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Synopsis
The perfect coffee table book for those who appreciate the finer elements of ordinary things, this beautifully photographed volume displays with the design flair of a museum show the ultimate iconic items. The thoughtful, intellectual--often irreverent--commentary on these commonplace things alongside the artistic photographs of each--over 75 in total--entertains with the search for soul in products that we know and probably use or have used. Whether they agree or...
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There are things, and then there are Things. This is a book about the objects of this world that transcend their form and function, that offer more to us than we ask of them - that rise above themselves to assume iconic stature. These are the simple, ageless, yet mythic things that possess Quintessence.
The Steinway Piano. The Oreo Cookie. The Volkswagen Beetle. The Frisbee. These...
About the Author
Betty Cornfeld is an Emmy Award-winning television writer who has written for the David Susskind Show, several quiz shows and for years, scripted the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She lives in New York.
Owen Edwards is a writer, critic and editor, whose works have appeared in New York, Playboy, Saturday Review, Savvy, Travel & Leisure and other magazines. He lives in San Francisco."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherBlack Dog & Leventhal
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1579121500
- ISBN 13 9781579121501
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages128
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