Glass

di John S. Garrison (Autore)

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015

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.

• Autore: John S. Garrison
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Collana: Object Lessons
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 136 p.
• Dimensioni: 164 x 122 mm
• Peso: 140 gr.
• EAN: 9781628924244

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