The New Normal (Paperback)

Benjamin H. Bratton

ISBN 10: 3038602205 / ISBN 13: 9783038602200

Published by Park Books, Zurich, 2020

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Paperback. Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture, and Design was founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Alexander Mamut in 2009 to change the cultural and physical landscapes of Russian cities. The institute promotes positive changes and creates new ideas and values through its educational activities. This thorough, inspirational book is the first major publication emerging from Strelka's The New Normal program. The institute's most ambitious research unit focuses on research and design for Moscow and explores the opportunities posed by emerging technologies for interdisciplinary urban design practices. Strelka is a speculative urbanism think-tank and a platform for the invention and articulation of a new discourse and new models. The New Normal has been conceived by the American sociologist and architectural theorist Benjamin H. Bratton, who is known for his unique mix of philosophical and aesthetic research, organisational planning and strategy, and for his writing on the cultural implications of computing and globalisation. The book features seventeen lavishly illustrated contributions by international researchers and designers that outline the scope of The New Normal's output, held together by a thematic essay in nine chapters by Bratton. Highly topical, this first comprehensive survey of research work produced by The New Normal program will appeal to all readers interested in the future of cities and urban design. AUTHORS: Benjamin H. Bratton is a professor and Director of the Center for Design and Geopolitics at University of California, San Diego, and Director of The New Normal program at Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow. Nicolay Boyadjiev is an architect and design strategist, and a design and education tutor A Strelka Institute in Moscow. Nick Axel is an editor, architect, educator, and theorist, and head of the Architecture Department at Amsterdam's Gerrit Rietveld Academy. SELLING POINTS: . First comprehensive survey of research work produced by The New Normal program at Moscow's Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design . A highly topical, inspirational read on the future of cities and urban design . Features lavishly illustrated contributions by 17 international researchers and designers . Moscow's Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design have very quickly gained much international attention and recognition as a forward-thinking school of design 470 colour, 146 b/w illustrations First comprehensive survey of research work produced by The New Normal program at Moscow's Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design, one of the internationally most highly recognised forward-thinking schools of design. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Normal (Paperback)
• Publisher: Park Books, Zurich
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038602205
• ISBN 13: 9783038602200
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The New Normal (2017-2019) was a post-graduate program and Speculative Urbanism think-tank within Moscow’s renowned Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture, and Design. Directed by distinguished American social theorist Benjamin H. Bratton, the The New Normal conducted a collaborative research to investigate the impact of planetary-scale computation on the future of cities both in Russia and around the world.

The New Normal book, edited by Benjamin H. Bratton, Nicolay Boyadjiev, and Nick Axel, features twenty-two interlinked projects that were part of the research. Published alongside are seventeen lavishly illustrated contributions by international researchers and designers that outline the wider scope of The New Normal program's output, held together by concise thematic texts contributed by Benjamin H. Bratton. Contributors include many of the most influential contemporary designers, philosophers, architects, and artists, such as Yuk Hui, Liam Young, Anastassia Smirnova, Lydia Kallipoliti, Lev Manovich, Julieta Aranda, Trevor Paglen, Metahaven, Keller Easterling, Robert Gerard Pietrusko, Molly Wright Steenson, Ben Cerveny, Rival Strategy, Geoff Manaugh, Stephanie Sherman, and Patricia Reed. The fields of research include Speculative Megastructures, Human AI Interaction Design, Protocols and Programs, Synthetic Cinema, Alt-Geographies, Platform Econometrics, and Recursive Simulation.

This highly topical volume, the only comprehensive survey of research and work produced by The New Normal program, will appeal to all readers interested in the future of cities and urban design.
 

About the Authors

Benjamin H. Bratton is professor at and director of the Center for Design and Geopolitics at University of California, San Diego, as well as director of The New Normal program at Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture, and Design in Moscow.

Nicolay Boyadjiev is an architect and design strategist as well as a design and education tutor at Strelka Institute in Moscow.

Nick Axel is an architect, editor, educator, and curator. He is deputy editor of e-flux Architecture and head of the architectural design department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.