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Jasper Morrison: A World Without Words [Facsimile] [Paperback]

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2001
What feeds the inspiration of the designer? Observation. In Jasper Morrison's collection of pictures, the icons of design history meet up with the unassuming objects of everyday life. Every picture tells a story and creates a new one in juxtaposition with its neighbor -- without words, in the language of form.

Morrison responds to the arbitrariness of form with simplicity and complexity, poetry and humor in a repertoire of compelling designs. A World Without Words is a pocket-sized school of seeing that addresses designers and consumers who wish to explore the universe of goods.


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It's a good place to find an idea, within the pages of this little book called A World Without Words. True to its name, it contains not a single complete sentence. Instead, it is composed of more than 100 pages filled with captivating images. This sweet book is really something to discover, and editor Jasper Morrison promotes exploration by creating an environment in which ingenuity appears in a vast array of forms. He roughly limits the scope to icons--some better known than others--of what we commonly consider the modern world. A short list of some of the images: Alvar Aalto's stacking chairs, a Viennese fire hydrant, a man bending tubes in a factory, photographic studies of French soccer players. In fact, readers might also think of this book as an exercise in pictorial nostalgia, a happily incomplete, nonverbal wrap-up of the modernist condition as we know it. --Loren E. Baldwin

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"Designer Jasper Morrison's slim folio of favorite images speaks volumes about the power of beautiful form." -- House and Garden

Product Details

  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Lars Muller; Facsimile edition edition (2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 3907044827
  • ISBN-13: 978-3907044827
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 4.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,593,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Respond to Visual Stimuli, November 30, 2002
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Jessie Renew (Richmond, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a great, small book of images. They are compiled in a systematic arrangement that causes some questioning. I can offer no interpretation of the selection of images, because the experience is so individual. This is an excellent buy for anyone interested in challenging thier visual experiences and expanding thier ideas of non-lyrical viewing.
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