Icons : magnets of meaning
Lipstick. 501s. Las Vegas hotels. What do they mean to us? What do they say about who we are? From freeways to surfboards to corporate logos, twelve everyday objects are recast here as icons - single, physical forms that embody a complex universe of associations. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, this striking volume explores these icons as benchmarks for the current state of design and suggests new ways to look at the interconnectedness of design, consumer culture, and the aesthetics of desire. -- from back cover
Print Book, English, ©1997
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art : Chronicle Books, San Francisco, ©1997
Ausstellung San Francisco (Calif.) 1997
271 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
9780811818575, 9780918471406, 0811818578, 0918471400
36059958
The enigma of the Thigh cho : icons as magnets of meaning / Aaron Betsky
Icons in the stream : on local revisions of global stuff / Steven Flusty
Opining on icons / Chee Pearlman
The cultural and historical roots of American icons / David E. Nye
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held April 18 to August 5, 1997 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art