glass

Description

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Pause and look, and you will see that you are surrounded by glass: light reflects off and refracts through your windows; it encircles a glowing filament above you; it's in a mirror hanging on the wall; it lies shattered in a dented corner of an iPhone; you're drinking water out of a pint glass. Taking up a most common object, rarely considered because assumed to be transparent, this book draws evocative connections between historical depictions of glass and emerging ideas within the technology sector that envision glass as holding unique promise for new forms of interaction. Grounded in everyday examples, Glass offers a series of surprising—often counter-intuitive—insights into how we see the world and see ourselves in the world. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface “A Day Made of Glass” Macbeth Minority Report Microscopic vision Telescopic vision Earrings and landscapes Photography Shakespeare’s sonnets “Heart of Glass” Sea glass Google Glass Trademark Microsoft HoloLens Strange Days A glass, darkly Surfaces “A World of Glass” Postscript: What’s in my pocket? Further reading Acknowledgments Notes Index