Joanna Walsh

Have you ever sped past in such a hurry that everything you passed was soft and blurry? And did you ever squeeze your eyes so tight that you saw lots of dots of coloured light? In Did You Ever See?, Joanna Walsh vividly illustrates the world through the eyes of a small child looking at things for the first time,...

The unwritten contract of the internet, that a user is what is used, extends from the well-examined issue of data privacy and consent to the very selves women are encouraged to create in order to appear. Invited to self-construct as 'girls online', vloggers, bloggers and influencers sign a devil's bargain: a platform on the condition they commodify themselves, eternally youthful,...

The internet is no longer new; it is part of our everyday lives. As a commonplace, we rarely take time to contemplate what we have made together. In these moments, the old criteria are shattered: play becomes work, joy is monetised, and private creativity is policed by corporations. The platforms offer us a devil's bargain: they force us to pay...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy… hotels are where our desires go on holiday, but also...