{"product_id":"home-futures-living-in-yesterdays-tomorrow-paperback","title":"Home Futures: Living in Yesterday's Tomorrow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEszter Steierhoffer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePier Vittorio Aureli\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eBen Highmore\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe past's visionary future of domestic design, from Alison and Peter Smithson to Superstudio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"home of the future\" has long been a topic of fascination in popular culture and an intriguing prospect for designers, and the 20th century offered up countless visions of the future of domestic life, from the aspirational to the radical. Whether it was the dream of the fully mechanized home or the notion that technology might free us from the home altogether, the domestic realm was a site of endless invention and speculation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what happened to those visions? Are the smart homes of today and patterns of use in the sharing economy the future that architects and designers once predicted, or has the \"home\" proved resistant to radical change? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Futures: Living in Yesterday's Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e explores different approaches to reinventing domestic life, tracing the social and technological developments that have driven change in the home. The first comprehensive survey of the 20th century's aspirational, radical and futuristic visions of the home, this richly illustrated publication showcases a range of ideas and plans for the future--from the prescient to the fantastical--that designers produced as they imagined new ways of living at home and on the move, independently and collectively, with more and with less. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Futures\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a range of leading contemporary curators, designers, architects, critics and academics to consider projects by designers such as Ettore Sottsass, Alison and Peter Smithson, Superstudio, Enzo Mari, Archigram, Dunne \u0026amp; Raby, OMA, Joe Colombo, Absalon, Ronan \u0026amp; Erwan Bouroullec, Atelier Van Lieshout, Yona Friedman, Buckminster Fuller, Richard Hamilton, Hans Hollein, Haus-Rucker-Co, Industrial Facility, Jan Kaplický, Frederick Kiesler, Linder, Enzo Mari, OpenStructures, Ugo la Pietra and many more. Looking back on more than a century of speculative design, \u003ci\u003eHome Futures\u003c\/i\u003e proposes that we are already living in yesterday's tomorrow--just not in the way anyone predicted.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.6 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770081280288,"sku":"9781872005423","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/24f0f1ef37348f0c60d6306b04ffda63.webp?v=1780363977","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/home-futures-living-in-yesterdays-tomorrow-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}