Talk to Me: Design and the Communication Between People and Objects

by James Hunt, James Hunt, Paola Antonelli, et al.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, Talk to Me thrives on an important late 20th-century cultural development in design: a shift from the centrality of function to that of meaning. From this new perspective, objects contain information that goes well beyond their immediate use or appearance, providing access to complex systems and networks and acting as gateways and interpreters. Whether openly and actively, or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870707965
• ISBN13: 9780870707964
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.0" x 10.5"