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The Miswak Toothbrush: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into Contemporary Product Design

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The Miswak Toothbrush: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into Contemporary Product Design. / Changede, Sejal; Thomas, Lisa; Walker, Stuart.
[ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes : Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). ed. / Gerhard Bruyns; Huaxin Wei. Singapore: Springer, 2022. p. 1815–1822 (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research).

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Changede, S, Thomas, L & Walker, S 2022, The Miswak Toothbrush: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into Contemporary Product Design. in G Bruyns & H Wei (eds), [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes : Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research, Springer, Singapore, pp. 1815–1822, IASDR 2021, 5/12/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_117

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Changede, S., Thomas, L., & Walker, S. (2022). The Miswak Toothbrush: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into Contemporary Product Design. In G. Bruyns, & H. Wei (Eds.), [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes : Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021) (pp. 1815–1822). (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_117

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Changede S, Thomas L, Walker S. The Miswak Toothbrush: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into Contemporary Product Design. In Bruyns G, Wei H, editors, [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes : Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). Singapore: Springer. 2022. p. 1815–1822. (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research). Epub 2021 Dec 7. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_117

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Changede, Sejal ; Thomas, Lisa ; Walker, Stuart. / The Miswak Toothbrush : Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into Contemporary Product Design. [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes : Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). editor / Gerhard Bruyns ; Huaxin Wei. Singapore : Springer, 2022. pp. 1815–1822 (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research).

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