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02421aam a2200421 i 4500 001 AEE3287AA39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230203011453 008 210722t20222022waua 6 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2021944274 020 $a 168396523X 020 $a 9781683965237 035 $a (OCoLC)1261049486 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TXG $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d WIM $d GK8 $d GZD $d CPL $d UKMGB $d OSU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h swe 050 4 $a NK1505 B765 2022 100 1 $a Brechensbauer, Axel, $d 1980- $e illustrator. $e illustrator. 240 10 $a Saker vi skapar. $l English 245 10 $a Things we create / $c Axel Brechensbauer ; translated by Teo Jenisch. 250 $a First Fantagraphics books edition. 264 1 $a Seattle, WA : $b Fantagraphics Books, Inc., $c [2022] 300 $a 1 volume (unpaged) : $b color illustrations ; $c 23 cm 546 $a In English, translated from the Swedish. 500 $a Translation of: Saker vi skapar. 500 $a Table of contents identified as index. 520 $a "We all live in a world of objects, yet we rarely stop to think about how and why they came to exist, why they look and feel the way they do, what shapes our preferences, or why we own and use the things we do. Told with visual verve, wit, humor, and above all, clarity, Things We Create is both a history of and a metaphysical study of physical objects -- all the stuff we buy, we collect, we need, we want, a visual guide to civilization's endless quest for the perfect human-made object."--page [4] of cover. 500 $a "Axel Brechensbauer plumbs the depths of mankind's obsession with creating objects"--page [4] of cover. 505 00 $g 8. $t The ultimate object. $g 2. $t The need of objects -- $g 3. $t The solution of basic needs -- $g 4. $t Re-creating nature -- $g 5. $t How we create -- $g 6. $t Objects as communication -- $g 7. $t Objects as power -- $g 8. $t The ultimate object. 650 0 $a Design $x Philosophy $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Design $x Social aspects $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Creative ability $v Comic books, strips, etc. 700 1 $a Jenisch, Teo, $e translator. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240403014014.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012022119.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AEE3287AA39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search