{"id":17640,"date":"2010-06-09T07:33:48","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T14:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/?p=15711"},"modified":"2010-07-21T11:15:57","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T18:15:57","slug":"objectivity-a-designers-book-of-curious-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/read\/books\/objectivity-a-designers-book-of-curious-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Objectivity: A Designer&#8217;s Book of Curious Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I only had a brief moment to skim through this at the bookstore, but yeah, it&#8217;s definitely a must-have for any design enthusiast. <em>Objectivity: A Designer&#8217;s Book of Curious Tools<\/em> is a new illustrated book highlighting over 400 tools and objects ranging from everyday objects to the more exotic and highly specialized. In my opinion, this book is much more interesting and educational than the <a title=\"objectified\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Objectified\" target=\"_blank\">Objectified<\/a> movie, which I only found to be so-so.<\/p>\n<p>20.80 x 20.80 cm<br \/>\n192 pages<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"16741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/objectivity3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity3.jpg?fit=513%2C377&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"513,377\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"objectivity3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity3.jpg?fit=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity3.jpg?fit=513%2C377&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16741\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity3.jpg?resize=480%2C344&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"344\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"16740\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/objectivity2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity2.jpg?fit=513%2C377&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"513,377\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"objectivity2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity2.jpg?fit=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity2.jpg?fit=513%2C377&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16740\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/objectivity2.jpg?resize=480%2C344&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"344\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Images via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thamesandhudson.com\/9780500515013.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Thames and Hudson<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I only had a brief moment to skim through this at the bookstore, but yeah, it&#8217;s definitely a must-have for any design enthusiast. 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