{"product_id":"9781472517197","title":"Love Objects Emotion, Design and Material Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLove Objects\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEmotion, Design and Material Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAnna Moran | Sorcha O'Brien\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow are love and emotion embodied in material form? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Objects\u003c\/i\u003e explores the emotional potency of things, addressing how objects can function as fetishes, symbols and representations, active participants in and mediators of our relationships, as well as tokens of affection, symbols of virility, triggers of nostalgia, replacements for lost loved ones, and symbols of lost places and times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddressing both designed 'things with attitude' and the 'wild things' of material culture, \u003ci\u003eLove Objects\u003c\/i\u003e explores a wide range of objects, from 19th-century American portraits displaying men's passionate friendships to the devotional and political meanings of religious statues in 1920s Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Moran\u003c\/b\u003e is Coordinator of the MA in Design History and Material Culture at the National College of Art and Design, Ireland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSorcha O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Design History and Theory to Product and Furniture Design students in Kingston University, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 October 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472517197\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e184\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331477700748,"sku":"9781472517197","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_844702a5-63ac-4dc7-ae29-44c0216c6d98.jpg?v=1783596861","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781472517197","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}