The Language of Things by Akiko Busch

“Atmosphere of Objects,” a close examination of the way objects in space inform inhabitation, influence perception and create social dynamics.
Akiko Busch writes about design, culture, and nature for a variety of publications. She is the author of Geography of Home: Writings on Where We Live, The Uncommon Life of Common Objects: Essays on Design and the Everyday, and Nine Ways to Cross a River. The Incidental Steward, her essays about citizen science and stewardship, will be published by Yale University Press in 2013