The Nature and Art of Workmanship

David Pye

Herbert Press; 1st edition (2008)

“This is one of the classic books on craftsmanship and design. In
it, David Pye explores the meaning of skill and its relationship to
design and manufacture. Cutting through a century of fuzzy
thinking, he proposes a new theory of making based on the concept of
good workmanship and shows how it imparts all-important diversity to
our visual environment.”