General Design category: 1730 books
by Stefano Caggiano
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 22, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 22, 2015
La padronanza del linguaggio è basata una conoscenza implicita, operazionale, che può certo essere esplicitata nelle spiegazioni di grammatica, ma che funziona benissimo anche senza. Un'analoga distinzione tra conoscenza implicita e conoscenza esplicita si trova nei linguaggi del design. Anche questi...
by Stefano Caggiano
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 7, 2015
La capacità degli oggetti di significare è una proprietà complessa almeno quanto i modi dell’agire culturale a cui essi prendono parte. Non esiste un solo genere di design, proprio come non esiste un solo genere cinematografico. Accusare una sedia pensata come una scultura di essere scomoda è...
Design for Inclusivity
A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Inclusive design not only ensures that products, services, interfaces and environments are easier to use for those with special needs or limitations, but in doing so also makes them better for everyone. Design for Inclusivity, written by a team that has pioneered inclusive design practice internationally,...
Le caffettiere dei miei bisnonni
La fine delle icone nel design italiano
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Che cosa definisce un’icona nel design? Quando nasce, e per mano di chi? Che differenza c’è tra icona e archetipo? E tra icona e tormentone? Si può prevedere che un oggetto diventerà un’icona? E come può un prodotto perdere il suo valore iconico? Partendo dall’evocazione di una memoria...
by Dan Hill
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
We live in an age of sticky problems, whether it's climate change or the decline of the welfare state. With conventional solutions failing, a new culture of decision-making is called for. Strategic design is about applying the principles of traditional design to "big picture" systemic challenges such...
by Bruno Munari
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever.
Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as ‘the new Leonardo’....
Star Product Designers
Prototypes, Products, and Sketches from the World's Top Designers
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Includes 350 illustrations and full-color photographs
Star Product Designers offers an insider's look at the best product designers working today. With the goal of eliminating the need for instruction manuals, every designer in this book endeavors to create products that are user-friendly,...
The Business of Design
Balancing Creativity and Profitability
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The Business of Design debunks the myth that business sense and creative talent are mutually exclusive and, unlike other lackluster business books, is written and illustrated to captivate a visually thinking audience. For nearly thirty years, consultant Keith Granet has helped design professionals...
Basics Graphic Design 02: Design Research
Investigation for successful creative solutions
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Design Research shows readers how to choose the best method of research in order to save time and get the right results.The book makes readers aware of all the different research methods, as well as how to carry out the most appropriate research for their graphic design projects. All stages of the...
On Design
A Philosophy of Design and Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
While many engineering books speak to “doing” engineering, precious few focus on the concept of “being” an engineer. Hence, this book, which is a reflection on the human side of engineering. The contents are drawn from two different, but parallel, columns Ron Britton wrote for the Keystone Professional,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Practice-Based Design Research provides a companion to masters and PhD programs in design research through practice. The contributors address a range of models and approaches to practice-based research, consider relationships between industry and academia, researchers and designers, discuss initiatives...
What they didn't teach you in design school
What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
With record numbers of design and advertising students graduating into the job market each year, it makes more sense now than ever before to be fully armed to succeed.
This book helps new designers make the transition from design school to work, giving them the ammunition they need for a successful...
Video Game Design
Principles and Practices from the Ground Up
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Video Game Design is a visual introduction to integrating core design essentials, such as critical analysis, mechanics and aesthetics, prototyping, level design, into game design.
Using a raft of examples from a diverse range of leading international creatives and award-winning studios, this...
Logo Theory
How Branding Design Really Works
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Ivan Chermayeff said of Logo Theory: "at last somebody actually understands what identity design is all about and how it is accomplished."
• Learn why certain corporate identities have been used for decades, some for more than half a century, and still look contemporary, while others...