General Design category: 1730 books
by Anthony Iannacci, Noe DeWitt
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Designers’ homes are often laboratories where they are free to experiment. These spaces are filled with the designer’s most personal and cherished objects, furnishings, and artwork that are concentrated expressions of their style and interests*. New York Design at Home *profiles 27 homes and...
Visual & Visual Design
Corso di grammatica visiva per artisti e graphic designer
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Vision & Visual Design offre una trattazione innovativa di alcuni temi del basic design: punto, linea e superficie, modulo, struttura, ritmo, spazio e campo, rarefazione e addensamento, deformazione, equilibrio. Il tutto, affrontato secondo un approccio gestaltico, è sviluppato in quattro capitoli,...
by Francesco Trabucco
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Se ci mostrassero una serie di immagini di prodotti industriali – automobili, elettrodomestici, computer, cellulari – e ci chiedessero di metterle in sequenza cronologica, è probabile che non sbaglieremmo, anche se ignorassimo i requisiti tecnici e prestazionali di quegli oggetti. A guidarci...
Undesign
Critical Practices at the Intersection of Art and Design
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Undesign brings together leading artists, designers and theorists working at the intersection of art and design. The text focuses on design practices, and conceptual approaches, which challenge the traditional notion that design should emphasise its utility over aesthetic or other non-functional considerations....
by Andrea Ciappesoni
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 29, 2017
TopDesign è un libro tutto da sfogliare; un fotolibro che raccoglie innovativi oggetti di design spesso realizzati in tiratura limitata.
Sul libro sono pubblicati i migliori prodotti dell'anno selezionati tramite un contest online e realizzati da designers di ogni parte del mondo nei settori: illuminazione,...
Design Disasters
Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
The thrill of victory
the agony of defeat. We're not talking about just any failure. Design failure. So public. So humiliating. How do designers who are really, really good (we swear!) turn a disaster into a triumph? Read this book and find out, as dozens of top names reveal the heartbreaking-and...
Pioneers of Modern Design
From William Morris to Walter Gropius
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 1991
One of the most widely read books on modern design, Nikolaus Pevsner's landmark work today remains as stimulating as it was when first published in 1936. This expanded edition of Pioneers of Modern Design provides Pevsner's original text along with significant new and updated information, enhancing...
A Designer's Research Manual, 2nd edition, Updated and Expanded
Succeed in design by knowing your clients and understanding what they really need
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
**Good information gives designers a competitive advantage. **Understanding the wishes of a client and the needs and preferences of their audience drives innovation. The ability to gather research, analyze findings, and apply them to project goals is as important to successful design teams as their...
Mastering Type
The Essential Guide to Typography for Print and Web Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Good Design, Down to the Letter
Packages on store shelves, posters on building walls, pages of a website-all contain information that needs to be communicated. And at the heart of that communication is type: visually interesting, interactive, expressive and captivating. Each letter must come...
The Industrial Design Reference & Specification Book
Everything Industrial Designers Need to Know Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
To make designs that work and endure (and are also legal), designers need to know—or be able to find—an endless number of details. Whether it's what kind of glue needs to be used on a certain surface, metric equivalents, thread sizes, or how to apply for a patent, these details are essential and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2006
New from the editor of the pioneering EDUCATION OF . . . series, this benchmark collection of fifty essays and interviews provides students and working designers with a firm understanding of the pitfalls and triumphs awaiting the design entrepreneur. Designers recount their motives for setting out...
Design School Wisdom
Make First, Stay Awake, and Other Essential Lessons for Work and Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Learn to see the world with the smarts and visual acumen of a great designer. This treasure trove of pithy aphorisms, longer-form essays, and first-person interviews compiles years of design school education into one comprehensive yet compact book. Here are lessons in life and work, learned both in...
by Gavin Ambrose, Mr Paul Harris
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
A fascinating exploration of this fundamental aspect of graphic design, The Layout Book explains the hows, whys and why-nots of the placing of elements on a page or screen layout. A historical overview of the subject is followed by a systematic look at key theoretical principles and practical applications.
Offering...
Designing for Re-Use
The Life of Consumer Packaging
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Packaging is ephemeral - its purpose is to be 'wasted' once we've removed the product it contains. Whilst we are encouraged to 'reduce, re-use and recycle', Designing for Re-Use proposes that domestic re-use is the 'Cinderella' of this trinity, because it is under researched and little understood....