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The Inflatable Moment: Pneumatics and Protest in '68

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Title: The Inflatable Moment: Pneumatics and Protest in '68
by Marc Dessauce, Architectural League of New York
ISBN: 1568981767
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date: November, 1999
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $27.50
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Average Customer Rating: 4

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Rating: 4
Summary: deeper than you thought
Comment: So you thought that inflatable chairs were just goofy, disposable conversation pieces - the lava lamp of furniture, doomed to evoke hazy images of some late 60s lysergic idyll no matter how many times they come back in fashion. This book is here to blow that perception out of the water - to tell for the first time the fascinating story of inflatables: how the idea emerged from the US military, was baptized by the ludic "instant city" manifestoes of Archigram, and became bound up in the politics of the Situationist-inspired street protests of May '68. There aren't quite as many high-quality images as I'd have liked, and from time to time the book descends into unwonted theoryspeak, but I know of literally no other reference on this particular moment - one where optimism, liberation, and technology fused to suggest possibilities where none had existed before. Highly recommended.

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