{"product_id":"the-faded-past-by-hanne-niederhausen","title":"The Faded Past by Hanne Niederhausen","description":"An almost complete edition of an old German Meyers Lexikon was given to me by a friend who was leaving the country. I looked for some time at the worn, dilapidated volumes standing on a book shelf, and I became fascinated by their wonderfully aged leather spines with golden letters. Once they all looked alike; now each one has taken on a different patina expressing a personal character. With \u003cem\u003eFaded Past \u003c\/em\u003eI am transforming these wise but out-dated volumes into a new book, giving them a second life. Anyone who loves to flip through dictionaries might have the same fondness looking at the running heads on the tops and bottoms of the pages. I spent quite some time compiling weird pairs of sounds to use as text in this book; they had to be alliterations. You will find pairs such as \u003cem\u003eCosmic Couch \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWordy Worm. \u003c\/em\u003eThe days where we open an encyclopedia instead of a computer to obtain knowledge are vanishing fast; the case of Webster vs. web might turn out to be a lost battle. The reverse sides of the pages show images of tools and typefaces I photographed at the print shop in the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany. Letterpress printing is another example of a disappearing craft.","brand":"23 Sandy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67218347491501,"sku":"xfv1791956916023","price":158.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/5804\/0237\/files\/the-faded-past-by-hanne-niederhausen_1.jpg?v=1791956925","url":"https:\/\/mindfulwardrobe.shop\/products\/the-faded-past-by-hanne-niederhausen","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}