{"product_id":"the-tea-towel-perspectives-on-an-everyday-item-paperback","title":"The Tea Towel: Perspectives on an Everyday Item - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVera Roggli\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEva Wolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBasil Linder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe meaning and history behind the humble tea towel. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The dishwasher has robbed the good old kitchen towel of some of its practical significance. Nevertheless, it remains present in many households, hand-woven or industrially produced, lint-free or absorbent, dirty or clean, inherited or replaceable. As a textile and as an everyday item, it is emblematic of topical social issues, such as unpaid care work, colonialism, and equality. Moreover, a tea towel evokes manifold associations and is linked to countless personal memories, experiences, and anecdotes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For a long time, specially-made kitchen towels were a luxury and reserved for the upper classes. Industrial mass production has changed this, and today two developments can be observed: while kitchen towels are displayed as design objects in museum stores and craft stores, they are also standardized, cheap goods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Tea Towel: Perspectives on an Everyday Item\u003c\/i\u003e, thirteen authors, artists, and designers enter into a dialogue with the object and examine it from a journalistic, artistic, technical, and cultural-historical perspective. The contributions of very different tones complement each other and create new references. Texts and images invite a rediscovery of the everyday kitchen towel as a sensual object that carries much more depth beneath its seemingly ordinary surface.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVera Roggli\u003c\/b\u003e is a textile designer living and working between Italy, Switzerland, and Belgium.\u003cb\u003e Eva Wolf\u003c\/b\u003e is a graphic designer and illustrator;\u003cb\u003e Basil Linder\u003c\/b\u003e is a graphic designer and typeface designer. They jointly run the Bern-based design firm Studio Eva Basil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289156530425,"sku":"9783039422814","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/V4b10ClqpJ9783039422814.webp?v=1776258829","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-tea-towel-perspectives-on-an-everyday-item-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}