Abstract since 2000 Collection Catalogues, Biennales & Collections Edited by Alain Weber Edition English / French September 2006 ISBN: 978-3-905701-87-6 Softcover, 210 x 260 mm 192 pages Images 118 b/w CHF 30 / EUR 20 / £ 14 / US 23 Print pdf The magazine's best pages The compilation contains the magazines best contributions during the past five years, including features on Architecture, Photography and Design. This limited edition is published in b/w on special paper different from the original magazine. "Abstract" looks at trends such as the disappearance of limits and loss of identity because of consumerism and entertainment. The selected contributions show a new, elegant stage of the consuming expansions of Occidental and Asian metropolises, where a controlled yet violent mercantilism flourishes more than anywhere else.