{"product_id":"things-物件-by-arne-schmitt","title":"THINGS \/ 物件 by Arne Schmitt","description":"\u003cp\u003e130 x 200mm, 192 pages, Colour printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Things, Arne Schmitt explores an everyday yet complex cultural practice: going out for coffee. During a trip through Taiwan, he visited eighteen cafés, dedicating an essay to each—observations situated between global specialty coffee culture, local particularities, and personal encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe texts are accompanied by eighteen photographs of stones found along the island’s coastline—contemplative studies of form and a homage to collecting stones on the beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title refers to Georges Perec’s novel of the same name from the 1960s and the lifestyle of its characters shaped by objects and consumption, as well as to Albert Renger-Patzsch’s interwar photobook project and its focus on form. In his montage of images and texts, Schmitt brings these two lines together in a central question: is it legitimate, in politically turbulent times, to cultivate a pleasure in form?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spector Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56714236068226,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/5338\/0582\/files\/IMG_6222119.jpg?v=1781708227","url":"https:\/\/goodpress.co.uk\/products\/things-%e7%89%a9%e4%bb%b6-by-arne-schmitt","provider":"Good Press — good books \u0026 more","version":"1.0","type":"link"}