Dirty Furniture Issue 1: Couch Perimeter Editions rigorous overview of Architectural Association

rigorous overview of Architectural Association London's 2010/2011 academic year

from a canonical catalogue to a new work of art

And enigmatic creator who lived alone in the Japanese countryside near Nagano

snow storms and other challenging varieties of the weather for which Britain is so famed

thoughtfully reflecting upon the rare experience

Dirty Furniture Issue 1: Couch Perimeter Editions rigorous overview of Architectural AssociationIn the launch issue of Dirty Furniture: Couch (London), the team look at the price tag of haunted furniture, the sofas role in genetic surveillance and the peculiar phenomenon of Channel 4 TV programme Gogglebox. Features include design historian Penny Sparke on the history of comfort, architect Sam Jacob on the role of the sofa in sit coms and emerging writer Natalie Ferris on women lying down. Artist Jeremy Millar takes the covers off Freuds couch;