Callous Objects: Designs Against the Homeless

(Part of the Forerunners: Ideas First Series)

by Robert Rosenberger

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Uncovering injustices built into our everyday surroundings

Callous Objects unearths cases in which cities push homeless people out of public spaces through a combination of policy and strategic design. Robert Rosenberger examines such commonplace devices as garbage cans, fences, signage, and benches--all of which reveal political agendas beneath the surface. Such objects have evolved, through a confluence of design and law,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1517904404

ISBN13:9781517904401

Release Date:December 2017

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:79 Pages

Weight:0.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.0" x 6.9"

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