The designer in the city and the city in the designer

Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 91-109

  Rantisi, Norma ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 84887703454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203392263     Document Type: Chapter

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