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Shipping Container
Series: Object Lessons
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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
The shipping container is all around: whizzing by on the highway, trundling past on rails, unloading behind a big box store even as you shop there, clanking on the docks just out of sight. Ninety percent of the goods and materials that move around the globe do so in shipping containers. It is an absolutely ubiquitous object, even if most of us have no direct contact with it.
But what is this thing? Where has it been, and where is it going? Dr. Craig Martin’s book, Shipping Container, illuminates the “development of containerization” — including design history, standardisation, aesthetics, and a surprising speculative discussion of the futurity of shipping containers.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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Craig Martin's Shipping Container explores the multifaceted role of the shipping container within global networks, shining light on its socio-political implications and our personal connections to this common object. The book is praised for its engaging and thoughtful analysis, offering insight while encouraging readers to reflect on often overlooked everyday items. Reviews highlight its efficiency and depth, making it a compelling read that turns a mundane subject into an intriguing exploration of design, commerce, and self-reflection.
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ISBN: 9781501303142
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 March 2016
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Illustration: 8 b/w illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 120.0mm
Height: 164.0mm
Weight: 140g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Craig Martin is Senior Lecturer in Design Cultures at The University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the co-editor, with J. Rugg, of Spatialities: The Geographies of Art & Architecture (2011).
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