The evolution of useful things
: [how everyday artifacts - from forks and pins to paper clips and zippers - came to be as they are]
- [1. Vintage Books ed.]
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Titel:
The evolution of useful things
:
[how everyday artifacts - from forks and pins to paper clips and zippers - came to be as they are]
Enthält:
How the fork got its tines -- Form follows failure -- Inventors as critics -- From pins to paper clips -- Little things can mean a lot -- Stick before zip -- Tools make tools - Patterns of proliferation -- Domestic fashion and industrial design -- The power of precedent -- Closure before opening -- Big bucks from small change -- When good is better than best -- Always room for improvement.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index