No Dandy, No Fun (Looking Good as Things Fall Apart)

No Dandy, No Fun (Looking Good as Things Fall Apart)The world is going up in flames and all the old orders are collapsing. Yet, elegantly stepping over the wreckage, immaculately turned out, here comes the Dandy. As Baudelaire wrote "dandyism appears especially in periods of transition." This great little book examines the history of the dandy, from the 18th century British style icon George Brummell, to Oscar Wilde, Lord Byron and beyond. In our time of crisis and transition, this book explores the

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and connection

With an editorial focus on placing appropriated material alongside new works

part folk tale

but we are all on a mission to make things a little bit better with the little bit we have

A vast collection of flyers for soundsystem dances

even as sounds such as Saxon

Highlights the mark the concept has left on modern domestic aesthetics and the influence on contemporary architecture and design

120 pagesPaperbackEdition of 22002021 by PAN (Berlin) & Primary Information (New York)

but also plants that have had a profound impact on humanity

- Isabelle Strengers

That is the power of art and culture: to reconcile us with life