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A highly visual exploration of diagrams and data that helps you understand how "maps" are part of everyday thinking, how they tell stories, and how they can reframe your point of view, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school. "This book is the ultimate legend to...

This is David Pye's classic book on the theory of design. In it, he explores the many facets of good design, including the relationship of aesthetics with function.Author: David PyeISBN-10: 0713652861ISBN-13: 9780713652864Publisher: Berg 3plLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/28/2007Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.40d

A Fast Company "Most Important Books for Designers to Read Right Now" Discover how the principles of human-centered design can be applied to real-world health challenges in dozens of illustrated examples--from drug packaging and cancer detection devices to post-COVID-19 innovations. Written by pioneers in...

The official behind-the-scenes companion book to VIVO, the first-ever musical from the Academy Award-winning studio Sony Pictures Animation, coming to Netflix this Summer. The Art of VIVO will give readers a behind-the-scenes look at VIVO, the first-ever musical from Sony Pictures Animation, including exclusive...

A collection of 13 projects made from Polymer Clay, suitable for clayers of all experience, from beginners to professionals. Each project has step-by-step instructions with over 1,000 photographs in the book to illustrate each stage. It teaches a wide variety of canes and techniques,...

When American architects, designers, and cultural institutions converted wartime strategies to new ends, the aggressive promotion of postwar domestic bliss became another kind of weapon.In the years immediately following World War II, America embraced modern architecture--not as something imported from Europe, but as an...

This striking colored pencil set from legendary architect Michael Graves's firm contains twenty-four colored pencils in his richly sophisticated palette. The textured box has a lift-off lid and pulls out of a glossy die-cut sleeve showcasing a perfect grid of squares--a subtle nod to...

Tools for navigating today's hyper-connected, rapidly changing, and radically contingent white water world.Design Unbound presents a new tool set for having agency in the twenty-first century, in what the authors characterize as a white water world--rapidly changing, hyperconnected, and radically contingent. These are the...

Issue Thirty-Two In Haruki Murakami's breakthrough novel, Norwegian Wood, the young lovers spend days tramping the streets of 1960s-era Tokyo. The landscape unfurls boundlessly before them: 'we kept walking...climbing hills, crossing rivers, and railway lines, just walking and walking with no destination in mind,...

Paris by Design is the definitive Paris book for the design-savvy traveler and creatively curious Francophile. With a combination of interviews, profiles, essays, tips, and lists, author and designer Eva Jorgensen explores why Paris has such a magnetic pull for artists and design lovers,...

Fifty years ago, when fiberglass won the sailboat wars, the several thousand-year old industry of wooden boat-building died. With it died the sailor's intimacy with his craft. Sailing changed. However, from the metaphorical ashes of that death, little noticed by the public, a phoenix...

What we make, makes us. This is the central tenet of Artful Design, a photorealistic comic book that examines the nature, purpose, and meaning of design. A call to action and a meditation on art, authenticity, and social connection in a world disrupted by...

"These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function." This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design. In the first part...

Exploring how design can be used for good--prompting self-reflection, igniting the imagination, and affecting positive social change.Good design provides solutions to problems. It improves our buildings, medical equipment, clothing, and kitchen utensils, among other objects. But what if design could also improve societal problems...

Bestselling brand P.F. Candle Co. offers a modern, "so-easy-you-will-be-tempted-to-try-it" introduction to enhancing your home with fragrance and making your own custom scents and candles Candles have evolved in both function and style over the years. Gone are the days of overpowering, artificial scents: The...

The first comprehensive collection of Nest, the magazine that revolutionized the way we look at interior space and decorationPublished from 1997 to 2004 by artist Joe Holtzman, Nest magazine eschewed the conventionally beautiful luxury interiors of other magazines and instead featured non-traditional, exceptional, and...

Rolling sculptures: a collection of BMW racecars designed by 19 different artistsExpanding upon the long unavailable 2014 publication of the same name, this book presents 19 artists who have designed BMWs, including John Baldessari, Alexander Calder, Sandro Chia, Ken Done, Olafur Eliasson, Cao Fei,...

Master techniques for using pattern in wide range of design applications including architectural, textiles, print, more. Wealth of technical information. Over 270 design illustrations.Author: Lewis F. DayISBN-10: 0486407098ISBN-13: 9780486407098Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/24/1999Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.66h x 5.42w x 0.69d

In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics, a new venture founded by his legendary father M. C. Gaines, who was responsible for midwifing the birth of the comic book as we know it during his tenure at All-American Comics, bringing the likes of Wonder...

These 31 original designs were inspired by and adapted from authentic Celtic artwork. The collection contains full-page examples of key, step, and knotwork patterns as well as spirals and interlacing "ribbons." In addition, the intricate illustrations depict such favored Celtic subjects as birds, fish,...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.A comprehensive guide to helicopter flying and flighttraining for aspiring private or professional helicopterpilots--updated for the first time...

Researchers says it takes 21 days for the brain to absorb new habits. My Clarity journal is broken down into 21sections of deep self-reflection to help you dive into the layers of you that surrounds the core of who you are. We are always...

Delft Design Guide provides an overview of the perspectives, models, approaches, and methods used in the bachelor's and master's curriculum of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Some of these are unique to the university, others are well known and...

Interior design today is guided more than ever by the need to be stylish and functional. In modern design, excessive decoration has been replaced by the well thought-out arrangement of spaces, and furniture with pure lines which meets specific needs. Whatever the size of...

