Extinct - A Compendium of Obsolete Objects

"So-called extinct objects are those that were imagined but were never in use, or that existed but are now unused-superseded, unfashionable, or simply forgotten.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"--Publisher's description.

About the author

Barbara Penner is Professor in Architectural Humanities at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Her books include Bathroom (Reaktion, 2013) and she is a contributing editor of Places Journal.Adrian Forty is Professor Emeritus of Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. He is the author of many books including Concrete and Culture: A Material History (Reaktion, 2012).Olivia Horsfall Turner is Senior Curator of Designs at the Victoria and Albert Museum.Miranda Critchley is completing her PhD on railways and colonial narratives of progress at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Forty Penner
• Assisted by: Miranda Critchley (Editor), Adrian Forty (Editor), Forty Adrian (Editor), Olivia Horsfall Turner (Editor), Olivia Horsfall Turner (Editor), Barbara Penner (Editor), Penner Barbara (Editor)
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781789144529
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-452-9
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Product Design, DESIGN / Product, DESIGN / History & Criticism