Media furniture

The global spread of electronic mass media has kicked off a discourse that looks not only at the surfaces of computer and television screens, but sheds new light on pre-modern means of communication and information systems, in other words “old media.” This book presents a compilation of texts that discuss the role of “furniture as media” and argue that they firmly belong within the ma­terial culture. Different perspectives from art history, literature, philosophy and psychology are presented.

Sebastian Hackenschmidt,
Klaus Engelhorn
Möbel als Medien
transcript, Bielefeld
316 Seiten / pages
32,80 Euro
ISBN 978-3-8376-1477-0