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Fiction and Physicality: a designerly approach towards complexities of emerging technologies

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Fiction and Physicality: a designerly approach towards complexities of emerging technologies. / Hur, Yeup; Sturdee, Miriam; Alonso, Migeul Bruns et al.
In: The Design Journal, Vol. 20, No. Suppl. 1, 28.07.2017, p. S3849-S3862.

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Hur Y, Sturdee M, Alonso MB, Markopoulos P, Alexander J. Fiction and Physicality: a designerly approach towards complexities of emerging technologies. The Design Journal. 2017 Jul 28;20(Suppl. 1):S3849-S3862. doi: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352888

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Hur, Yeup ; Sturdee, Miriam ; Alonso, Migeul Bruns et al. / Fiction and Physicality : a designerly approach towards complexities of emerging technologies. In: The Design Journal. 2017 ; Vol. 20, No. Suppl. 1. pp. S3849-S3862.

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