EXTRA/ORDINARY OBJECTS1 Vol 1 (Icons Series - Colors)

EXTRA/ORDINARY OBJECTS1 Vol 1 (Icons Series - Colors)

Taschen 2003 with 192 pages. All text in English and French.

"In this title, readers can discover the wonderful absurdity of a priest's portable mass-in-a-briefcase kit, or the stunning difference between flyswatters from Zimbabwe and South Korea.

A chipped stone, or paleolith, tells us a lot about the needs of the early humans - to dig roots, skin animals and scrape furs.

In time, more pieces were chipped off the stone to make it sharper. Then the stone was modified again and again to serve other needs. And as each new tool was developed, humans discovered new ways to use it. New tools to create new needs that in turn create new objects.

People like to surround themselves with objects - it's part of our nature, It may be instinct, but we like our stuff.

People are surrounded by their objects - whether they are useful, decorative, beautiful, ugly, common or rare, we can't help but leave clues everywhere as to our identity."

Englanninkielinen ja ranskankielinen kokoelmakirja erikoisista esineistä. Ostajalle postikulut tai nouto Helsingissä (Lauttasaari).