The Era of Objects
<p><em>The Era of Objects</em> is the third in a series of <em>Blowup</em> readers. It collects several essays exploring the future of objects, beyond the clichéd fantasy of the flying car.</p> <p>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…</p>
Editors: Michelle Kasprzak
Contributors: Michelle Kasprzak, Anab Jain, Jon Ardern, Justin Pickard, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, Rob van Kranenburg, Julian Bleecker, Ilona Gaynor, Ana Serrano, Tim Warner, Bruce Sterling
Graphic Designer: Arjen de Jong, Buro Duplex
Part of: Blowup Reader