1000 Extra/Ordinary Objects

1000 Extra/Ordinary Objects
Carlos Mustienes, Isabelle Baraton, Oliviero Toscani,
Publisher: Taschen
ISBN: 382285851X Edition: Hardcover; 2000-10

Summary:

Dirt cupcake mix, as American as apple pie. Nipple lightener from
Japan. Tick juice, indispensable in Venezuela for black magic love
rituals. Sunglasses from Zimbabwe with shades cut from plastic juice
bottles and no lenses. Korean disposable straw sandals made
especially for mourners and corpses. Is this stuff cool or what? But
wait--there's more. Flip through this book in search of international
weirdness, and it's a pretty sure bet you'll wind up absorbing some
sobering information about sex, death, destruction, poverty, and the
arrogant ways of multinationals. Under the guise of an ultrahip
consumer's guide to the world's nifty stuff--divided into sections
labeled "Food," "Fashion," "Animals," "Body," "Soul" and
"Leisure"--1000 Extra/Ordinary Objects is a subversive crusader for
human rights and ecological awareness. Sure, you can find out how to
buy your very own Dom Perignon-flavored sorbet or a CD of "Music for
Healthy Pets." But you'll also stumble upon objects like the cute
little bright green Russian-made PFM-1 antipersonnel mine, "a
favorite toy of generations of Afghan children" punished for their
curiosity by a double whammy of liquid explosive and tiny blades. On
other pages, seemingly innocuous objects--like the sweetly lumpy doll
couples made of tree bark by Elliot Chitungu of Zimbabwe--turn out to
have a bitter subtext. (Chitungu, who is gay, makes all his couples
heterosexual; in his country, homosexuality is a criminal offense.)
Other objects are examples of savvy recycling, like the paper made in
Malawi from elephant dung and recycled cardboard. With
straightforward descriptions in both English and French, unblinking
photographs of young people modeling even the most outré objects, and
a Yellow Pages that includes information about little-known
charitable organizations worldwide, this is a fun book with a heart
of gold. --Cathy Curtis

Book Details:

Physical Description: 5.9"x7.9"x2.1"; 768 pages; 2.7 lb
Edition Info: Hardcover; 2000-10

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