Beschreibung
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.
Autorenporträt
Vera Roggli is a textile designer living and working between Italy, Switzerland, and Belgium. Eva Wolf is a graphic designer and illustrator; Basil Linder is a graphic and typeface designer. They jointly run the Bern-based design firm Studio Eva Basil.
Warnhinweise
ACHTUNG! Sicherheitshinweis entsprechend Art,9 Abs,7 S,2 der GPSR entbehrlich
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess AG
Niederdorfstrasse 54
8001 Zürich
CH
E-Mail: info@scheidegger-spiess.ch
Produktverantwortlicher / Importeur:
GVA Gemeinsame Verlagsauslieferung Göttingen GmbH & Co. KG
Postfach 2021
37010 Göttingen
DE
E-Mail: info@gva-verlage.de
