Available now as a softcover edition, Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design contains a new preface by Ellen Lupton describing new products and projects that have been produced since the book’s initial publication. Skin presents products, furniture, fashion, architecture, and media that are expanding the limits of what we understand as surface. Skin features the work of such notable designers and architects as Greg Lynn, Petra Blaisse, Morphosis, Ross Lovegrove, and Marcel Wanders. It also contains essays on artificial skin and digital surfaces and a glossary of surface materials.
'As this book powerfully suggests, in an age of so many brilliant artificial skins, it is becoming increasingly hard and perhaps impossible to distinguish ourselves from the things that surround us.' —Eye
'Lupton regards skin as a cultural metaphor, which is what makes this beautifully produced book, with its often-disturbing images, so provocative.' —Architectural Record
dee liscious a little on the ind. design side of things, but a wonderful visceral survey of surface distinction.
Great Images This book has exellent images but it lacks text, "A picture is worth a thousand words" as they say. Although there is lack of text I think there's just enough to give you an idea of what the products are, who the designers and manufacturers are too. So the book acts almost as a catalog. All in all I think it's a great book, it's enjoyable to flip through or it could take you an hour looking at just one product. Oh and just incase you don't know what the book is about it displays different "Skin" conditions (that is different surface materials either conventional or inovative used on a wide range of products including chairs and clothes) ENJOY :-)
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