36000 Results
Form:
books
books
Title:
Decolonize museums
Decolonize museums
Actions:
Price:
$24.95
(available in store)
Summary:
The idealized Western museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same for over a century: a uniquely rarified public space of cool stone, providing an experience of leisure and education for the general public while carefully tending fragile artifacts from distant lands. As questions(...)
$24.95
(available in store)
Summary:
The idealized Western museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same for over a century: a uniquely rarified public space of cool stone, providing an experience of leisure and education for the general public while carefully tending fragile artifacts from distant lands. As questions(...)
Title:
Decolonize museums
Actions:
Price:
$24.95
(available in store)
Summary:
The idealized Western museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same for over a century: a uniquely rarified public space of cool stone, providing an experience of leisure and education for the general public while carefully tending fragile artifacts from distant lands. As questions about representation and ethics have increasingly arisen, these institutions have proclaimed their interest in diversity and responsible conservation, asserting both their adaptability and their immovably essential role in a flourishing and culturally rich society. With "Decolonize museums," Shimrit Lee punctures this fantasy, tracing the essentially colonial origins of the concept of the museum.
Decolonize museums
Actions:
Price:
$24.95
(available in store)
Summary:
The idealized Western museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same for over a century: a uniquely rarified public space of cool stone, providing an experience of leisure and education for the general public while carefully tending fragile artifacts from distant lands. As questions about representation and ethics have increasingly arisen, these institutions have proclaimed their interest in diversity and responsible conservation, asserting both their adaptability and their immovably essential role in a flourishing and culturally rich society. With "Decolonize museums," Shimrit Lee punctures this fantasy, tracing the essentially colonial origins of the concept of the museum.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
February 2023
February 2023
Subject:
Museology
Museology
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$29.99
(available in store)
Summary:
In "The culture box," Harley Parker applies Marshall McLuhan’s medium theory to the museum, analyzes the museum as the site of many media, and specifies the ways in which designer-communicators can engage in inter-sense design to connect audiences and artifacts. Parker argues that museums should retrain the sensory perception of visitors and foster cultural engagement,(...)
$29.99
(available in store)
Summary:
In "The culture box," Harley Parker applies Marshall McLuhan’s medium theory to the museum, analyzes the museum as the site of many media, and specifies the ways in which designer-communicators can engage in inter-sense design to connect audiences and artifacts. Parker argues that museums should retrain the sensory perception of visitors and foster cultural engagement,(...)
Title:
Culture box: Museums as media
Actions:
Price:
$29.99
(available in store)
Summary:
In "The culture box," Harley Parker applies Marshall McLuhan’s medium theory to the museum, analyzes the museum as the site of many media, and specifies the ways in which designer-communicators can engage in inter-sense design to connect audiences and artifacts. Parker argues that museums should retrain the sensory perception of visitors and foster cultural engagement, participation, and empathy. In order to accomplish this, he recommends the construction of what he calls a "new centre," emphasizing both "new" and "news," a small "newseum" which would engender discussion and debate. Parker envisions these centres being constructed adjacent to any existing large prestige museum and containing three exhibits: a current public exhibit, an exhibit in process, and an area for gathering materials for a forthcoming exhibit.
Culture box: Museums as media
Actions:
Price:
$29.99
(available in store)
Summary:
In "The culture box," Harley Parker applies Marshall McLuhan’s medium theory to the museum, analyzes the museum as the site of many media, and specifies the ways in which designer-communicators can engage in inter-sense design to connect audiences and artifacts. Parker argues that museums should retrain the sensory perception of visitors and foster cultural engagement, participation, and empathy. In order to accomplish this, he recommends the construction of what he calls a "new centre," emphasizing both "new" and "news," a small "newseum" which would engender discussion and debate. Parker envisions these centres being constructed adjacent to any existing large prestige museum and containing three exhibits: a current public exhibit, an exhibit in process, and an area for gathering materials for a forthcoming exhibit.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
May 2025
May 2025
Subject:
Museology
Museology
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$38.00
(available in store)
Summary:
This volume serves as an illustrated herbarium, a work of popular science, and an art book, all in one. It showcases the incredible diversity and miraculous properties of nearly 150 seeds from across the globe. Each page features a single seed, brought to life through exquisite illustrations that capture its intricate details and unique characteristics; it is organized by(...)
$38.00
(available in store)
Summary:
This volume serves as an illustrated herbarium, a work of popular science, and an art book, all in one. It showcases the incredible diversity and miraculous properties of nearly 150 seeds from across the globe. Each page features a single seed, brought to life through exquisite illustrations that capture its intricate details and unique characteristics; it is organized by(...)
