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Cell Tower

Christopher Schaberg

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Cropping up everywhere, whether steel latticework or tapered monopoles, encrusted with fiberglass antennas, cell towers raise up high into the air the communications equipment that channels our calls, texts, and downloads. For security reasons, their locations are never advertised. But it's our romantic notions of connectivity that hide them in plain sight. We want the network to be invisible, ethereal, and ubiquitous. The cell tower stands as a challenge to these desires.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic.

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Release: March 19, 2020

ISBN 13: 9781501348815

Cell Tower

Christopher Schaberg

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Cropping up everywhere, whether steel latticework or tapered monopoles, encrusted with fiberglass antennas, cell towers raise up high into the air the communications equipment that channels our calls, texts, and downloads. For security reasons, their locations are never advertised. But it's our romantic notions of connectivity that hide them in plain sight. We want the network to be invisible, ethereal, and ubiquitous. The cell tower stands as a challenge to these desires.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic.

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Release: March 19, 2020

ISBN 13: 9781501348815

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