Ruben Pater (untoldstories@typo.social) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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🔻Ⓐ (he/him) designer / tutor @ElisavaBCN @EinaBcn @bau_bcn / writer ‘The Politics of Design’ (2016), ‘CAPS LOCK’ (2021) / https://t.co/ha4XDdlm3C
Defuturing: A New Design Philosophy
Tony FryRuben Pater (untoldstories@typo.social)Here is the essay I wrote for Swissfuture magazine, in the recent issue on design and the future. I built on Tony Fry’s concept of defuturing, taking a closer look at speculative design and degrowth. https://t.co/tT8GoF8hjP #defuturing #speculativedesign #design #degrowth
Paperback, 2020
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View
Ellen Meiksins WoodRuben Pater (untoldstories@typo.social)@versobooks offers a free download of ‘The Origin of Capitalism’ by Ellen Meiksins Wood. Amazing book, highly recommended. https://t.co/zJfiUSBjVM
Paperback, 2017
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Caps Lock: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from It
Ruben PaterRuben Pater (untoldstories@typo.social)@PeterBuwert wrote a wonderful review of CAPS LOCK for @eyemagazine. Here is a preview of the full article: https://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/fighting-words
Paperback, 2021
$27.50$13.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Immutable: Designing History
Chris LeeRuben Pater (untoldstories@typo.social)I really enjoyed the exchange between the amazing thinkers reflect on the new book of @chrislee_uu; Immutable. Out at @onomatopeenet. Highly recommended! https://www.librarystack.org/immutable-designing-history-book-launch/
Paperback, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play
James C. ScottRuben Pater (untoldstories@typo.social)James C. Scott criticizes the utopian scientism found in both left- and right wing ideologies around the turn of the twentieth century (Two Cheers for Anarchism, 2012) https://t.co/SIJrl046dT
Paperback, 2014
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book