Another book that I brought with me, to read while on vacation. . . .
 
I found out about this book in a somewhat roundabout way. I was trying to learn more about the designer Valerie Casey, who founded the Designers Accord and currently leads the Digital Experiences practice at IDEO. This was the book she would choose if she could only have one user experience book on her shelf. I found her choice surprising, since this book is a collection of essays on postmodern culture. Then I realized that Casey has a master's degree in cultural theory (and design) from Yale. Anyway, the essays in this book are quite intellectually stimulating. I especially enjoyed three essays: one by Rosalind Krauss, another by Fredric Jameson, and a third by the great Jean Baudrillard.
 
If you're seriously into cultural studies (serious like McLuhan, Lévi- Strauss, Adorno, etc.), then this book belongs on your bookshelf.

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