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The Nature and Art of Workmanship

This is one of the classic books on craftsmanship and design. Init, David Pye explores the meaning of skill and its relationship todesign and manufacture. Cutting through a century of fuzzythinking, he proposes a new theory of making based on the concept ofgood workmanship and shows how it imparts all-important diversity toour visual environment.

Subject
philosophy
Themes
artcrafts
Audience
adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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