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Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT)

A manual
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This is a comprehensive survey of the technologies for making a wide range of products from chess-men to arm chairs, from trays to solar cookers, using paper. It is a revised and updated edition of the Manual of APT published by IRED, Harare, 1989 and 1991 which has reached 60 or more countries. The revised edition includes: additional models and extra pages of colour photographs and special supplements on APT in the Service of disabled people which contain models of furniture and equipment dealing especially with the needs of disabled children, and in particular to help develop their ability to sit, stand, walk and their general mobility (for example rocking and moving around on wheeled equipment).

Author Biography:

Bevill Packer, the author of A Manual for Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT), published by Intermediate Technology (now Practical Action Publishing), with rehabilitation teams in Zimbabwe, tried and tested APT techniques in the eighties and now many people throughout the world make APT furniture.
Release date Australia
December 15th, 1995
Author
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Edition
Revised edition
Pages
168
Dimensions
176x245x9
ISBN-13
9781853392689
Product ID
2328662

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