Pippa Garner’s Better Living Catalog, originally published in 1982, takes the form of a mail order catalog featuring clever and whimsical inventions that parody consumer goods while simultaneously critiquing America’s obsession with ingenuity, efficiency, leisure, and comfort. These works, which were made as prototypes and photographed for the publication, take the form of improbable accessories, clothing, footwear, home appliances, and office gadgets.
Enter - the half suit, the chairrarium, the dashboard desk and the taco radio. All dreamt up by artist and inventor Pippa Garner, and all seen as 'absolute necessities for contemporary survival'.
In our AI-enhanced, screen-led world, these can be viewed as analogue jokes of a bygone age, but in our current era, we are not only still obsessed with ingenuity, efficiency, leisure, and comfort, but also nostalgia. Better Living Catalogue will provide you with everything you need.
Size: 136 x 207mm (softback)
Pages: 100
Publisher: Better Living
