Design category: 5388 books
by Stefano Caggiano
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 7, 2015
La capacità degli oggetti di significare è una proprietà complessa almeno quanto i modi dell’agire culturale a cui essi prendono parte. Non esiste un solo genere di design, proprio come non esiste un solo genere cinematografico. Accusare una sedia pensata come una scultura di essere scomoda è...
A Holistic Approach to Ship Design
Volume 1: Optimisation of Ship Design and Operation for Life Cycle
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
This book introduces a holistic approach to ship design and its optimisation for life-cycle operation. It deals with the scientific background of the adopted approach and the associated synthesis model, which follows modern computer aided engineering (CAE) procedures. It integrates techno-economic...
Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design
Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
This book discusses the latest advances in affective and pleasurable design. It reports on important theoretical and practical issues, covering a wealth of topics including aesthetics in product and system design, design-driven innovation, affective computing, evaluation tools for emotion, Kansei...
Human Systems Engineering and Design II
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED2019): Future Trends and Applications, September 16-18, 2019, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2019
This book focuses on novel design and systems engineering approaches, including theories and best practices, for promoting a better integration of people and engineering systems. It covers a range of hot topics related to: development of human-centered systems; interface design and human-computer...
by Dan Hill
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
We live in an age of sticky problems, whether it's climate change or the decline of the welfare state. With conventional solutions failing, a new culture of decision-making is called for. Strategic design is about applying the principles of traditional design to "big picture" systemic challenges such...
Graphic Design Theory
Readings from the Field
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to...
Lolita - The Story of a Cover Girl
Vladimir Nabokov's Novel in Art and Design
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
What should Lolita look like? The question has dogged book-cover designers since 1955, when Lolita was first published in a plain green wrapper. The heroine of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel has often been shown as a teenage seductress in heart-shaped glasses--a deceptive image that misreads the...
by Water Environment Federation
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Contemporary Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Design Methods
Fully revised and updated, this three-volume set from the Water Environment Federation and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers presents the current plant planning, configuration,...
by Bruno Munari
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever.
Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as ‘the new Leonardo’....
Rooted in Design
Sprout Home's Guide to Creative Indoor Planting
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
A stylish and full-color guide to creatively integrating indoor plants with home decor from the owners of the popular Sprout Home garden design boutiques.
Indoor plants play a large role in the design and feel of a space. Focusing on indoor gardening--from small containers and vertical installations...
Experience Design
Concepts and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
How can we design better experiences? Experience Design brings together leading international scholars to provide a cross-section of critical thinking and professional practice within this emerging field. Contributors writing from theoretical, empirical and applied design perspectives address the...
Building Design Strategy
Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
How can design be used to solve business problems? That's the question answered, in many innovative ways, by Building Design Strategy. Mark Dziersk, EunSool Kwon, Arnold Levin, Laura Weiss, and many more top-name contributors share their experience and insights. Topics explore the full range of issues...
Star Product Designers
Prototypes, Products, and Sketches from the World's Top Designers
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Includes 350 illustrations and full-color photographs
Star Product Designers offers an insider's look at the best product designers working today. With the goal of eliminating the need for instruction manuals, every designer in this book endeavors to create products that are user-friendly,...
Breaking Down Barriers
Usability, Accessibility and Inclusive Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
The Cambridge Workshops on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) is one of the few gatherings where people interested in inclusive design, across different fields, including designers, computer scientists, engineers, architects, ergonomists, ethnographers, policymakers and user communities,...