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The Tea Towel

By Basil Linder

The Tea Towel

By Basil Linder

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The dishwasher has robbed the good old kitchen towel of some of its practical significance. Nevertheless, it remains present in many households, hand-woven or industrially produced, lint-free or absorbent, dirty or clean, inherited or replaceable. In some kitchens, special attention is also required, as there is one for the hands and one for the dishes. For a long time, specially made kitchen towels were a luxury and reserved for the upper classes. Industrial mass production has changed this, and today two developments can be observed: while kitchen towels are displayed as design objects in museum stores and craft stores, they are also standardized cheap goods. In The Tea Towel: Perspectives on an Everyday Item, 13 authors, artists, and designers enter into a dialogue with the object and examine it from a literary, journalistic, artistic, technical, and sociopolitical perspective. The contributions of very different tones complement each other and create new references. In text and images, the book encourages a rediscovery of the everyday kitchen towel as a sensual object with which many socially relevant topics are associated.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2025-11-20
Publication Date:
2025-12-31
Publisher:
Scheidegger & Spiess
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3039422812
ISBN13:
9783039422814
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
294 g
Height:
186 cm
Width:
119 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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