Objectivity by David Usborne

Objectivity by David Usborne

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Objectivity by David Usborne

Some tools were developed to satisfy basic human needs, some for less obvious ends, and still others are the relics of vanishing trades, yet all display a beauty and meaning beyond their function More than 400 objects, ancient and modern, are presented in sections that broadly characterize their use: hitting, cutting, holding, shielding, molding, spreading, gripping, rubbing, and testing. From a nineteenth-century fruit picker to Czech military food-mixing blades, from variations on the kitchen whisk to medical instruments that, thankfully, are no longer in use, there is something in these objects that will touch the inventor, designer, artist, or collector in all of us.
Usborne: - David Usborne joined The Independent at its launch in 1985 and became the US Editor in 2009. He is the winner of the Britain s most prestigious award for political writing, the Orwell Prize.
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ISBN 13 9780500288719
ISBN 10 0500288712
Title Objectivity
Author David Usborne
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Thames And Hudson
Year published 2019-12-01
Number of pages 192
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