{"product_id":"strangely-familiar-design-and-everyday-life","title":"Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eCurrated by Andrew Blauvelt. Essays by Jonathan Bell, Aaron Betsky, Andrew Blauvelt, and Jamer Hunt. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesign is a paradox in our lives, both anonymous and conspicuous, familiar and strange. It surrounds us while fading from view, becoming second nature yet standing apart from the world in which it exists, an alien presence against the grain of everyday life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA light that responds to silence, a table that knows where it is, a pig farm the size of a skyscraper, a coat that becomes a tent, a house that fits in your pocket - these projects question the habitual, transform the commonplace, alter our expectations of dwelling, and blur the boundaries of form and function. \u003cem\u003eStrangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life \u003c\/em\u003efeatures more than forty innovative projects drawn internationally from the fields of architectural, product, furniture, fashion, and graphic design. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fully illustrated catalogue includes essays on the tactics of formlessness and its impact on everyday consumption, the potential of an endlessly transformable environment to extend product life cycles, and ruminations on the strange and familiar worlds of design. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walker Art Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46977595506983,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0189\/1367\/files\/51bUMwzEPuL.jpg?v=1699726441","url":"https:\/\/checkout.walkerart.org\/products\/strangely-familiar-design-and-everyday-life","provider":"Walker Art Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}