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	The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress 4.06 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness 3.49 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion 3.93 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World 4.25 avg rating — 102 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glamour: Fashion, Industrial Design, Architecture by Phil Patton (Editor), Valerie Steele, Virginia Postrel (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Libertarianism: Past and Prospects by Tom G. Palmer, Virginia Postrel (Goodreads Author), Brink Lindsey 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Virginia Postrel answered a question about The Fabric of Civilization: Hello! Are there illustrations (photographs, diagrams, drawings, paintings) in this book? Thanks Yes there are. They are in black-and-white, in case that makes a difference.
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“At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out.”
― Virginia Postrel

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“Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing.”
― Virginia Postrel, The Substance of Style

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“Functionality still matters, of course. But competition has pushed quality so high and prices so low that many manufacturers can no longer distinguish themselves with price and performance, as traditionally defined. In a crowded marketplace, aesthetics is often the only way to make a product stand out.”
― Virginia Postrel, The Substance of Style

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