- Hardcover: 222 pages
- Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (Nov 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1568982976
- ISBN-13: 978-1568982977
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 20.2 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 943 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,268,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Disturbing closeups of lipsticks; a collection of heartbreakingly earnest lost-pet fliers; painstakingly documented differences in the scribbles produced by Eraser Mate or Dynagrip pens all help make up Speck: A Curious Collection of Uncommon Things. Peter Buchanan-Smith, art director of the New York Times Op-Ed page, presents various odd obsessions of 25 artists in various media, and the result is this set of 200 color and 50 b&w illustrations of "projects" that come dangerously close to drawing charges of haphazard artmaking and are all the more engaging for it.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Peter Buchanan-Smith, art director of the New York Times op-ed page, asks artists, designers, lawyers, writers and collectors to explore our obsessions with small objects that loom large in everyday life.
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Notes: On the dusk of August 14, 2000 one red helium balloon was released into the hazy Brooklyn sky. Read the first page
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Notes: On the dusk of August 14, 2000 one red helium balloon was released into the hazy Brooklyn sky. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Speck: A GREAT Book!,
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This review is from: Speck: Curious Collection of Uncommon Things (Hardcover)
My sister and I think this is a GREAT book. We love how diverse and unique it is.Does Mr. Smith have an e-mail adress? Thanks!
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The richness of variability,
By Kevin Franks (La Jolla, California USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Speck: Curious Collection of Uncommon Things (Hardcover)
This collection is an absolute pleasure to browse. Rising like a phoenix from all the "stuff" we usually overlook, Buchanan-Smith has compiled a work - both sublime and stark - that forces the reader to acknowledge the potential value of everything.
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Packed with color photos and intriguing essays,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Speck: Curious Collection of Uncommon Things (Hardcover)
Speck is billed as a 'curious collection of uncommon things': from close-up photos of lint to very different bottles of sand from beaches around the world, this pairs unusual images of common things with reflections on what makes them unique. Packed with color photos and intriguing essays.
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