Industrial & Product Design

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Lavishly illustrated, this is design in the fullest sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Charlotte \u0026amp; Peter Fell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePage: 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize: 14.61 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7286805135497,"title":"The New Designer: Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change","handle":"the-new-designer-rejecting-myths-embracing-change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHow to develop an ethical design practice and build a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe choices made by designers have a significant effect on the world. Yet so much of the discourse on design focuses on aesthetics rather than ethics. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New Designer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, acclaimed author Manuel Lima aims to change this by challenging common myths and preconceptions about what comprises good design. He argues that designers must take responsibility for the personal, societal, cultural, and environmental impact of their work, rather than simply following a standard template.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs he covers fields ranging from graphic design to industrial design to user-experience design, Lima identifies the major steps that designers must take to be a force for good in the world. Rather than sticking to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csmall data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e outmoded ideas about perfectionism and individual genius, designers must work together to tackle some of the most challenging questions of the twenty-first century. How do you make room for humanity, with all its wondrous variations, in a society increasingly driven by metrics, algorithms, and profit? How can ecologically responsible designers consider a product’s entire life cycle and look well into the future? And how can designers better respond to a community’s local needs while taking advantage of global networks?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlending approaches derived from ethics, psychology, economics, and ecology, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New Designer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a vital, field-changing treatise that will appeal to any reader who seeks to understand design’s massive influence on the contemporary world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages: 280\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 16 x 23.5 cm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-10-24T14:18:47-07:00","created_at":"2023-10-24T14:18:47-07:00","vendor":"The MIT Press","type":"Books","tags":["book","books","BOOKS1","bookstore","in-stock","Industrial \u0026 Product Design","NSexp2","public","stock"],"price":3004,"price_min":3004,"price_max":3004,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41477803049097,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"0262047630","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The New Designer: Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3004,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"978-0262047630","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/TheNewDesigner.jpg?v=1698182329"],"featured_image":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/TheNewDesigner.jpg?v=1698182329","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24044073484425,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2100,"width":2100,"src":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/TheNewDesigner.jpg?v=1698182329"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2100,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/TheNewDesigner.jpg?v=1698182329","width":2100}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHow to develop an ethical design practice and build a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe choices made by designers have a significant effect on the world. Yet so much of the discourse on design focuses on aesthetics rather than ethics. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New Designer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, acclaimed author Manuel Lima aims to change this by challenging common myths and preconceptions about what comprises good design. He argues that designers must take responsibility for the personal, societal, cultural, and environmental impact of their work, rather than simply following a standard template.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs he covers fields ranging from graphic design to industrial design to user-experience design, Lima identifies the major steps that designers must take to be a force for good in the world. Rather than sticking to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csmall data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e outmoded ideas about perfectionism and individual genius, designers must work together to tackle some of the most challenging questions of the twenty-first century. How do you make room for humanity, with all its wondrous variations, in a society increasingly driven by metrics, algorithms, and profit? How can ecologically responsible designers consider a product’s entire life cycle and look well into the future? And how can designers better respond to a community’s local needs while taking advantage of global networks?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlending approaches derived from ethics, psychology, economics, and ecology, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New Designer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a vital, field-changing treatise that will appeal to any reader who seeks to understand design’s massive influence on the contemporary world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages: 280\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 16 x 23.5 cm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7286867460233,"title":"Charlotte Perriand and Photography","handle":"charlotte-perriand-and-photography","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis stunning book presents Charlotte Perriand's photographic achievement in its entirety, offering new and valuable insights into the work of this important designer Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) was one of the most innovative furniture and interior designers of the twentieth century, long renowned for the