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Adhocism, Expanded and Updated Edition: The Case for Improvisation (Expanded, Updated)

Contributor(s): Jencks, Charles (Author), Silver, Nathan (Author)

ISBN: 9780262518444

Publisher: MIT Press

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Pub Date: May 24, 2013

Dewey: 701.15

LCCN: 2012038949

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.63" H x 9.97" L x 7.19" W ( 1.56 lbs) 248 pages

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Description: The triumphant return of a book that gave us permission to throw out the rulebook, in activities ranging from play to architecture to revolution.

Review Quotes: Four decades after the initial publication of Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver's manifesto for improvisation, adhocism is still very much in vogue...Now recognisable as one of the core Postmodern texts, it remains equally subversive and sustainable, as much a manifesto of its time as a guide for the present.--Architectural Review--

An expanded edition of a 1972 book, which now appears prescient, this is an exploration of an idea of design that blends Dada, high-tech and DIY. The result is close to contemporary ideas about hacking and mass customisation.

--Financial Times--

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