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Global journey through cherished personal treasures.
If you've ever wondered how your personal mementos reflect your identity and how others celebrate theirs, this book is a window into that intimate world. Stafford Cliff provides a heartfelt exploration that connects culture, design, and emotion through the objects we hold dear. It's a visual and soulful tour that might inspire you to see your belongings in a new light.
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ISBN: 9780500514610
Related Topics:
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Travelogue,
Reference,
Art and Photography,
Essays
Description
Part of the 'Way We Live' series, this book presents an exploration of the way people around the world live with the things they love. It showcases Gilles de Chabaneixs eagle-eye for a good idea or intriguing detail, offering an international tour of how people frame, hang and place objects.
Author: Stafford Cliff
Publication Date: 2009
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This book may contain very minor cosmetic defects, but it is in pristine condition. There should be no yellowing, no foxing, no water damage, and no annotations of any kind on the cover and the pages. For paperbacks, there should not be any crease marks on the spine. This book is good as new — lucky you!
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Global journey through cherished personal treasures.
If you've ever wondered how your personal mementos reflect your identity and how others celebrate theirs, this book is a window into that intimate world. Stafford Cliff provides a heartfelt exploration that connects culture, design, and emotion through the objects we hold dear. It's a visual and soulful tour that might inspire you to see your belongings in a new light.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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