tubular-steel chairs she created with le Corbusier. Her career spanned nearly seventy-five years and included work in her native France as well as in Africa, South America, Asia, and Europe, and today her designs are highly collectable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecently, several hundred photographic negatives were uncovered in her archives, revealing for the first time the scope of her work as a photographer. In the late 1920s, French interior and furniture designer Charlotte Perriand was at the cusp of her career, just beginning her work as an architect, designer, town planner, and political militant. Starting in 1927, she turned to photography, which was to play a pivotal role in her development as a designer through the pioneering years of the modern movement. Her photographic venture ended in Japan in 1941, when the hope of a better world was shattered by World War II. For Charlotte Perriand, photography was a machine for thinking, taking notes, and stirring emotions, but it was also an instrument of political engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, her photographs are a revelation, offering unseen glimpses into her creative process and intellectual development. Her photographs express the important themes and questions explored by modern artists of the day, and are part of the vast stream of avant-garde movements in which painters, architects, and photographers - and sometimes all three combined - worked together in a common spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor:  Jacques Barsac \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize: 25 x 29 cm \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-10-24T14:34:02-07:00","created_at":"2023-10-24T14:34:02-07:00","vendor":"5Continents","type":"Books","tags":["Architecture \u0026 Landscape Design","book","books","BOOKS1","bookstore","in-stock","Industrial \u0026 Product Design","NSexp2","public","stock"],"price":5031,"price_min":5031,"price_max":5031,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41477871435913,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"8874395484","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Charlotte Perriand and Photography","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5031,"weight":2563,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9788874395484","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/CP5.jpg?v=1698183244"],"featured_image":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/CP5.jpg?v=1698183244","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24044148654217,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2100,"width":2100,"src":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/CP5.jpg?v=1698183244"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2100,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/CP5.jpg?v=1698183244","width":2100}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThis stunning book presents Charlotte Perriand's photographic achievement in its entirety, offering new and valuable insights into the work of this important designer Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) was one of the most innovative furniture and interior designers of the twentieth century, long renowned for the tubular-steel chairs she created with le Corbusier. Her career spanned nearly seventy-five years and included work in her native France as well as in Africa, South America, Asia, and Europe, and today her designs are highly collectable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecently, several hundred photographic negatives were uncovered in her archives, revealing for the first time the scope of her work as a photographer. In the late 1920s, French interior and furniture designer Charlotte Perriand was at the cusp of her career, just beginning her work as an architect, designer, town planner, and political militant. Starting in 1927, she turned to photography, which was to play a pivotal role in her development as a designer through the pioneering years of the modern movement. Her photographic venture ended in Japan in 1941, when the hope of a better world was shattered by World War II. 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{"id":7234914418825,"title":"All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project","handle":"all-we-want-is-more-the-tobias-wong-project","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an invitation to revisit Wong’s artistic contribution with fresh eyes. Recent social, environmental and technological events have transformed the way we see the world and inevitably the way we see Tobias Wong’s work. The title of the exhibition and accompanying catalogue refers not only to his interest in conspicuous consumption but also to what we, the exhibition team, felt as we worked on this project: the more we delved into Wong’s work, the more we wanted to know about him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis catalogue of Wong's work is produced for the launch of \"All We Want is More: The Tobias Wong Project\" exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Tobias Wong:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the early 2000s, Tobias Wong (1974–2010) took the design world by storm. Born and raised in Vancouver, Wong was a brilliant and prolific artist whose career was all too short. Defying easy categorization, his work was wide ranging, pushing and dissolving disciplinary boundaries between conceptual art, performance and product design. Wong’s international career took off and developed in New York City, where he resided until his untimely death in 2010.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWong’s work was irreverent, witty and thought provoking. He edited pieces by famous designers, appropriated brand imagery and tweaked everyday objects to give them new status and meaning. 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Recent social, environmental and technological events have transformed the way we see the world and inevitably the way we see Tobias Wong’s work. The title of the exhibition and accompanying catalogue refers not only to his interest in conspicuous consumption but also to what we, the exhibition team, felt as we worked on this project: the more we delved into Wong’s work, the more we wanted to know about him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis catalogue of Wong's work is produced for the launch of \"All We Want is More: The Tobias Wong Project\" exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Tobias Wong:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the early 2000s, Tobias Wong (1974–2010) took the design world by storm. 