Dangerous Liaisons: Relationships between design, craft and art

Journal of Design History

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-219

  Lees Maffei, Grace ^a   Sandino, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61449437192     PISSN: 09524649     EISSN: 17417279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jdh/17.3.207     Document Type: Article

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