Design category: 5388 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Participatory design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use. Its central concern is how collaborative design processes can be driven by the participation of the people affected by the technology designed. Embracing a diverse collection of principles...
Collaboration in Creative Design
Methods and Tools
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
This book presents a number of new methods, tools, and approaches aimed to assist researchers and designers during the early stages of the design process, focusing on the need to approach the development of new interactive products, systems and related services by closely observing the needs of potential...
Understanding Industrial Design
Principles for UX and Interaction Design
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
With the coming flood of connected products, many UX and interaction designers are looking into hardware design, a discipline largely unfamiliar to them. If you’re among those who want to blend digital and physical design concepts successfully, this practical book helps you explore seven long-standing...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
From products we use to clothes we wear, and spaces we inhabit, we rely on colour to provide visual appeal, data codes and meaning. Color and Design addresses how we understand and experience colour, and through specific examples explores how colour is used in a spectrum of design-based disciplines...
by Ezra Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Learn how to unify Customer Experience, User Experience and more to shape lasting customer engagement in a world of rapid change.
About This Book
An introductory guide to Experience Design that will help you break into XD as a career by gaining A strong foundational knowledge
Get acquainted...
Design Thinking for Interiors
Inquiry, Experience, Impact
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Take a holistic approach to contemporary interior design.
The interior design process is changing. In order to create truly engaging work, designers are developing a deeper and broader understanding of how design theory, research, and existing practice can help them make better decisions. This...
Managing Corporate Design
Best Practices for In-House Graphic Design Departments
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Corporations increasingly view graphic design as a core strategic business competency in a highly competitive climate, and they are challenging their in-house designers to supply far more than a service or support function. Their new role is to provide sound solutions to real-world business pressures....
Tragic Design
The Impact of Bad Product Design and How to Fix It
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Bad design is everywhere, and its cost is much higher than we think. In this thought-provoking book, authors Jonathan Shariat and Cynthia Savard Saucier explain how poorly designed products can anger, sadden, exclude, and even kill people who use them. The designers responsible certainly didn’t...
Sexy Web Design
Creating Interfaces that Work
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2009
Sexy Web Design is an easy-to-follow guide that reveals the secrets of how to build your own breathtaking web interfaces from scratch. You'll be guided through the entire process of creating a gorgeous, usable web site by applying the timeless principles of user-centered design.
Even if you're...
Teaching Motion Design
Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
How motion design is taught in more than 45 leading programs. * Detailed syllabi and descriptions of class projects and assignments * Go-to guide for professors and teachers planning their courses * Course plans from School of Visual Arts, Ohio State, Rochester Institute of Technology, many other...
Residential Interior Design
A Guide To Planning Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
A practical approach to planning residential spaces
Residential Interior Design: A Guide To Planning Spaces is the industry-standard reference for all aspects of residential space planning, with a practical focus on accessible design, ergonomics, and how building systems affect each space....
Interior Design Visual Presentation
A Guide to Graphics, Models and Presentation Methods
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
A newly updated and comprehensive guide to all aspects of visual design
From doing a quick sketch to producing a fully rendered model, the ability to create visual representations of designs is a critical skill for every designer. Interior Design Visual Presentation, Fifth Edition offers thorough...
Design Rules
The Insider's Guide to Becoming Your Own Decorator
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Recipient of the Gold Medal in the Living Now Awards-Home Improvement
The essential do-it-yourself guide from one of the top designers in the country that uncovers the secret home design rules used by the pros
Many design books are filled with lavish photography of perfect rooms that...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Design as Future-Making brings together leading international designers, scholars, and critics to address ways in which design is shaping the future. The contributors share an understanding of design as a practice that, with its focus on innovation and newness, is a natural ally of futurity. Ultimately,...