“An ode to Los Angeles–based space Machine Project (2003–2018), the book Machine Project: The Platinum Collection (Live by Special Request) takes on an encyclopedic vernacular to explore unconventional ways of seeing and thinking about the world. Each section captures Machine Project’s quirky essence, such as the introduction written in the form of a tour that gradually gets consumed by footnotes, swamping the page with anecdotes about each hole in the floor, the trap door and the vaudevillian miniature theater in the basement. Transitions from 1-color printing into a CMYK process impersonate the Wizard of Oz–like Machine Project experience, entering with one worldview and exiting with an entirely new perspective.” 316 pages, 9¾ × 12¾, casebound hardcover, foil stamp with tip-on, printed endpapers, Smyth sewn.