Audiobook Fewer, Better Things

Bloomsbury presents Fewer, Better Things written and read by Glenn Adamson Things matter. So why are we losing touch with them? From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. In this delightful exploration of craft in its many forms, curator and scholar Glenn Adamson explores how raw materials, tools, design and technique come together to produce objects of beauty and utility.

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Author:

Glenn Adamson

Narrator:

Glenn Adamson

Content:

Unabridged (chapter list)

Length:

5:52 h

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MP3 download (263 MB)

Language:

English

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing (2024)

Genres:

Culture and the Arts, Social Science

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Track list

01 - 001 Fewer Better Things Intro	0:11	1 MB
02 - 002 Introduction	16:00	12 MB
03 - 003 1 Life on Pumpkin Creek	4:58	3 MB
04 - 004 2 A Few Words on Craft	5:25	4 MB
05 - 005 3 The Paper Challenge	12:49	10 MB
06 - 006 4 Being Hands On	7:10	5 MB
07 - 007 5 Tricks of the Trade	4:43	3 MB
08 - 008 6 Tooling Up	19:04	14 MB
09 - 009 7 Learning by Doing	9:21	6 MB
10 - 010 8 Prototyping	7:43	5 MB
11 - 011 9 One Thing for Another	11:25	8 MB
12 - 012 10 Face to Face	13:11	10 MB
13 - 013 11 Communities of Respect	3:23	2 MB
14 - 014 12 Finding Our Way	7:27	5 MB
15 - 015 13 The Contact Zone	13:27	10 MB
16 - 016 14 The Paradise of Touch	7:36	5 MB
17 - 017 15 The View from the Hardware Store	5:41	4 MB
18 - 018 16 Time to Pay Attention	6:58	5 MB
19 - 019 17 The Myth of the Dumb Object	7:10	5 MB
20 - 020 18 Going Deep	7:41	5 MB
21 - 021 19 The Way of Tea	7:14	5 MB
22 - 022 20 All That Is Left	10:04	7 MB
23 - 023 21 Small Worlds	15:34	11 MB
24 - 024 22 Fewer, Better Things	10:54	7 MB
25 - 025 23 To Have and to Hold	13:32	9 MB
26 - 026 24 Thinking Things Through	9:37	6 MB
27 - 027 25 Material Science	7:35	5 MB
28 - 028 26 Handle . . . with Care	21:09	15 MB
29 - 029 27 Anchor Points	6:45	5 MB
30 - 030 28 The View from Tucumcari	10:06	8 MB
31 - 031 29 Thinking Inside the Box	10:04	7 MB
32 - 032 30 Material Histories	8:44	6 MB
33 - 033 31 The Itinerary of Plastic	7:42	5 MB
34 - 034 32 A Book of Secrets	13:11	10 MB
35 - 035 33 Facts, Not Opinions	11:26	8 MB
36 - 036 34 Two Castes, One People	5:58	4 MB
37 - 037 Epilogue The Virtues of Things	10:34	7 MB
38 - 038 Fewer Better Things Outro	0:34	1 MB