1000 Extra/ordinary Objects
TASCHEN 25 – Special edition!
"It's a visual feast of truly weird and wonderful objects from around the world." - Sunday Express, London
Things, objects, stuff, trinkets, tools, materials, gadgets, the things we use, abuse, throw away, cherish, depend on: these are the things we own, simple objects for our everyday lives. They may or may not hold special meaning to us, but their importance, as objects of cultural identity, is unmistakable.
Produced by COLORS under the direction of Oliviero Toscani, famous for his controversial Benetton campaigns, 1000 Extra/Ordinary Objects is a humorous and educational guide to stuff from all over the world. 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. Ogle at the juxtaposition of neoprene surfing shoes and bullfighting slippers; have a gander at a can of blowfish soup. You`ll see that what is ordinary halfway across the world (or perhaps for your neighbors across the street) may be totally foreign to you.
Next time you pick up your toothbrush or comb your hair, you may think twice about the things that you use every day - perhaps they`re not so ordinary after all.
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 1000 Extra/ordinary Objects
Colors (Editor)
Colors Softcover, flaps, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pages $ 14.99 ISBN: 978-3-8228-4806-7 Multilingual Edition: English, French Availability: Not in Stock |
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"For Christmas, friends and enemies alike, will be receiving from me TASCHEN's 1000 Extra/Ordinary Objects, suitably wrapped and bowed. It's an extraordinary catalogue of items as diverse as a Lego concentration camp, a cunning system of weights to encourage foreskin regrowth and self-adhesive nipples."
The Times, London, United Kingdom
The Times, London, United Kingdom
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1000 Extra/Ordinary Objects
Expression Magazine, China, July 01, 2006
Expression Magazine, China, July 01, 2006
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