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: 745.2Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.