(1) Name of the Father, porcelain beads, celadon glaze, unglazed separator disks, grosgrain ribbon, Luisa Igloria’s “The Gift” (poem) printed on cotton. (2) Harvest, porcelain rice grains and bowls, ...

Have you ever wondered who invented the pencil? Or what led to the creation of the swimming pool? Object Lessons is a beautifully designed book series—published by Bloomsbury Academic—that explores ...

Around the world, the document establishes legal, social, and economic legitimacy. But it also makes compromises. An Object Lesson. Carl Linnaeus, the father of biological taxonomy, also had a hand in ...

Sobelle transforms this makeshift attic into a space of reflection and wonder as he unpacks our relationship to everyday objects: breaking, buying, finding, fixing, giving, losing, winning, trading, ...