Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age by Haidy GeismarRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3.8 MBOverview: Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age explores the nature of digital objects in museums, asking us to question our assumptions about the material, social and political foundations of digital practices. Through four wide-ranging chapters, each focused on a single object […]
Souvenir (Object Lessons) by Rolf PottsRequirements: .PDF reader, 4.2 MBOverview: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. For as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on […]
Signature (Object Lessons) by Hunter Dukes (Author), Christopher Schaberg (Series Editor), Ian Bogost Requirements: .PDF reader, 6.8 MBOverview: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Why do we sign our names? How can a squiggle both enslave and liberate? Signatures often require a witness-as if […]
Personal Stereo (Object Lessons) by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.2 MBOverview: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. When the Sony Walkman debuted in 1979, people were enthralled by the novel experience it offered: immersion in the music of their choice, anytime, anywhere. But […]
Blanket (Object Lessons) by Kara Thompson (Author), Christopher Schaberg (Series Editor), Ian Bogost Requirements: .PDF reader, 8.7 MBOverview: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. We are born into blankets. They keep us alive and they cover us in death. We pull and tug on […]