Bianca bosker traded her career as the huffington posts executive tech editor for a job as cellar rat, and embarked on an unprecedented journey through the wine world to probe, firsthand, the importance of our forgotten sensesthe huffington posts executive tech editor for a job as cellar rat, and embarked on an unprecedented. A winefueled adventure among the obsessive sommeliers, big bottle hunters, and rogue scientists who taught me to live for taste. Shes the former executive tech editor of the huffington post, where she explored technologys influence on culture through subjects such as. Bianca bosker, with a foreword by jerome silbergeld. In this smart and sharply observed book, bianca bosker takes us on a marvelous journey through the mad, manic, seductive subculture of wine and wine lovers. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Bianca bosker author biography, plus links to books by. Evan selinger on the role of the copycat and chinas duplitecture in bianca boskers original copies. Bianca bosker is a contributing writer at the atlantic and the author of cork dork and original copies.
I have never learned more and been stimulated to think more about. Bosker previously authored original copies, the first definitive exploration of chinas duplitecture movement and a critically acclaimed investigation of copy culture. Bianca bosker is the former executive tech editor of the huffington post. Between her hilarious exploits and thoughtful meditations on wine and life, youll want to stay for just one more. Original copies by bianca bosker overdrive rakuten. Reading bianca bosker is like sitting down with a brilliant, curious friend for an afterwork drink, and suddenly finding its midnight and the table is littered with empty bottles. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china bianca bosker. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china spatial habitus. Its also a deeply felt story of her own experience, told with great heart and wit. She is currently the executive tech editor of the huffington post where, in 2009, she colaunched the tech section. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china university of hawaii press, 20. A winefueled adventure among the obsessive sommeliers, big bottle hunters, and rogue scientists who taught me to live for taste, which has been hailed as the kitchen confidential of wine.
Bosker, an editor for the huffington post in new york, has written a considered study of a trend more often dismissed in jest. Original copies presents the first definitive chronicle of this remarkable phenomenon in which entire townships appear to have been airlifted from their historic and geographic foundations in europe and the americas, and spotwelded to chinese cities. A skilled reproduction, which western connoisseurs may call a fake, is itself worthy of admiration to chinese eyes. If i tell a stranger that i work in the wine industry, one of their first questions is, have you read cork dork. Bianca bosker discusses architectural imitation in. The former executive tech editor of the huffington post, she is the author of the critically acclaimed book original copies. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china bosker boldly contends that chinas experiment in creating residential fantasylands that appropriate images and ideals from abroad may very well be a movement that creates the most enduring monuments to a new, post.
Drawing upon a thorough grasp of history, original field research that she personally conducted in china, and discussions with leading scholars, bosker has written a fascinating, nuanced, visually compelling, and extremely readable book about chinas duplitecture. Making and meaning in asias architecture 1st edition by bianca bosker isbn. Original copies describes a phenomenon i did not even know existed. Access a free summary of the binge breaker, by bianca bosker and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Original copies presents the first definitive chronicle of this remarkable phenomenon in which entire townships appear to have. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china tackles chinas copycat architecture trend which has seen. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china, and more on. At first, the trend seems fun and kitschy, then on closer examination it starts to seem odd, like a quirk that is amusing at first, then seems out of control. A winefueled adventure among the obsessive sommeliers, big bottle hunters, and rogue scientists who taught me to live for taste, and original copies. Bianca bosker has written a fascinating, nuanced, visually compelling, and extremely readable book about chinas. Bianca bosker is an awardwinning journalist and the author of original copies. Bianca bosker speaking bio and videos the lavin agency. Bianca bosker is an awardwinning journalist and the author of cork dork.
The former executive tech editor of the huffington post, she is the author of the critically acclaimed book. Bianca bosker and her book, cork dork, serve as this wonderful bridge between people inside and outside the wine community. Bianca boskers original copies 20 is one of the more welcome additions to the growing literature on chinese citiesbuilt around observations, field research and interviews, original copies goes beyond the often shallow and sometimes prejudicial reports of. Bianca bosker includes plenty of photographs in the book, apparently, in china, its not uncommon to build large housing tracts that look like tuscany or paris or manhattan. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china, says that china looked for imitation rather than innovation in the period of trying to quickly find a way of adapting to the market and urban design challenges. Bianca bosker has written a fascinating, nuanced, visually compelling, and extremely readable book about chinas duplitecture. Bianca bosker gives some answers in her fascinating new book, original copies.
She is the author of the acclaimed academic book original copies. Bianca bosker is an awardwinning journalist and the author of the new york times bestseller cork dork. She is the former executive tech editor at huffpost. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china, 2012 went from being an amateur drinker to a professional pusher of wine, she did so in a big way. These copycat constructions are not theme parks but thriving communities where chinese. Bianca bosker cork dork author road to wine expert podcast. Author bianca bosker wrote original copies and the soontobereleased cork dork. Everywhere i go, i run into people who rave about it. Bianca bosker explores what this unprecedented experiment in duplitecture implies for the social, political, architectural, and commercial landscape of contemporary china. Bianca boskers original copies 20 is one of the more welcome additions to the growing literature on chinese citiesbuilt around observations, field research and interviews, original copies goes beyond the often shallow and sometimes prejudicial reports of chinas urban emergence.
Chinas often heavily criticized, socalled copycat architecture. Books go search hello select your address best sellers customer service new releases find a gift whole foods registry gift cards sell. Bianca bosker audio books, best sellers, author bio. Its not an amusement park people live there, in houses that on the outside look like italian palazzos or tudor style houses. Amateur drinker and professional tech reporter bianca bosker didnt know much about. Im so grateful to bianca because her book came out around the same time that i. Making and meaning in asias architecture bosker, bianca, knapp, ronald g. Bianca bosker, the author of this fascinating book, has included numerous photos from real estate brochures and from her own camera.
Original copies inside chinas imitation binge mas context. Bianca bosker argues that, unlike the west, the chinese put far less emphasis on originality and far more on skill. Duplitecture expert bianca bosker recently published a new book on the subject. Bianca bosker is an awardwinning journalist who has written about food, wine, architecture, and technology for the new yorker online, the atlantic, t. What is especially interesting and indeed provocative in this book is how bosker explains the current chinese proclivity for architectural mimicryoriginal copies. Original copies presents the first definitive chronicle of this remarkable phenomenon in which entire townships appear to have been airlifted from their historic and geographic foundations in europe and. See all books authored by bianca bosker, including cork dork. The selfdescribed typea neurotic and lover of competition, the less athletic and more gluttonous the better, decided to see if she could not. In addition to serving as a contributing writer at the. Packing for mars by mary roach original copies by bianca bosker universal principles of. Her work has appeared in the atlantic, the new yorker. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bosker focuses on the suburbs for the upper class that began to be built in the late 1990s, following the privatization of real estate.
Bianca bosker author biography, plus links to books by bianca bosker. Bianca bosker the former executive tech editor of the huffington post, she is the author of the critically acclaimed book original copies. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china, bianca bosker gives a detailed analysis of chinas expansive suburban communities that replicate european and. Bianca bosker books list of books by author bianca bosker. Apparently, in china, its not uncommon to build large housing tracts that look like tuscany or paris or manhattan. Architectural mimicry in contemporary china in which she gives a tour of the various towns within major cities that have seen this rapid. A chengdu residential complex for 200,000 recreates dorchester, england.
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