Amato, Joseph Anthony.

Surfaces : a history / Joseph A. Amato. - xvii, 289 pages : ill. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286).

The surface is where the action is -- We are surfaces and surfaces are us -- The grip and grasp of things -- Walls and homes, the ins and outs of life -- Decoration and representation -- The eye and hand, the mind and science -- Courts, gardens, and mirrors: seeing and being seen -- Fresh faces and new interfaces, from the ground floor up -- Engineering the small, designing the invisible -- Conclusion: encapsulation.

9780520272774

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Environmental psychology.
Perception.
Science--Philosophy.

BF353 / .A43 2013

155.9/1