Overview

This is the first book in the ""Objekt"" series, which examines a wide range of iconic modern objects across many design fields, including architecture, industrial design, graphics and fashion. The books are not intended as exhaustive histories of their subject, but are written as thematic and discursive essays, keeping in mind the broader cultural meanings of objects or buildings as much as their intended functions in the modern period.

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9781861891556

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Praise for Factory 'an ideal introduction to the subject, but it also offers fresh insights and draws on a wide of sources to explain how factories were perceived at different times ... an intelligent, highly relevant and thought-provoking book Building Design very handsomely illustrated, this must be the very best survey we have of factory buildings ... a marvellously-told history Architectural Review deftly balances looks and brains with its tale of how the factory came full circle in the West -- Tom Dyckhoff The Times Gillian Darley's book Factory [is] a little gem for me and other factoryphiles FX magazine informative and enlightening will delight any reader with a fascination for tales of Victorian success, failure and sheer entrepreneurial gusto Architects' Journal

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Gillian Darley is the author of many books, including John Soane: An Accidental Romantic (1999). She appears regularly on television and contributes to the Financial Times and the Times Literary Supplement.

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