Design category: 5388 books
by Kevin MacG. Adams
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
This book will help readers gain a solid understanding of non-functional requirements inherent in systems design endeavors. It contains essential information for those who design, use and maintain complex engineered systems, including experienced designers, teachers of design, system stakeholders...
by Ali K. Kamrani, Emad Abouel Nasr
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
"Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping" offers insight into the methods and techniques that allow for easily implementing engineering designs by incorporating advanced methodologies and technologies. This book contains advanced topics such as feature-based design and process planning,...
ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 2
Creativity, Sustainability, DfX, Enabling Technologies, Management and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
This book showcases over 60 cutting-edge research papers from the 5th International Conference on Research into Design – the largest in India in this area – written by eminent researchers from across the world on design process, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation,...
ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 1
Theory, Research Methodology, Aesthetics, Human Factors and Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 5th International Conference on Research into Design – the largest in India in this area – written by eminent researchers from across the world on design process, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation, for supporting...
by Rob Huddleston
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
The mechanics of Web design made easy for visual learners
An effective Web site combines good graphic design principles with a functional user interface. This colorful, step-by-step guide shows visual learners how to plan, develop, and publish a site, all with easy-to-follow lessons. Each task...
by Dan Rose
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
For a couple of decades now, designers have used Photoshop to mock up Web page designs. However, that work generally results in a static graphic of the page, which has to be translated by a developer into the components of a Web page: HTML files and Web-compatible image files. Our multi-device world...
Design: Portfolio
Self promotion at its best
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Featuring a curated collection of approximately 300 exquisite designs, along with essays from designers in the field about the essence and importance of a good portfolio design, *Design: Portfolio *contains mini-workshops that dissect several featured projects and highlight the effectiveness of exceptional...
The Pocket Universal Principles of Design
150 Essential Tools for Architects, Artists, Designers, Developers, Engineers, Inventors, and Makers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Whether a website, marketing campaign, museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Now, there's a handy travel companion for any designer, so that you always have the essentials...
Digital Design for Print and Web
An Introduction to Theory, Principles, and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
The all-inclusive guide—from theory to practice—for print and Web design
Any well-conceived print or Web design features the dynamic interplay between visual artistry and technical skill. It becomes important, therefore, for the designer to cultivate an aesthetic eye as well as develop...
The Architect's Studio Companion
Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
The time-saving resource every architect needs
The Architect’s Studio Companion is a robust, user-friendly resource that keeps important information at your fingertips throughout the design process. It includes guidelines for the design of structure, environmental systems, parking, accessibility,...
Advanced Design Cultures
Long-Term Perspective and Continuous Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2014
This book describes new thinking and practice in Advanced Design (ADD) – design that is not merely highly developed but anticipates the future by envisioning novel products and processes. The focus is especially on the front end of innovation and the search for solutions in complex pioneering processes...
Kitchen and Bath Design
A Guide to Planning Basics
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
The all-in-one reference to designing stunning and functional kitchens and baths
Designing for today's kitchens and baths requires technical savvy, a keen eye for aesthetics, and perhaps most important of all, the ability to coordinate efforts across many disciplines. Kitchen and Bath Design...
Altruism by Design
How To Effect Social Change as an Architect
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Altruism by Design: How to Effect Social Change as an Architect is meant to prepare the individual designer – whether a student or practicing professional – for a career dedicated to serving communities in need through design and construction. It will help you understand the complexities, opportunities,...
Encountering Things
Design and Theories of Things
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Encountering Things brings together leading design scholars to explore the relationship between thing theory and design, exploring production processes and offering an engaging, theoretical perspective about the social and cultural lives of objects.
Focusing on the themes of process and product,...