The Small Stuff - The Sensory Enchantment of Everyday Life

Our lives have become increasingly optimised, with an emphasis placed on convenience and efficiency. But has that made our lives more gratifying? Or has it just robbed us of the many simple pleasures that life has to offer?

In The Small Stuff, Ian Bogost Bogost offers a manifesto for tuning into the tiny day-to-day opportunities for gratification. He argues that the simple, tactile pleasures of daily life have been replaced by sleek but soulless design. Meanwhile, the world around us is filled with sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures that we barely register. Whether that be the ridges of a paper coffee cup, the sound of a pencil as you scribble a note, or even the feeling of this very book in your hands.

Far from being a call to completely overhaul how you live your life, Bogost aims to reframe our view of the world so we can see more clearly how things already are. Humourous, thought-provoking, and practical, The Small Stuff is a timely call to reclaim our connection with the physical world.

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Who wrote it?
Ian Bogost

How big is it?
Hardback, 240 pages, 22 x 14 x 3 cm