{"title":"Aidan O'Connor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAidan O'Connor\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the realms of arts and culture, inviting readers to reconsider the intersections of history, society, and creativity. His work, including titles like \u003cem\u003eCentury of the Child\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into the ways cultural shifts shape our understanding of identity and community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a thoughtful and engaging style, O'Connor's books illuminate the patterns and transformations that define modern cultural landscapes. Readers can expect reflective narratives that challenge assumptions and reveal deeper meanings within artistic movements and social change.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"century-of-the-child-by-aidan-oconnor-9780870708268","title":"Century of the Child","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published \u003cem\u003eThe Century of the Child\u003c\/em\u003e, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development, and wellbeing of children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking inspiration from Key—and looking back through the twentieth century—this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, examines individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the 'citizens of the future' to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSurveying more than one hundred years of school architecture, clothing, toys, children's hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books, this richly illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngendering, in the process, reappraisals of some of the iconic names in twentieth-century design and enriching the unfolding narrative of modern design with other, less familiar figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470244102380,"sku":"9780870708268","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780870708268-century-of-the-child.jpg?v=1775214553"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/aidan-oconnor.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}