«Se stai leggendo queste parole, l'unica cosa certa che so di te è che qualcuno ti ha portato in grembo prima che fossi una persona.» Comincia così la riflessione di Claire Horn su una tecnologia che ancora non c'è, ma che presto potrebbe entrare nelle nostre vite. L'ectogenesi, la possibilità che la gestazione avvenga fuori dal corpo umano, non è più una visione fantascientifica, ma una realtà ormai prossima, e prima che questo avvenga dobbiamo affrontare una serie di questioni etiche e politiche, fondamentali per allontanare dall'orizzonte scenari preoccupanti. La possibilità di un utero artificiale - che cambierebbe il modo in cui concepiamo la gravidanza - deve inserirsi in contesti in cui tutti i diritti riproduttivi siano garantiti, l'aborto una conquista definitiva e la salute una prioritaria in ogni parte del mondo. Nessuna tecnologia è in grado, da sola, di farsi carico dei problemi di cui si occupa e proprio per questo serve una riflessione allargata e profonda sull'etica e sui temi della gestazione e della maternità. Un libro che guarda al futuro con la consapevolezza che, per affrontarlo bene, è necessario preparare oggi le regole con cui lo accoglieremo. Prefazione di Laura Tripaldi.

This newest addition to the Victoria and Albert Museum’s series on historical dress patterns presents full instructions for the making of men’s historical garments in a technically accurate, visually exciting, step-by-step format. The book delves into the intricate detail of the techniques involved in historical tailoring and dressmaking. Scale patterns, precise construction diagrams, an abundance of informative details, and x-ray photographs that reveal the hidden structure of each piece are accompanied by color photography of the whole garment.Edited by the world’s leading authorities on historical tailoring, Patterns of Men’s Dress 1600–1630 surveys the masculine wardrobe in England during the early seventeenth century. It features twelve chapters, each dedicated to one garment, including an ensemble of doublet and breeches, three doublets, a cloak, a hat, a night cap and a night-cap liner, a picadil, a pair of mittens, a sword girdle and hangers, and a linen stocking. Chapters on tailoring, dressing and inventories of men’s dress provide key historical context. Like its predecessors, this book promises to be a unique resource for costume designers, dress and social historians, students, and fashion enthusiasts alike.

Book Two in the V&A's groundbreaking new series presents 17 patterns for garments and accessories from a 17th-century woman's wardrobe. It includes patterns for a loose gown, a jacket, a pair of stays and a boned bodice, ivory and wooden busks, shoes, a hat, a stomacher, linen bands and supporters, a bag, and a knife case. It also features a description of the stay-making process. Full step-by-step drawings of the construction sequence are given for each garment to enable the reader to accurately reconstruct them. There are scale patterns and diagrams for making linen and metal thread laces and embroidery designs. Multiple photographs of the objects, close-up construction details and X-ray photography reveal the hidden elements of the clothes, the precise number of layers and the stitches used inside.

Published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion of the 2011 Venice Biennale, "Establishing a Critical Corpus" is the first theoretical book to extensively examine the practice and artworks of Thomas Hirschhorn. His work elicits debate, analysis, and a profound discussion of artistic and social issues. "Establishing a Critical Corpus" is thus a charged and intense "textbook," providing texts and topics "to think about": Hirschhorn's work in general, a specific part of his work, one of his pieces, issues that extend beyond his work, and so on. These fully illustrated texts constitute the core of the book.