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Visually arresting illustrations and engaging texts place the novel’s protagonist squarely in the middle of the twentieth-century debate on the relationship between technology and culture.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe novel is divided into three chapters that trace the evolution of the Bauhaus, as its center moved across Germany—from Weimar to Dessau to Berlin—and as its philosophy responded to this economically, politically and intellectually highly charged era in Europe. Sergio Varbella’s inventive drawings bring to life the theories of founder Walter Gropius, as\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csmall data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e well as the basic design ideals of unity and equity. 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{"id":7223592190089,"title":"Venini: The Art of Glass","handle":"venini-the-art-of-glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOn Venini’s 100th anniversary, this book celebrates the excellence of Italian high artistic glass craftsmanship and the vases that made history.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom Venice to the world, this special book recounts the prolific and original manufacture of Venini, the glass art company founded 100 years ago in Murano, Venice, by the visionary genius of Paolo Venini and Giacomo Cappellin. Over the course of a century, Venini has pursued the goal of innovation in keeping with tradition: the brand has transformed the ancient art of glassmaking by “intersecting” it with the modern visions of artists and designers. It has gained international fame and become the obsession of collectors all over the world. 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From a holistic understanding, a picture emerges that is informative for architects, and designers, reopens an almost lost world to builders, and will enthrall laypeople.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKlaus Zwerger,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Professor at SEU, Nanjing; professor emeritus, Institute of Architecture and Design, Technical University of Vienna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages: 340 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-07-10T15:19:36-07:00","created_at":"2023-07-10T15:19:36-07:00","vendor":"Birkhäuser","type":"Books","tags":["book","books","BOOKS1","bookstore","in-stock","Industrial \u0026 Product Design","NSexp2","public","stock"],"price":8260,"price_min":8260,"price_max":8260,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41317871976585,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"3035624801","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Wood and Wood Joints; Building Traditions of Europe, Japan and China","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":8260,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"978-3035624801","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Wood.jpg?v=1689027578"],"featured_image":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Wood.jpg?v=1689027578","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23741415325833,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2100,"width":2100,"src":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Wood.jpg?v=1689027578"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2100,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/shop.informinteriors.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Wood.jpg?v=1689027578","width":2100}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFascinating wood architecture - 4th ed. There is a long tradition of using wood as a distinct and ecologically sound building material. Wooden architecture conveys for today’s world the breadth of knowledge held in Western and Eastern cultures about the creative use of this unique material. The typical technique of building with wood, joinery, requires that elements are connected only by the skillful interlocking of the constructive parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this book, the history of wooden architecture is described in detail using hundreds of examples from Japan, China and Europe. 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{"id":7222455795849,"title":"Made in London; From Workshops to Factories","handle":"made-in-london-from-workshops-to-factories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWalking through London’s busy streets, you would not imagine that the city boasts one of the world’s most diverse manufacturing scenes. But throughout its 32 boroughs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epeople are making propellers, bicycles, ballet shoes, military uniforms, cardboard packaging, neon signs, umbrellas, chocolate truffles, craft beer and much more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Today there are around 4000 manufacturers based in Greater London, building on the city’s rich heritage of making. 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While producing world-class goods, they are all jostling for space and dealing with familiar challenges, such as rising rents and trying to keep developers at bay. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book provides a fascinating glimpse behind the doors of London’s making and manufacturing companies: the processes and spaces that are so often hidden from view, and the people who work there, from sole traders to workforces numbering in the hundreds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFifty businesses are featured, ranging from the Tate \u0026amp; Lyle sugar refinery in Silvertown, one of the capital’s largest plants; to William Say, fourth-generation tin-can makers, in Bermondsey; Growing Underground, a salad farm in old air-raid shelters under the streets of Clapham; and Jost Haas, Britain’s last glass-eye maker, in Mill Hill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMade in London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a timely celebration of the vibrant manufacturing scene that contributes so much to the creativity, vitality and economy of the city.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11.5 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"multiply\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 8.75\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 256\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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