James Biber’s Book List 19 books and 1 comment

There are those books that, like record covers of old, one can spend a lot of time poring over. For me, these tend to be visual feasts, though some literary works are equally involving. The self-taught lessons learned in these compulsive bouts are not easily forgotten (and neither are those lyrics and liner notes), and drugs have nothing to do with it.

1 book

MoMA has produced a huge number of significant books (Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, 1966, was not unique) but this one appeared at precisely the right time for me. The corresponding exhibition put Italy at the very forefront of design at a time of relative architectural poverty in the United States. The vellum cover, filled with colorful cutouts of iconic pieces, was designed by Ambasz and remains a brittle, yellowed jacket on my copy.

Comments about James Biber’s Book List

1 comment
1. John Hill 11/29/11 at 2:28 pm

It's great to see The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death on somebody's list.

And Pig 05049 sounds very intriguing. Glad to learn about that one.

Add your comment

X
C
1
P
Enter the code without spaces and pay attention to upper/lower case.