Junkspace with Running Room
ISBN-10: 1907903763
ISBN-13: 9781907903762
$19.95
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Published on
Sep 13, 2016
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
4.70x0.38x7.50 Inches
Weight
0.32 Pounds
About the Book
Junkspacefirst appeared in theHarvard Design School Guide to Shopping(2001), a vast compendium of text, images, and data concerning the consumerist transformation of city and suburb from the first department store to the latest mega mall. The architect Rem Koolhaas itemized in delirious detail how our cities are being overwhelmed. His celebrated jeremiad is updated here and twinned withRunning Room, a fresh response from the cultural critic Hal Foster.Junkspacedescribes the bleak and featureless world of capitalism, whileRunning Roomseeks to find a space within the junk in which the individual might still exist.