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Design for life: creating meaning in a distracted world

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Design for life: creating meaning in a distracted world. / Walker, Stuart.
1st ed. London: Routledge, 2017. 296 p.

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Walker S. Design for life: creating meaning in a distracted world. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2017. 296 p.

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