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THE PLENITUDE by GOLD RICH
Category: Culture | Series: Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life Ser.
Lessons from and for the creative professions of art, science, design, and engineering- how to live in and with the Plenitude, that dense, knotted ecology of human-made stuff that creates the need for more of itself.We live with a lot of stuff. The average kitchen, for example, is home to stuff galore, ...Show more
Textiles and Fashion - From Fabric Construction to Surface Treatments by Jenny Udale
Category: Fashion | Series: Basics Fashion Design Ser.
Textiles and Fashion explores the integration of textile design with fashion, showing the many ways designers use fibre, fabric construction and surface treatments within a garment and on the body. It begins with a brief history of textiles in fashion, showing the links with technical innovation and soc ...Show more
The Best of Brochure Design 12 by Rockport Publishers
Category: Art and Design | Series: Best of Brochure Design Ser.
Brochure design is a perennial in the world of marketing and graphic design, yet it can be challenging to execute successfully. This substantial collection of the world's best brochure design offers hundreds of ideas, pages of inspiration, and armloads of advice for professional graphic designers and st ...Show more
The Brand Gap by Marty Neumeier
Category: Business, Economics and Law | Series: AIGA Design Press Ser.
THE BRAND GAP is the first book to present a unified theory of brand-building. Whereas most books on branding are weighted toward either a strategic or creative approach, this book shows how both ways of thinking can unite to produce a "charismatic brand"--a brand that customers feel is essential to the ...Show more
The Complete Book of Art Nouveau Designs (Out of Print) by Judy Balchin
Category: Craft | Series: Design Inspiration Series
Intended for those seeking inspiration for Art Nouveau projects or ideas. With over 250 line illustrations, this book is packed with ideas that can be used to create a whole range of decorative projects. It offers a gallery of finished pieces which show how the illustrations can be used to decorate card ...Show more
The Complete Book of Celtic Designs by Judy Balchin
Category: Craft | Series: Design Inspiration Series
This title includes over 300 illustrations and a gallery of inspirational finished pieces. It is a fantastic source or reference book for anyone seeking inspiration for Celtic projects or ideas. These clearly drawn illustrations include flowing knotwork images, stylised frames and borders, decorative mo ...Show more
The Design Thinking Toolbox: A Guide to Mastering the Most Popular and Valuable Innovation Methods by Michael Lewrick, Patrick Link, Larry Leifer
Category: Art and Design | Series: Design Thinking Ser.
How to use the Design Thinking Tools A practical guide to make innovation happen The Design Thinking Toolbox explains the most important tools and methods to put Design Thinking into action. Based on the largest international survey on the use of design thinking, the most popular methods are described i ...Show more
The Disobedience of Design - Gui Bonsiepe by Lara Penin
Category: Design | Series: Radical Thinkers in Design Ser.
This volume presents for the first time in English a curated selection of writings by the design thinker Gui Bonsiepe from the 1960s to the present day. Addressing as it does questions of non-Western design and a design practice that is both radical and democratic, Bonsiepe's work has assumed new import ...Show more
The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda
Category: Science | Series: Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life Ser.
Ten laws of simplicity for business, technology, and design that teach us how to need less but get more.Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We're rebelling against technology that's too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte "read me" ma ...Show more
The Storm of Creativity by Kyna Leski; John Maeda (Foreword by)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life Ser.
The stages of the creative process--from "unlearning" to beginning again--seen through examples from the practice of artists, architects, poets, inventors, scientists, and others. Although each instance of creativity is singular and specific, Kyna Leski tells us, the creative process is universal. Artis ...Show more
The Thinking Hand by Juhani Pallasmaa
Category: Architecture | Series: Architectural Design Primer Ser.
In this book Pallasmaa progresses his case for a multi-sensory approach to architecture, espoused in The Eyes of the Skin, by taking a wider view of the role of embodiment in human existential reactions, experiences and expressions as well as the processes of making and thinking. 'The Thinking Hand' is ...Show more
Thinking With Type 2nd Edition by Ellen Lupton
Category: Design | Series: Design Briefs Ser.
"Thinking with Type" is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication, from the printed page to the computer screen. This edition includes 48 pages of new content and the online companion has been revised to reflect the new material.