Arthropods

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New York: Praeger, 1972. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Octavo; 167 pp: illustrations; 31 cm Very Good(+), slight rubbing to edges of wraps; pages clean. Paperback. ISBN: 9780902620773Jim Burns, an American architectural editor and designer active from the 1950s through the 1970s, moved from his post at Progressive Architecture to the participatory design practice of Lawrence Halprin & Associates, where he helped pioneer user-involved environmental planning. His 1972 book Arthropods: New Design Futures (Praeger, New York) stands as a vivid document of avant-garde architectural thought at the turn of that decade, surveying some thirty experimental groups—including Archizoom, Superstudio, Haus-Rucker-Co, and Ant Farm—whose work dissolved the boundaries between art, architecture, performance, and community process. Burns’s metaphor of “arthropods,” denoting organisms with articulated, adaptive bodies, conveys his vision of design as a living, modular, and participatory system rather than a fixed monument. Richly illustrated and conceptually ambitious, the book occupies a key place in the genealogy of participatory and ecological design, bridging modernist theory with the open-ended, collaborative experimentation that reshaped environmental and social design practice in the early 1970s. | **Somewhat heavy or large item. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited, priority, or international orders. Please inquire** Show more