kjetil Fallan
- Trombe Wall: Paul Bouet
- T-shirt Plastic Bag: Johanna Agerman Ross
- Ultratemp® Roasting Rack: Christian Parreno
- UV-radiated Artificial Beach: Maarten Liefooghe
- Vertical Filing Cabinet: Zeynep Çelik Alexander
- Water Bag: Sarah Bell
- Writing Case: Barry Curtis
- Zeppelin: Jeremy Myerson
- Biographies
- References and Further Reading
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Acknowledgements