HARDWARE 2024 - ORIGINAL HARDCOVER
HARDWARE 2024 is a full year's study of products, experiments, and conversations with those dedicated to bringing physical technology into the world.
An immediate highlight of this book is a 21 page interview with Jesper Kouthoofd, design legend and cofounder of Teenage Engineering.
This 255 page book is filled with beautiful product imagery of almost every major release of 2024. And words from the folks that shaped them.
Why?
We believe hardware is once again reshaping how we interact with and fundamentally think about software. This is occurring simultaneously as software goes through a deep transformation with both AI and blockchains.
As I write in the introduction, "Our consumption of hardware is the predominant system in which we navigate meaning making in this world."
These devices shape our day more than other object we interact with, yet we couldn't find anyone willing to dedicate the time to give our present day technology the Phaidon Treatment. We set out to do just that. We hope you enjoy the love put into this book!
Table of Contents:
Introduction by Reggie James. Interview with Jesper Kouthoofd and imagery from Teenage Engineering. Daylight Computer. Rabbit. Humane. Nothing. Essay by Maxime Perumal. Opal. USB Club imagery and essay. Interview with ITEM. Mythic Computer. Truffle. Betuel Benitez. Interview with Modem Works. Zellerfeld. Interview with Emerge. Prophetic. Harry Isaac in conversation with Sebastian Bidegain. Tinypod. Poetry Camera. Interview with Maxime Le Grelle. Kickback World. Chipped. Evenings. Stem. Essay by Bruno Schillinger.