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The Secret Lives of Objects

Written by Jane Graves

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166 pages, about 3 hours of reading

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This book looks at everyday, and not-so-everyday objects from a psychoanalytical perspective as well as the practice of art and design. It is an entertaining interpretation of the creation, consumption and culture of things we take for granted.

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