{"product_id":"ornament-and-crime-by-adolf-loos-9780141392974","title":"Ornament and Crime","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevolutionary essays on design, aesthetics, and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut art has nothing to do with forgery, with lies. The paths of art may be thorny, but they are clean.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrnament and Crime\u003c\/em\u003e comprises a selection of essays by celebrated Viennese architect, Adolf Loos, covering the full range of design - from architecture to jewellery, pottery to plumbing, craft training to printing. A great enthusiast and great hater, Loos and his ideas were absolutely fundamental to 20th-century aesthetics, as well as being very enjoyable to read. He extols heroes and denigrates villains, as he makes quite clear: \u003cem\u003eIf you want to have a contemporary craft, if you want to have contemporary utility objects, then poison the architects\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design, and the media have changed our vision forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46550361080044,"sku":"9780141392974","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8731723482238.jpg?v=1749975538","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/ornament-and-crime-by-adolf-loos-9780141392974","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}