The winter issue of Kinfolk revisits one of our guiding principles: good hospitality. Featuring a special section dedicated to the art of hosting, Issue Thirty looks beyond recipe repertoires and honed housekeeping to unearth the secret ingredients of having a good time. Drilling down...

A photographic leap into cooling watersThe Swimming Pool in Photography invites readers to dive into the cultural history of swimming pools.As long as 5,000 years ago, the allure of the sea inspired humans to recreate its essence in miniature artistic forms, such as public...

How does a room affect an occupant's behavior and well-being? How does a building influence its residents' health? Environmental Psychology for Design, 3rd Edition, explores these questions with an in-depth look at psychosocial responses to the built environment. Awarded the 2006 ASID Joel Polsky...

-Books are the new Trend for home decoration-Make a stylish housewarming, wedding, graduation, or Christmas and Add Bookish Charm to Your Home with your own Book Deco Ideas. Books are another creative item you can use to decorate your home for fun, modern and...

50 unique postcards celebrating a century of feminism in America Share and send your story with The Illustrated Feminist Postcards, a book of 50 postcards that present a chronological visual history of the feminist movement. Featuring artwork by Aura Lewis, each card depicts a...

An overarching vision of the development of designDedicated to the history of design from the mid-19th century to the present, Design History Handbook provides guidelines for the development of design, offering an overarching vision of the subject and at the same time highlighting areas...

Across small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest refuges, discover the world's finest crop of new homes. This cutting-edge global digest features such talents as Shigeru Ban, MVRDV, and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-coming names like Aires Mateus, Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia,...

Discover the best of the best in house design with this comprehensive guide in the highly successful 150 Best series, featuring hundreds of inspiring color and black-and-white photographs.150 New Best of the Best House Ideas is a stunning visual feast that explores the latest...

Blue Crow Media's latest architecture map, Concrete Los Angeles Map offers a unique guide to LA's hitherto under celebrated concrete architecture. This two-sided guide, features a map of selected buildings in Los Angeles, an introduction by architecture writer and critic Deane Madsen, original photographs...

The New Garconne is a non-prescriptive guide for today's modern, independent, and stylish woman. It espouses a grown-up style and attitude with a masculine-feminine aesthetic, where culture, history, beauty, intelligence, feminism, quality, and taste are celebrated. Women who embody the look include Katharine Hepburn,...

Do you want to learn how modern athletic shoes are made? In How Shoes are Made you will see how the big brands design and produce shoes. More than just a guided tour through a sneaker factory, How Shoes are Made will show you...

Generations of artisans in Japan have forged and refined their crafts to become the envy of the world. Each of the country's regions are renowned for specific traditions relating to local materials and the natural world in which they are produced. While tourists and...

The legacy of colonial and postcolonial African architecture. This edited collection of essays and image-driven pieces by anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, and historians examines the legacies of African architecture from around the time of independence through examples from different countries. Drawing on ethnography, archival research,...

The Secret Language of Color celebrates and illuminates the countless ways in which color colors our world. Why is the sky blue, the grass green, a rose red? Most of us have no idea how to answer these questions, nor are we aware that...

This book is for game designers of all experience levels and also for the teams, developers, and support staff they work with. It showcases the reality of what game designers actually do (or should be doing) and sheds light on some widespread misconceptions of...

How are things designed and printed or produced as digital media? What are the processes and techniques one needs to know about to produce quality and effective design? The focus of this book provides a comprehensive overview of the technical and artistic skills and...

Why did you click this book? Maybe you're an executive who wants quick insights into your organization. You're busy. We get that. You'll probably only skim this book in 20 minutes. But we hope you're compelled by its intuitive visual analytics and the chance...

15 meaningful oriental mythological characters combine with unique floral patterns. 100% handcrafted and designed into 30 collectable coloring pages. Each coloring page includes a simple introduction of the specific character, also for you to try the color before you begin. Enjoy coloring with a...

What does it mean to be poor? An ambitious visual anthropology of diet and poverty in 36 case studies across the worldTo demonstrate what it means to live at the poverty line, Beijing-based artist duo Stefen Chow and Huiyi Lin visited 36 countries and...

How were the first fonts made? Who invented italics? When did we figure out how to print in color? Many of the standard features of printed books were designed by pioneering typographers and printers in the latter half of the fifteenth century. Johannes Gutenberg...

An illustrated overview of writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda's Academy Award-nominated movies and career, including previously unpublished storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art Foreword by Don Hahn Journey into the mind and creative process of one of the most celebrated anime directors working today...

The perfect way to settle down and chillax for the evening so grab some buds some junk food and get lost in this trippy Psychedelic dreamAuthor: Psychedelic Coloring BookISBN-10: 8707712073ISBN-13: 9798707712074Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2021Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d

The Swiss type designer Adrian Frutiger decisively influenced the international creation of typefaces after 1950. His Univers typeface and the machine-readable font OCR-B are milestones, as is his type for the Paris airports, which evolved into the Frutiger typeface. All set new standards for...

A step-by-step learn how to draw dinosaurs book for kids by James Manning⚡Have you been looking for a fun and mentally engaging way to help your child develop and fine tune their drawing skills?⚡Need an easy yet exciting way to help your child learn...

The Easter Egg FleetAmerican Ship Camouflage in WWIA description and reference of how the United States used artists to design ship camouflage to help foil German U-boats in The First World War.Includes background to the war, how submarines worked (then), measures to combat them,...

Madonna has been a force to be reckoned with in popular culture for nearly 40 years. As she turns 60 (b. August 16, 1958), "MLVC60" documents over 1,000 of her most incredible magazine covers, using them to chronicle her rise to fame and her...