Extinct
A Compendium of Obsolete Objects
Published on 11. October 2021
400 pages
978-1-78914-453-6 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of 85 'extinct' objects, now superseded, unfashionable or simply forgotten.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
48,18 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78914-453-6 (9781789144536)
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10/2021
Reaktion Books
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Persons
Barbara Penner (Anthology Editor)
Barbara Penner is Professor in Architectural Humanities at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Her books include Bathroom (Reaktion, 2013) and she is a contributing editor of Places Journal.
Adrian Forty (Anthology Editor)
Adrian Forty is Professor Emeritus of Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. He is the author of many books including Concrete and Culture: A Material History (Reaktion, 2012).
Olivia Horsfall Turner (Anthology Editor)
Olivia Horsfall Turner is Senior Curator of Designs at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Miranda Critchley (Anthology Editor)
Miranda Critchley is completing her PhD on railways and colonial narratives of progress at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
Barbara Penner is Professor in Architectural Humanities at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Her books include Bathroom (Reaktion, 2013) and she is a contributing editor of Places Journal.
Adrian Forty (Anthology Editor)
Adrian Forty is Professor Emeritus of Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. He is the author of many books including Concrete and Culture: A Material History (Reaktion, 2012).
Olivia Horsfall Turner (Anthology Editor)
Olivia Horsfall Turner is Senior Curator of Designs at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Miranda Critchley (Anthology Editor)
Miranda Critchley is completing her PhD on railways and colonial narratives of progress at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acoustic Location Device
- Action Office Acoustic Area Conditioner: The 'Maskitball'
- Air-curtain Roof
- All-plastic House
- Arsenic Wallpaper
- Arundel Print
- Asbestos-cement Rondavel
- Ashtray
- Atmospheric Railway
- Cab-fare Map
- Central Heating
- Chaparral 2J: The 'Sucker Car'
- Chatelaine
- The Clapper
- Close-constraint Key
- Concorde
- ConvAirCar
- Cybernetic Anthropomorphic Machines
- Cybersyn
- Cyclegraph
- Cyclops 1
- Dougong
- Dymaxion House
- Edison's Anti-gravitation Under-clothing
- Electrotype Pattern
- Fisher-Price Peg Figures
- Flashcube
- Flying Boat
- Glass Lantern Slide
- Globe of Mars
- High-pressure Water Mains
- House Environment
- 'Hummingbird' Taxi
- Incandescent Light Bulb
- Integrated Radio/TV Cabinet
- Invacar: The 'Invalid Carriage'
- Kodachrome
- Letraset
- Leucotome
- Manchester Pail System: 'Dolly Vardens'
- Mechanical Polygraph
- Medical Wax Model
- Memo
- Milk Spoon
- MiniDisc
- Minitel
- Moon Towers
- Nikini
- 'No Nonsense' Fountain Pen
- North Bucks Monorail City
- Notgeld
- Oil from Coal
- Optical Telegraph
- Paper Aeroplane Ticket
- Paper Dress
- Pasilalinic-sympathetic Compass
- Phase-change Chemical Heat-storage Barrel
- Player Piano
- Pneumatic Postal System
- Polaroid SX-70
- Public Standards of Length
- Pyrophone
- Realistic Wax Mannequin
- Rotring, Letratone, MiniCAD
- Scaphander: 'Man-boat'
- Scarificator
- Serving Hatch
- Sinclair C5
- Skirt Grip
- Slide Rule
- Slotted Screwdriver
- Space Frame
- Stanley 55 Combination Plane
- Telephone Table
- Teletype
- Théâtrophone
- Think City Electric Vehicle
- Trombe Wall
- T-shirt Plastic Bag
- Ultratemp® Roasting Rack
- UV-radiated Artificial Beach
- Vertical Filing Cabinet
- Water Bag
- Writing Case
- Zeppelin
- Biographies
- References and Further Reading
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Acknowledgements
