David Pye

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Average rating: 4.2 · 235 ratings · 22 reviews · 18 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Nature and Art of Workm...

4.23 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1968 — 16 editions
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The Nature and Aesthetics o...

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Nature of Design

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George Leigh Mallory: A Memoir

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Practical Nitriding and Fer...

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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The Crazy World of Sex

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David Pye: Wood Carver and ...

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The art of workmanship

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THE NATURE OF DESIGN by Dav...

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“We can never select the one result we want to the exclusion of all others.”
David Pye, The Nature and Aesthetics of Design

“Nothing we design or make ever really works??? Everything we design and make is an improvisation, a lash-up, something inept and provisional.”
David Pye

“Workmanship is the application of technique to making, by the exercise of care, judgment, and dexterity.”
David Pye, The Nature and Art of Workmanship



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