The Ecstasy of Things illustrates how product photography reflects the world of things as captured in varying lights for designers, manufacturers, and advertising agencies. Collected here are nearly 500 photographs--many of which were unearthed from company and agency archives worldwide on behalf of the Fotomuseum Winterthur and the Swiss Photography Foundation. This book most impressively demonstrates how the emotional and symbolic content of an object was represented through the changing tastes and aesthetics throughout the 20th century. At the same time, the collection is a wealth of forms, a colorful compendium of design, and a photographic history of the past century as illustrated through our possessions.

Edited by Thomas Seelig and Urs Stahel.

Essays by Hubertus von Amelunxen, Norbert Bolz, Gerda Breuer, David Campany, Neil Cummings, Gisela Ecker, Michel Frizot, Michael Jakob, Thilo Koenig, Susanne Scholz and Timm Starl.

Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in./400 pgs / 472 color.