Fit to a T: Spray-On Clothing, Craft, Commodity Fetishism, and the Agency of Objects.
The article discusses Fabrican, a spray-on clothing product in development by Fabrican Ltd. The author reflects on the concepts behind the product and its relationship to craft, commodity fetishism, and object agency. It is suggested that popular and media reactions to the product, and its marketing...
| Publicado en: | Utopian Studies Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 285 - 303 |
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Pennsylvania State University Press
2011
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