{"product_id":"extinct-a-compendium-of-obsolete-objects-9781789144529","title":"Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolete Objects","description":"\u003cb\u003eBlending architecture, design, and technology, a visual tour through futures past via the objects we have replaced, left behind, and forgotten.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So-called extinct objects are those that were imagined but were never in use, or that existed but are now unused--superseded, unfashionable, or simply forgotten. \u003ci\u003eExtinct \u003c\/i\u003egathers together an exceptional range of artists, curators, architects, critics, and academics, including Hal Foster, Barry Bergdoll, Deyan Sudjic, Tacita Dean, Emily Orr, Richard Wentworth, and many more. In eighty-five essays, contributors nominate \"extinct\" objects and address them in a series of short, vivid, sometimes personal accounts, speaking not only of obsolete technologies, but of other ways of thinking, making, and interacting with the world. \u003ci\u003eExtinct\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with curious, half-remembered objects, each one evoking a future that never came to pass. It is also a visual treat, full of interest and delight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Penner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of architectural humanities at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Her books include \u003ci\u003eBathroom\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Reaktion Books, and she is a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003ePlaces Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAdrian Forty\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of architectural history at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eConcrete and Culture: A Material History\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Reaktion Books. \u003cb\u003eOlivia Horsfall Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian of architecture and design and senior curator of designs at the Victoria and Albert Museum. \u003cb\u003eMiranda Critchley\u003c\/b\u003e is completing her PhD at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, on railways and colonial narratives of progress.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520415797522,"sku":"9781789144529","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e044e775-5beb-4d5e-983d-6ca31d65139f.jpg?v=1731083170","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/extinct-a-compendium-of-obsolete-objects-9781789144529","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}