Better Living Catalog - Philip Garner kids Briar Levit

Briar Levit

And do masks hide or reveal us

and “Five NYC Painters”(paintings by Brook Hsu

the feuding debutantes whose weapons are cutting words and a pair of scissors

and psychoanalysis

Better Living Catalog - Philip Garner kids Briar LevitPhilip Garners Better Living Catalog, originally published in 1982, takes the form of a mail order catalog featuring clever and whimsical inventions that parody consumer goods while simultaneously critiquing Americas obsession with ingenuity, efficiency, leisure, and comfort. These works, which were made as prototypes and photographed for the publication, take the form of improbable accessories, clothing, footwear, home appliances, and office gadgets.