Susan Buck-Morss, Adam Michaels & Kevin McCaughey | Inventory Press, 2024
How do images shape the way we think, remember, and understand the world?
Seeing ↔ Making: Room for Thought is a beautifully designed exploration of visual culture, philosophy, art history, and the relationship between images and ideas.
Created through a collaboration between philosopher Susan Buck-Morss and designers Adam Michaels and Kevin McCaughey, this unconventional book transforms critical theory into a rich visual experience, inviting readers to discover new ways of seeing, thinking, and making connections.
Drawing on the ideas of Walter Benjamin, John Berger, and other influential thinkers, the book brings together archival photographs, illustrations, experimental typography, visual montages, and philosophical reflections.
Organized into twelve interconnected rooms, it explores questions of history, memory, politics, aesthetics, knowledge, and collective imagination. Rather than following a strictly linear argument, the book encourages readers to wander, investigate, and construct their own relationships between images and texts.
With approximately 600 illustrations, striking graphic compositions, and inventive page layouts, Seeing ↔ Making is as much a visual object as it is a work of philosophy.
An inspiring addition to the library of artists, photographers, designers, writers, researchers, and anyone interested in visual thinking, critical theory, and the intersection of art and social change.
Book Details
Authors: Susan Buck-Morss, Adam Michaels & Kevin McCaughey
Publisher: Inventory Press
Publication year: 2024
Format: Softcover
Pages: 400
Illustrations: Approximately 600
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-941753-53-8
Condition: Excellent, like-new condition. Previously owned but showing little to no signs of use. Covers and spine are beautifully preserved, and interior pages are clean, bright, and crisp. Please refer to photographs for details.
Pre-loved book. You will receive the exact copy pictured.
Susan Buck-Morss, Adam Michaels & Kevin McCaughey | Inventory Press, 2024
How do images shape the way we think, remember, and understand the world?
Seeing ↔ Making: Room for Thought is a beautifully designed exploration of visual culture, philosophy, art history, and the relationship between images and ideas.
Created through a collaboration between philosopher Susan Buck-Morss and designers Adam Michaels and Kevin McCaughey, this unconventional book transforms critical theory into a rich visual experience, inviting readers to discover new ways of seeing, thinking, and making connections.
Drawing on the ideas of Walter Benjamin, John Berger, and other influential thinkers, the book brings together archival photographs, illustrations, experimental typography, visual montages, and philosophical reflections.
Organized into twelve interconnected rooms, it explores questions of history, memory, politics, aesthetics, knowledge, and collective imagination. Rather than following a strictly linear argument, the book encourages readers to wander, investigate, and construct their own relationships between images and texts.
With approximately 600 illustrations, striking graphic compositions, and inventive page layouts, Seeing ↔ Making is as much a visual object as it is a work of philosophy.
An inspiring addition to the library of artists, photographers, designers, writers, researchers, and anyone interested in visual thinking, critical theory, and the intersection of art and social change.
Book Details
Authors: Susan Buck-Morss, Adam Michaels & Kevin McCaughey
Publisher: Inventory Press
Publication year: 2024
Format: Softcover
Pages: 400
Illustrations: Approximately 600
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-941753-53-8
Condition: Excellent, like-new condition. Previously owned but showing little to no signs of use. Covers and spine are beautifully preserved, and interior pages are clean, bright, and crisp. Please refer to photographs for details.
Pre-loved book. You will receive the exact copy pictured.
