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Beyond Human-Centred Design: Supporting a New Materiality in the Internet of Things, or How to Design When a Toaster is One of Your Users

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Beyond Human-Centred Design: Supporting a New Materiality in the Internet of Things, or How to Design When a Toaster is One of Your Users . / Cruickshank, Leon; Trivedi, Nina.
In: The Design Journal, Vol. 20, No. 5, 08.2017, p. 561-576.

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Cruickshank, L & Trivedi, N 2017, 'Beyond Human-Centred Design: Supporting a New Materiality in the Internet of Things, or How to Design When a Toaster is One of Your Users ', The Design Journal, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 561-576. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1349381

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Cruickshank, L., & Trivedi, N. (2017). Beyond Human-Centred Design: Supporting a New Materiality in the Internet of Things, or How to Design When a Toaster is One of Your Users . The Design Journal, 20(5), 561-576. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1349381

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Cruickshank L, Trivedi N. Beyond Human-Centred Design: Supporting a New Materiality in the Internet of Things, or How to Design When a Toaster is One of Your Users . The Design Journal. 2017 Aug;20(5):561-576. Epub 2017 Aug 16. doi: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1349381

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Cruickshank, Leon ; Trivedi, Nina. / Beyond Human-Centred Design : Supporting a New Materiality in the Internet of Things, or How to Design When a Toaster is One of Your Users . In: The Design Journal. 2017 ; Vol. 20, No. 5. pp. 561-576.

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