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Design Category
Book design, 2002
Design firm
Alfred A. Knopf Publishers (New York, New York)
Collection
(2003) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2002
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Gaby Wood describes how people have built machines to resemble humans throughout history. Thomas Edison tried to capture the American toy market by incorporating a version of his phonograph into the first talking doll. The embossing is intended to bring the doll to life.