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Tag Archives: "Extinct" Penner et al

HOW TO BECOME EXTINCT

THE FASCINATING BOOK EXTINCT, recently reviewed here at SimanaitisSays, describes six different categories of extinction: Failed, Superseded, Enforced, Defunct, Aestivated, and Visionary. Here are tidbits about these criteria and examples … Continue reading

May 9, 2022 · 9 Comments

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1, we discussed the obsolescence of arsenic wallpaper and the Chaparral 2J Sucker Car, both appearing in the book Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolete Objects. Today in … Continue reading

May 4, 2022 · 4 Comments

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN PART 1

DOES YOUR HOUSE EXHIBIT obsolescence? Mine does, sorta, as described in a book I just bought. Penner is a professor of architectural humanities at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University … Continue reading

May 3, 2022 · 5 Comments