Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference - Trapped in Shells: Mindset and Materiality in First World War Trench Art and Beyond

Trapped in Shells: Mindset and Materiality in First World War Trench Art and Beyond

10/16/14 • 130 min

Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference

First World War Trench Art.

First World War Trench Art.

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