Title:
Seeds: Nature's intrepid miracles
Actions:
Price:
$38.00
(available in store)
Summary:
This volume serves as an illustrated herbarium, a work of popular science, and an art book, all in one. It showcases the incredible diversity and miraculous properties of nearly 150 seeds from across the globe. Each page features a single seed, brought to life through exquisite illustrations that capture its intricate details and unique characteristics; it is organized by the ways in which seeds are dispersed—by wind, water, or human and animal interaction. The book features brief, engaging texts that explain how nature has perfectly designed each seed for its specific role. Readers will encounter the brilliant green spiral of the alfalfa seed, which scatters far and wide when grown in the wild. They will find new fascination in familiar seeds like the sugar maple’s jewel-like propellers and the wild carrot’s dome of tiny white flowers.
Seeds: Nature's intrepid miracles
Actions:
Price:
$38.00
(available in store)
Summary:
This volume serves as an illustrated herbarium, a work of popular science, and an art book, all in one. It showcases the incredible diversity and miraculous properties of nearly 150 seeds from across the globe. Each page features a single seed, brought to life through exquisite illustrations that capture its intricate details and unique characteristics; it is organized by the ways in which seeds are dispersed—by wind, water, or human and animal interaction. The book features brief, engaging texts that explain how nature has perfectly designed each seed for its specific role. Readers will encounter the brilliant green spiral of the alfalfa seed, which scatters far and wide when grown in the wild. They will find new fascination in familiar seeds like the sugar maple’s jewel-like propellers and the wild carrot’s dome of tiny white flowers.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
September 2025
September 2025
Subject:
Children's Books
Children's Books
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$66.00
(available to order)
Summary:
"Toy theory" addresses the relationships between toys and technology in two distinct but overlapping ways: first, as underexamined cultural artifacts and behaviors with significant technical attributes and, second, as playful and toylike dimensions of technology at large. Seth Giddings sets out a “toy theory” of technology that emphasizes the speculative, experimental,(...)
$66.00
(available to order)
Summary:
"Toy theory" addresses the relationships between toys and technology in two distinct but overlapping ways: first, as underexamined cultural artifacts and behaviors with significant technical attributes and, second, as playful and toylike dimensions of technology at large. Seth Giddings sets out a “toy theory” of technology that emphasizes the speculative, experimental,(...)
Title:
Toy theory: Technology and imagination in play
Actions:
Price:
$66.00
(available to order)
Summary:
"Toy theory" addresses the relationships between toys and technology in two distinct but overlapping ways: first, as underexamined cultural artifacts and behaviors with significant technical attributes and, second, as playful and toylike dimensions of technology at large. Seth Giddings sets out a “toy theory” of technology that emphasizes the speculative, experimental, and noninstrumental in technological paradigms and argues that children’s playthings, rather than being the most ephemeral and inconsequential of technical devices, instead offer analytical and anthropological resources for understanding the materiality and imaginaries of technology over time.
Toy theory: Technology and imagination in play
Actions:
Price:
$66.00
(available to order)
Summary:
"Toy theory" addresses the relationships between toys and technology in two distinct but overlapping ways: first, as underexamined cultural artifacts and behaviors with significant technical attributes and, second, as playful and toylike dimensions of technology at large. Seth Giddings sets out a “toy theory” of technology that emphasizes the speculative, experimental, and noninstrumental in technological paradigms and argues that children’s playthings, rather than being the most ephemeral and inconsequential of technical devices, instead offer analytical and anthropological resources for understanding the materiality and imaginaries of technology over time.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2024
November 2024
Subject:
Critical Theory
Critical Theory
Form:
books
books
Title:
Sidewalk flowers
Sidewalk flowers
Actions:
Price:
$17.99
(available to order)
Summary:
In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.
$17.99
(available to order)
Summary:
In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.
Title:
Sidewalk flowers
Actions:
Price:
$17.99
(available to order)
Summary:
In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.
Sidewalk flowers
Actions:
Price:
$17.99
(available to order)
Summary:
In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
May 2015
May 2015
Subject:
Children's Books
Children's Books
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$19.95
(available in store)
Summary:
A book for babies and their parents about the whole new world that they both encounter when the baby arrives. When the new baby arrives, both the baby and the parents are in for a steep learning curve. In this book, born out of personal experience, internationally renowned author/illustrator Isol brings us a dual narrative and guide. For babies, there’s a rich range of(...)
$19.95
(available in store)
Summary:
A book for babies and their parents about the whole new world that they both encounter when the baby arrives. When the new baby arrives, both the baby and the parents are in for a steep learning curve. In this book, born out of personal experience, internationally renowned author/illustrator Isol brings us a dual narrative and guide. For babies, there’s a rich range of(...)
