The Unimportance of Form and Other Arguments
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The Unimportance of Form and Other Arguments gathers Jasper Morrison's early writings from 1984 to 2002, edited by Sina Sohrab and published by Apartamento in 2026. The 184-page English paperback collects thirty-one texts, from autobiographical notes and his 1985 RCA thesis to essays, fragments, and the 1991 title piece that critiques the designer's obsession with form. Together they map Morrison's argument for usefulness, ordinary things, and the responsibilities of design before many of his objects became canonical.
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For students, the book is a rare primary source on how a major British designer thought in words, not only in products. It is useful for seminars on design ethics, super normal thinking, and the gap between manifesto and object. On a university reading list it belongs with British Design, designer monographs, and design theory.
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