{"product_id":"shipping-container-craig-martin-9781501303142","title":"Shipping Container","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe shipping container is all around: whizzing by on the highway, trundling past on rails, unloading behind a big box store even as you shop there, clanking on the docks just out of sight.... 90% of the goods and materials that move around the globe do so in shipping containers. It is an absolutely ubiquitous object, even if most of us have no \u003ci\u003edirect \u003c\/i\u003econtact with it. But what is this thing? Where has it been, and where is it going? Craig Martin's book illuminates the \"development of containerization\"--including design history, standardization, aesthetics, and a surprising speculative discussion of the futurity of shipping containers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501303147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501303142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Craig Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935194743039,"sku":"9781501303142","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_112e0d52-114c-425e-ac2f-3abe32f81493.jpg?v=1681418406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shipping-container-craig-martin-9781501303142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}