DUNNE, Anthony and Fiona RABY. Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects.

(London, and Basel, Switzerland): August Media / Birkhauser, 2001.  First edition.  Hardcover.  24.1cm by 17cm.  157 pages. A seminal work in the development of critical design, expanding on the authors’ earlier RCA research and framing electronic objects as carriers of psychological, cultural, and speculative narratives rather than purely functional devices. The book combines essays, project documentation, short fictional vignettes, and photographic studies, including the influential Placebo Project. Now widely regarded as a foundational text for speculative design, design futuring, and media theory, and long out of print.  A very good copy in printed boards.