{"product_id":"erik-torstensson-erik-torstensson-9798994897904","title":"Erik Torstensson: Source Material, Vol. I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA visual archive-cum-philosophical inquiry into design, showcasing iterations of speculative objects developed with AI \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with SOURCE ÉDITIONS.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErik Torstensson's \u003ci\u003eSource Material, Vol. I\u003c\/i\u003e explores design during a moment of profound technological transformation, positioning artificial intelligence as a creative collaborator. Drawing on more than two decades of observation across art, architecture, fashion and material culture, Erik Torstensson generates accelerated conceptual iterations while foregrounding human taste, judgment and intent. The book presents a rigorously edited body of speculative objects including chairs, tables, vessels and abstract forms, developed through tens of thousands of iterations and refined through curatorial discipline. Rather than prioritizing utility, these works probe the porous boundary between design and art, asking when an object functions, when it provokes and when it achieves both. At once a visual archive and a philosophical inquiry, the book challenges conventional notions of originality, craft and process. It ultimately proposes a new framework for how design might be conceived, authored and produced in the years ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erik Torstensson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994897904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vdu Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Erik Torstensson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50594242265343,"sku":"9798994897904","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/erik-torstensson-erik-torstensson-9798994897904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}