DeTnk’s Must Read Book of the Month

February ‘10

This month, we highly recommend picking up a copy of ‘Objectivity: A Designer’s Book of Curious Tools’ by David Usborne with a foreword by Thomas Heatherwick.

Written by collector and teacher of design David Usborne with a foreword by innovative British designer Thomas Hetherwick ‘Objectivity’ provides  a miscellany of mysterious objects that celebrates the beauty of simple, useful things.  

The book presents a wide variety of intriguing ‘tools of life’ in a way that display a beauty and meaning in them beyond their functions.  Some of these ‘tools’ were developed to meet basic human needs, others were designed for less obvious purposes, and still others were produced for vanishing trades that have since become obsolete.

With a visual menagerie of formally interesting objects this book is a useful tool for designers, artists, and students alike as a source of inspiration.

Visit the DeTnk Bookstore to get your copy now.