Counter Culture: The Allure of Mini-Mannequins

by Steven Heller and Louise Fili

Counter Culture is a surreal look at how mannequins play on consumers' desires, seducing us to buy. A colourful peep show of these sexy and fetishistic plaster models, it shows the tension between sex... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568983042
• ISBN13: 9781568983042
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Packed with a colorful survey of commercial culture

The small-statured Counter Culture by Steven Heller and Louise Fili may too easily be missed on laden shelves, but is packed with a colorful survey of commercial culture examining how mini-mannequins and other counter displays both created art and appealed to consumer interests. Color photos of these mannequins pack the pages.