Title:
The Menino: A story based on real events
Actions:
Price:
$19.95
(available in store)
Summary:
A book for babies and their parents about the whole new world that they both encounter when the baby arrives. When the new baby arrives, both the baby and the parents are in for a steep learning curve. In this book, born out of personal experience, internationally renowned author/illustrator Isol brings us a dual narrative and guide. For babies, there’s a rich range of images of babies and all their functions to look at. From crying, to nursing, to peeing and pooing, to looking, to hearing, to deciding that this weird new world they’ve entered is worth staying in (because they finally recognize that in every grown-up they see a former baby), there are hours of fun and amusement, since babies love nothing better than looking at and talking about themselves.
The Menino: A story based on real events
Actions:
Price:
$19.95
(available in store)
Summary:
A book for babies and their parents about the whole new world that they both encounter when the baby arrives. When the new baby arrives, both the baby and the parents are in for a steep learning curve. In this book, born out of personal experience, internationally renowned author/illustrator Isol brings us a dual narrative and guide. For babies, there’s a rich range of images of babies and all their functions to look at. From crying, to nursing, to peeing and pooing, to looking, to hearing, to deciding that this weird new world they’ve entered is worth staying in (because they finally recognize that in every grown-up they see a former baby), there are hours of fun and amusement, since babies love nothing better than looking at and talking about themselves.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
October 2015
October 2015
Subject:
Children's Books
Children's Books
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$31.99
(available in store)
Summary:
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: stories about memory and desire, art and creation, life and death. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor(...)
$31.99
(available in store)
Summary:
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: stories about memory and desire, art and creation, life and death. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor(...)
Title:
Invisible cities, 50th Anniversary edition
Actions:
Price:
$31.99
(available in store)
Summary:
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: stories about memory and desire, art and creation, life and death. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor realizes these fantastic places are more familiar than they appear. With a new introduction from Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr, and dreamlike illustrations of the cities interspersed throughout, this edition breathes new life into Calvino’s classic, a celebration of the story’s profound invention and enduring insight.
Invisible cities, 50th Anniversary edition
Actions:
Price:
$31.99
(available in store)
Summary:
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: stories about memory and desire, art and creation, life and death. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor realizes these fantastic places are more familiar than they appear. With a new introduction from Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr, and dreamlike illustrations of the cities interspersed throughout, this edition breathes new life into Calvino’s classic, a celebration of the story’s profound invention and enduring insight.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
March 2025
March 2025
Subject:
Current Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
Form:
books
books
Title:
The Book of Disquiet
The Book of Disquiet
Actions:
Price:
$22.95
(available to order)
Summary:
A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature. Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in(...)
$22.95
(available to order)
Summary:
A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature. Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in(...)
Title:
The Book of Disquiet
Actions:
Price:
$22.95
(available to order)
Summary:
A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature. Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in Portugal in 1982.
The Book of Disquiet
Actions:
Price:
$22.95
(available to order)
Summary:
A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature. Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in Portugal in 1982.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
January 2011
January 2011
Subject:
Current Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$37.95
(available in store)
Summary:
Au détour d’un projet de reportage devenu un projet de livre, la journaliste Eugénie Emond assiste pendant un an aux rencontres Zoom hebdomadaires d’un groupe d’aînées qui souhaite mettre sur pied une forme d’habitation collective qui leur permettrait de vivre leur vieillesse dans des conditions qui leur conviennent. Mené par la colorée Suzanne, le collectif Coasis vit(...)
$37.95
(available in store)
Summary:
Au détour d’un projet de reportage devenu un projet de livre, la journaliste Eugénie Emond assiste pendant un an aux rencontres Zoom hebdomadaires d’un groupe d’aînées qui souhaite mettre sur pied une forme d’habitation collective qui leur permettrait de vivre leur vieillesse dans des conditions qui leur conviennent. Mené par la colorée Suzanne, le collectif Coasis vit(...)
Title:
À la recherche d'une maison en fleur
Actions:
Price:
$37.95
(available in store)
Summary:
Au détour d’un projet de reportage devenu un projet de livre, la journaliste Eugénie Emond assiste pendant un an aux rencontres Zoom hebdomadaires d’un groupe d’aînées qui souhaite mettre sur pied une forme d’habitation collective qui leur permettrait de vivre leur vieillesse dans des conditions qui leur conviennent. Mené par la colorée Suzanne, le collectif Coasis vit des espoirs et des déceptions sous l’œil observateur de l’autrice qui se demande si leur rêve est possible et s’il peut bien exister une telle chose que des conditions idéales en matière d’habitation.? ? À notre époque où la question du logement est liée à l’enjeu de la précarité et où le vieillissement de la population semble nous prendre de court même s’il avait été annoncé depuis des décennies, cette bande dessinée documentaire illustrée par Camille Loquet présente un regard tendre et parfois dubitatif sur une galerie de personnages. D’une réflexion sur les alternatives dans le domaine du logement, ce documentaire est aussi devenu un regarde unique sur les aspirations d’une génération qui veut garder ses rêves en vie et en santé.
