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Objectivity : a designer's book of curious tools /

By: Usborne, David.
Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2010Description: 191 p. : ill., col. plates ; 26 X 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500515013 (hbk.); 9780500515013:; 0500515018 (hbk.); 9780500288719 (pbk.); 0500288712.Subject(s): Industrial design -- Catalogs | Industrial design | Tools -- Pictorial works | Implements, utensils, etc. -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 745.2
Contents:
Hitting -- Cutting -- Gripping -- Holding -- Rubbing -- Shielding -- Moulding -- Spreading -- Testing.
Summary: This miscellany of mysterious objects celebrates the beauty of simple, useful things. These are the tools of life, some developed according to our basic human needs, some for less obvious ends, still others from vanishing trades, yet all display a beauty and meaning beyond their function.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 745.2 USB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0060428
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]) and index.

Hitting -- Cutting -- Gripping -- Holding -- Rubbing -- Shielding -- Moulding -- Spreading -- Testing.

This miscellany of mysterious objects celebrates the beauty of simple, useful things. These are the tools of life, some developed according to our basic human needs, some for less obvious ends, still others from vanishing trades, yet all display a beauty and meaning beyond their function.

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