{"product_id":"strangely-familiar-9780935640755","title":"Strangely Familiar","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExploring the paradox of design in our daily lives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the past decade, designers have become increasingly engaged with the quotidian. This shift away from more strictly formal and functional concerns has allowed them to freely explore design''s contexts and effects. A light that responds to silence, a table that knows where it is, a pig farm the size of a skyscraper, a coat that becomes a tent, a house that fits in your pocket--these projects by innovators in the field of design question the habitual, transform the commonplace, alter our notions of dwelling and blur the boundaries between form and function. \u003ci\u003eStrangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e explores the paradox of design in our daily lives. Anonymous and conspicuous, familiar and strange, design surrounds us while fading from view, becoming second nature to us and yet remaining still somehow elusive. This exhibition catalogue includes more than 40 innovative projects drawn internationally from t","brand":"Walker Art Centre,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528580276567,"sku":"9780935640755","price":24.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780935640755.jpg?v=1731872187","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/strangely-familiar-9780935640755","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}