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On the design of everyday life. / Shove, Elizabeth.
In: Technoscienza, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2014, p. 33-42.

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Shove E. On the design of everyday life. Technoscienza. 2014;5(2):33-42.

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Shove, Elizabeth. / On the design of everyday life. In: Technoscienza. 2014 ; Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 33-42.

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