À la recherche d'une maison en fleur
Actions:
Price:
$37.95
(available in store)
Summary:
Au détour d’un projet de reportage devenu un projet de livre, la journaliste Eugénie Emond assiste pendant un an aux rencontres Zoom hebdomadaires d’un groupe d’aînées qui souhaite mettre sur pied une forme d’habitation collective qui leur permettrait de vivre leur vieillesse dans des conditions qui leur conviennent. Mené par la colorée Suzanne, le collectif Coasis vit des espoirs et des déceptions sous l’œil observateur de l’autrice qui se demande si leur rêve est possible et s’il peut bien exister une telle chose que des conditions idéales en matière d’habitation.? ? À notre époque où la question du logement est liée à l’enjeu de la précarité et où le vieillissement de la population semble nous prendre de court même s’il avait été annoncé depuis des décennies, cette bande dessinée documentaire illustrée par Camille Loquet présente un regard tendre et parfois dubitatif sur une galerie de personnages. D’une réflexion sur les alternatives dans le domaine du logement, ce documentaire est aussi devenu un regarde unique sur les aspirations d’une génération qui veut garder ses rêves en vie et en santé.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
May 2026
May 2026
Subject:
Collective Housing
Collective Housing
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$35.95
(available in store)
Summary:
« Est-il possible de penser la technologie et l’IA à la lueur de la création artistique? ». C’est en essayant de répondre à cette question que Louis de Diesbach nous montre comment la puissance du monde artistique éclaire les limites de la technique, et comment nous pouvons repenser notre rapport à l’intelligence artificielle. Nourri de plus de cent vingt rencontres(...)
$35.95
(available in store)
Summary:
« Est-il possible de penser la technologie et l’IA à la lueur de la création artistique? ». C’est en essayant de répondre à cette question que Louis de Diesbach nous montre comment la puissance du monde artistique éclaire les limites de la technique, et comment nous pouvons repenser notre rapport à l’intelligence artificielle. Nourri de plus de cent vingt rencontres(...)
Title:
Faussaires algorithmiques: L'intelligence artificielle va-t-elle remplacer les artistes ?
Actions:
Price:
$35.95
(available in store)
Summary:
« Est-il possible de penser la technologie et l’IA à la lueur de la création artistique? ». C’est en essayant de répondre à cette question que Louis de Diesbach nous montre comment la puissance du monde artistique éclaire les limites de la technique, et comment nous pouvons repenser notre rapport à l’intelligence artificielle. Nourri de plus de cent vingt rencontres avec des acteurs du monde de l’art – artistes, philosophes, entrepreneurs, juristes… – Louis de Diesbach utilise la création artistique comme prisme pour interroger l’IA. Il révèle une résistance singulière : face à une technologie qui standardise, l’art nous montre notre besoin de nous arracher aux logiques strictement mathématiques. Cela étant, l’auteur de ce livre rappelle qu’il reste de nombreuses questions à aborder, de l’impact environnemental à la souveraineté numérique, en passant par le droit d’auteur et l’industrialisation. Penser l’IA, c’est aussi penser ces enjeux, pour nous permettre de rejeter le strictement statistique. Une invitation à considérer la technique par ce qu’elle ne peut capturer – la fragilité, l’inattendu, le vivant.
Faussaires algorithmiques: L'intelligence artificielle va-t-elle remplacer les artistes ?
Actions:
Price:
$35.95
(available in store)
Summary:
« Est-il possible de penser la technologie et l’IA à la lueur de la création artistique? ». C’est en essayant de répondre à cette question que Louis de Diesbach nous montre comment la puissance du monde artistique éclaire les limites de la technique, et comment nous pouvons repenser notre rapport à l’intelligence artificielle. Nourri de plus de cent vingt rencontres avec des acteurs du monde de l’art – artistes, philosophes, entrepreneurs, juristes… – Louis de Diesbach utilise la création artistique comme prisme pour interroger l’IA. Il révèle une résistance singulière : face à une technologie qui standardise, l’art nous montre notre besoin de nous arracher aux logiques strictement mathématiques. Cela étant, l’auteur de ce livre rappelle qu’il reste de nombreuses questions à aborder, de l’impact environnemental à la souveraineté numérique, en passant par le droit d’auteur et l’industrialisation. Penser l’IA, c’est aussi penser ces enjeux, pour nous permettre de rejeter le strictement statistique. Une invitation à considérer la technique par ce qu’elle ne peut capturer – la fragilité, l’inattendu, le vivant.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
May 2026
May 2026
Subject:
Art Theory
Art Theory
