{"product_id":"commentary-on-approximations-to-the-object","title":"Commentary on Approximations to the Object: An Inquiry into Designed Literature","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I shall corroborate the gap between objects and texts, interrogate the material order that design has imposed upon language, and compose a record which, though partial and far from infinite, will be profoundly significant for two fields that may seem merely adjacent—design and literature—yet which, upon closer inquiry, reveal themselves as mutually dependent, should one have the resolve to interrogate the very grounds of their meaning.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e— Edmund Stone, \u003cem\u003eApproximations to the Object\u003c\/em\u003e, 1827\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis book provokes its reader. Aimed at bold designers, typographers, writers, and curious minds who thrive on provocation, Commentary on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eApproximations to the Object\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eleads to a fundamental question: how does the flux between design and literature produce a distinct engagement with meaning?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBernstein’s Commentary on the oeuvre of Approximations to the Object, a nineteenth-century treatise attributed to Edmund Stone, explores the possibility that certain material objects may have prefigured particular literary modes of understanding. As long as this thesis persists, the commentary keeps the reader on edge, engaging in its own material logic, only to diverge from it—reaching a peak of utmost emancipation, ultimately to: comment on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHarnessing historical gaps, predication, speculation, and the shifting boundaries between objects and texts, Bernstein’s textual and design inferences are far from incidental deviations. They propel the commentary into something beyond a mere study of influence, raising intriguing questions: What other objects might have influenced certain literary forms? How can the interplay between design and literature uncover the structures that shape interpretation and meaning? Why has Stone’s treatise remained overlooked for so many centuries?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt is best read in nearly one sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eType: Hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003eDimensions\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: 154 x 215 mm \/ 6 x 8.46 inch (portrait)\u003cbr\u003ePages\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: 114\u003cbr\u003eISBN\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: 978-90-835325-0-9\u003cbr\u003eLanguage\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: English\u003cbr\u003eRelease date\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: 20250829\u003cbr\u003eBinding\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: Hardcover with dust-jacket\u003cbr\u003ePaper\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: Munken Print Cream\u003cbr\u003eEdition\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: 1.500\u003cbr\u003eColor\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: black only\u003cbr\u003ePrinter\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: Printon, Tallin (Est.)\u003cbr\u003eFont\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: EB Garamond, Krungthep Regular, Nicholas cochin lt pro black, Stix general, Stix Two Math\u003cbr\u003eImage specs\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: 21 black-white images\u003cbr\u003eDetails\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e: Hardcover with sewn, 1.9 mm coardboard - greyboard, cover with creamy paper and pre-creased jacket. Rounded spine, H\u0026amp;T bands\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pedro Bernstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52266412278062,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2263\/4647\/files\/imgi_1_Commentary-onapproximations_007-2500x0-c-default.jpg?v=1783082888","url":"https:\/\/3ssstudios.com\/products\/commentary-on-approximations-to-the-object","provider":"Bungee Space by 3standardstoppage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}