{"id":26361,"date":"2010-04-09T11:39:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T11:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hip97.com\/wp\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2012-10-31T23:34:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:34:50","slug":"review-obssessive-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2010\/04\/09\/review-obssessive-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Obssessive Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Obsessive<\/a><\/p>\n

\"obsessive<\/p>\n

If you’ve been following Kate Bingaman-Burt’s project: Obsessive Consumption<\/a> then it’s time to hit the bookshelves. Regularly published as a zine, the drawings of her purchases \u2013 diligently recorded via drawings for posterity since February 2006 \u2013 is now selected and compiled into a book called Obsessive Compulsion: What did you buy today?<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Obsessive<\/p>\n

Although the items that become the object of her sketches seem rather ordinary, Kate manages to transform even the most dull item (think Q-Tips) into an illustration that imbues the item with character. <\/p>\n

My guilty indulgence has to be tracking the purchases she made for her dog; Miss Maybelle \u2013 there’s a fur brush (the furminator!), her leash, and even meds for her swollen glands. Also exciting: her thrift purchases — a dress for a dollar? EGAD<\/span>!<\/p>\n

\"Obsessive<\/p>\n

\"Obsessive<\/p>\n

Voyeurs will be giddy at the mere sight of the book, I can guarantee you that. My mind was actually conjuring images of Kate walking down the street, and finding THAT<\/span> particular succulent in a pot in a store. Granted, I have a very vivid imagination, but to be able to see the everyday details in normal life drawn out in Obsessive Consumption<\/a> made me realize that we all have more things in common than we thought (even though we are oceans away from each other.)<\/p>\n

\"Obsessive<\/p>\n

Documenting the mundane has never been more exciting, and Kate manages to bring life \u2013 to life.<\/p>\n

Who is this book for?<\/strong>
\nKate’s fans who have been following her journey of documenting her every purchases religiously; and also those who are interested in illustration for the everyday.<\/p>\n

Who wouldn\u2019t want to read it?<\/strong>
\nThose who think that books aren’t complete without typewritten words (Wait, there’s a paragraph of typeset text in front and at the back.) Or for those who aren’t interested in finding the fun in everyday stuff.<\/p>\n

+ Also, Kate’s doing a limited edition pack which you can purchase over at her website!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Happy weekend everyone — I’ll return next week with a big surprise that I’m hoping you will all love. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

\"Obsessive<\/a><\/p>\n

\"obsessive<\/p>\n

If you’ve been following Kate Bingaman-Burt’s project: Obsessive Consumption<\/a> then it’s time to hit the bookshelves. Regularly published as a zine, the drawings of her purchases \u2013 diligently recorded via drawings for posterity since February 2006 \u2013 is now selected and compiled into a book called Obsessive Compulsion: What did you buy today?<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Obsessive<\/p>\n

Although the items that become the object of her sketches seem rather ordinary, Kate manages to transform even the most dull item (think Q-Tips) into an illustration that imbues the item with character. <\/p>\n

My guilty indulgence has to be tracking the purchases she made for her dog; Miss Maybelle \u2013 there’s a fur brush (the furminator!), her leash, and even meds for her swollen glands. Also exciting: her thrift purchases — a dress for a dollar? EGAD<\/span>!<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/span> HERE<\/span><\/a> to read the rest of the review!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30175,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26361\/revisions\/30175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}