Fewer, better things : the hidden wisdom of objects /
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Author / Creator: | Adamson, Glenn, author. |
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Imprint: | New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., 2018. ©2018 |
Description: | vi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Personal belongings -- Psychological aspects. Manufactures -- Psychological aspects. Material culture -- Philosophy. Object (Philosophy) Values. Handicraft. Handicraft -- Philosophy. Industrial design. Object (Philosophy) Workmanship. History. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11709543 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Engaging with the Objects Around Us
- 1. Life on Pumpkin Creek
- 2. A Few Words on Craft
- 3. The Paper Challenge
- 4. Being "Hands On"
- 5. Tricks of the Trade
- 6. Tooling Up
- 7. Learning by Doing
- 8. Prototyping
- 9. One Thing for Another
- 10. Face to Face
- 11. Communities of Respect
- 12. Finding Our Way
- 13. The Contact Zone
- 14. The Paradise of Touch
- 15. The View from the Hardware Store
- 16. Time to Pay Attention
- 17. The Myth of the Dumb Object
- 18. Going Deep
- 19. The Way of Tea
- 20. All That Is Left
- 21. Small Worlds
- 22. Fewer, Better Things
- 23. To Have and to Hold
- 24. Thinking Things Through
- 25. Material Science
- 26. Handle ... with Care
- 27. Anchor Points
- 28. The View from Tucumcari
- 29. Thinking Inside the Box
- 30. Material Histories
- 31. The Itinerary of Plastic
- 32. A Book of Secrets
- 33. Facts, Not Opinions
- 34. Two Castes, One People?
- Epilogue: The Virtues of Things
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index