The Era of Objects [electronic resource].

V2_ 2011

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The Era of Objects is the third in a series of Blowup readers. It collects several essays exploring the future of objects, beyond the clichéd fantasy of the flying car. The scope of this reader is purposefully broad. The things that we use and how they are networked and attuned to us and our surroundings is a huge subject. The writers who have contributed to this e-Book approach the Internet of Things, design fiction, product design, speculative design, and the smart objects and environments of our future with all the shades of grey of humanity—whether it’s a fictional dialogue over a spimey chair, imagining oneself as a spy, or using stories from the sea voyages of old, when there was still physical territory to discover…
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Michelle Kasprzak
Anab Jain
Jon Ardern
Justin Pickard
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
Rob van Kranenburg
Julian Bleecker
Ilona Gaynor
Ana Serrano
Tim Warner
Bruce Sterling
Arjen de Jong
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