General Design category: 1730 books
Architecture & Design versus Consumerism
How Design Activism Confronts Growth
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
The mentality that consumerism and economic growth are cure-alls is one of the biggest obstacles to real sustainability, but any change seems impossible, unthinkable. Our contemporary paradox finds us relying for our well being on consumer-driven economic growth that we actually can’t afford —...
Design Thinking for the Greater Good
Innovation in the Social Sector
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Facing especially wicked problems, social sector organizations are searching for powerful new methods to understand and address them. Design Thinking for the Greater Good goes in depth on both the how of using new tools and the why. As a way to reframe problems, ideate solutions, and iterate toward...
Elements of Design
Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
A hands-on book design students and designers alike will welcome. Elements of Design is a tribute to an exceptional teacher and a study of the abstract visual relationships that were her lifelong pursuit. Rowena Reed Kiostellow taught industrial design at Pratt Institute for more than fifty years...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design offers a compelling collection of original essays that seek to examine the shifting role of interior architecture and interior design, and their importance and meaning within the contemporary world.
Interior architecture and interior design are...
by Michael Bierut
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
"Design is a way to engage with real content, real experience," writes celebrated essayist Michael Bierut in this follow-up to his best-selling Seventy-Nine Short Essays on Design (2007). In more than fifty smart and accessible short pieces from the past decade, Bierut engages with a fascinating...
Yacht design
Interni e sovrastrutture
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 26, 2014
Un nuovo approccio allo yacht design
Yacht Design - Interni e Sovrastrutture conferma l'interesse di giovani architetti, ingegneri e designer verso il design nautico, disciplina che necessita sempre di nuove idee, nuove soluzioni progettuali e un nuovo approccio alla materia. Questo approccio è inteso,...
Polimi Design PhD_018
9 PhD theses on Design as we do in POLIMI
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 16, 2018
The book is an overview on the wide field of research about Design, showing how Design is interpreted nowadays in POLIMI. Nine PhD theses. Nine young researchers. Nine 3-4 years researches carried on by people mainly under 35 years old, coming from all over the world. An international, young, dynamic...
by Mr Richard Morris
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Provides an integrated and cohesive view of the product design process, covering materials, manufacturing, idea generation, computer-aided design, engineering functions, product types, and market research.
This updated edition explores recent developments such as additive manufacture and crowd...
Architecture and Design
Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
Technological evolutions have changed the field of architecture exponentially, leading to more stable and energy-efficient building structures. Architects and engineers must be prepared to further enhance their knowledge in the field in order to effectively meet new and advancing standards. Architecture...
Mismatch
How Inclusion Shapes Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
How inclusive methods can build elegant design solutions that work for all.
Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20...
Design Roots
Culturally Significant Designs, Products and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Design Roots provides a comprehensive review of culturally significant designs, products and practices which are rooted to particular communities through making tradition and a sense of place. Many rich traditional practices associated with community, tacit knowledge and culture are being rapidly...
by Mr David Bramston
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Basics Product Design: Visual Conversations introduces design students to the art of communication in product design. David Bramston explains the process of translation from rough concept to fully-realised production. It emphasizes the importance of simplicity in creating effective sketches; examines...
Aesthetic Sustainability
Product Design and Sustainable Usage
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Why do we readily dispose of some things, whereas we keep and maintain others for years, despite their obvious wear and tear? Can a greater understanding of aesthetic value lead to a more strategic and sustainable approach to product design? Aesthetic Sustainability: Product Design and Sustainable...
Introduction to Graphic Design
A Guide to Thinking, Process & Style
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
For a great foundation as a graphic design student, look no further than Aaris Sherin's Introduction to Graphic Design. Sherin will introduce you to the formal structure of graphic design, so you can understand and utilise the main techniques of your chosen profession, and learn how they apply to...