{"product_id":"against-coffee-table-books","title":"Against Coffee Table Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally appearing in 2025 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eas one in a series of six articles in an online magazine, \u003cem\u003eAgainst Coffee Table Books\u003c\/em\u003e is refashioned here here as a short treatise providing a  straightforward and honest guide to navigating the complex world of contemporary publishing. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr rather, everything that orbits around books, from their formats and modes of display to how we collect them and the ways we read them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo explore these questions, Davide Tolfo and Federico Antonini turned to little-known and experimental sciences – the Readers' Entomology, the Ethology of Bookshelves, among others – which allowed them to tackle philosophical and existential questions such as: why do we buy more books than we read?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBruno, 112pp, 11cm x 17cm, paperback, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Data","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499903459701,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/5974\/0505\/files\/AgainstCoffeeTableBooks.jpg?v=1786706142","url":"https:\/\/store.magalleria.co.uk\/products\/against-coffee-table-books","provider":"Magalleria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}