Pippa Garner: Better Living Catalog

A witty and ingenious parody of American consumer goods--from a wristband that measures social success to shoes that help you diet

Pippa Garner's (born 1942) Better Living Catalog, originally published in 1982, takes the form of a mail-order catalog featuring clever, whimsical inventions that parody consumer goods and America's obsession with ingenuity, efficiency, leisure and comfort. These works, which were made as prototypes and photographed for the publication, include the Reactiononomet...