More Mobile reviews rolling in.... · Nov 24, 10:10 AM
11/22/08
November/December 2008
BY DAVID VAN DER LEER
“Edited by Jennifer Siegal, founder and principal of Office of Mobile Design in Los Angeles, this book sets out to show how architecture can become more portable and adaptable – and therefore more useful. Inspiring introductory texts by design writer Jude Stewart and William J. Mitchell, professor of architecture and media arts and sciences at MIT, provide a broad historical background of the mobile phenomenon. The remainder of the book is dedicated to the work of 12 architects, designers and artists from around the world, who create tents, containers, floats and wagons for what Siegal has termed “new nomadism” (“a grassroots, do-it-yourself movement that aims to achieve a more fluid ex peri ence of our contemporary cities and our changing culture.”)”
“With temporary outdoor classrooms by Atelier-Bow Wow (Japan), tree tents by Dré Wapenaar (the Netherlands), wearable buildings by Studio-Orta (France), Andrea Zittel’s customized housing shelters (the U.S.), and Lot-Ek’s stores built from cargo containers (the U.S.), More Mobile presents mostly realistic architectures of change set within a paperback novel format full of enticing photos.”
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