num_pages: 160
description: From Maira Kalman the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style comes this beautiful pictorial and narrative exploration of the significance of objects in our lives drawn from her personal artifacts recollections and selections from the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design MuseumWith more than fifty original paintings and featuring bestselling author and illustrator Maira Kalmans signature handwritten prose My Favorite Things is a poignant and witty meditation on the importance of both quotidian and unusual objects in our culture and private worlds.Created in the same colorful engaging and insightful style as her previous works which have won her fans around the world My Favorite Things features more than fifty objects from both the Cooper-Hewitt and Kalmans personal collections: the pocket watch Abraham Lincoln was carrying when he was shot original editions of Winnie-the-Pooh and Alice in Wonderland a handkerchief in memoriam of Queen Victoria an Ingo Maurer lamp Rietvelds Z chair a pair of Toscaninis pants and photographs Kalman has taken of people walking towards and away from her. A pictorial index provides photographs of the actual objects and a short description of them enhancing the reading experience.As it speaks to the universal experience and importance of beloved objects in our livesbig and small famous and privatethis unique work is a fresh way of examining and understanding our society history culture and ourselves.
language: English
title: My Favorite Things
publisher: Harper Design