Design category: 5388 books
Landscaping on the New Frontier
Waterwise Design for the Intermountain West
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
A practical volume for the home or business owner on landscaping with native, drought-tolerant plants in the Rocky Mountain West. Filled with color illustrations, photos, and design sketches, over 100 native species are described, while practical tips on landscape design, water-wise irrigation, and...
Success through Failure
The Paradox of Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of invention, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski...
by Smashing Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Are you familiar with the term User Experience (UX) and the principles that determine a user-friendly website? If yes, then all you need to do is to learn some more useful techniques that will make your user interface designs even better! User Experience, Practical Techniques, Volume 1 (eBook #17)...
Careers by Design
A Business Guide for Graphic Designers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
Through her work with hundreds of corporations around the world, leading headhunter Roz Goldfarb provides readers a treasure trove of valuable information for thriving in this creatively driven business, including updated hiring criteria, the latest developments in technology, and the marketplace...
The Strategic Designer
Tools & Techniques for Managing the Design Process
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
The design profession has been asking itself some important questions lately. How do designers deal with the increasing complexity of design problems? What skills do designers need to be competitive in the future? How do designers become co-creators with clients and audiences? How do designers prove...
Design For Kids
Digital Products for Playing and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Emotion. Ego. Impatience. Stubbornness. Characteristics like these make creating sites and apps for kids a daunting proposition. However, with a bit of knowledge, you can design experiences that help children think, play, and learn. With Design for Kids, you'll learn how to create digital products for today's connected generation.
by Gavin Ambrose, Mr Neil Leonard
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Successful visual outcomes can only be arrived at through the generation of great ideas, driven by research that will ultimately provide the designer with a range of potential design solutions. Basics Graphic Design 03: Idea Generation explores the different ways in which the designer can generate...
Designing Connected Content
Plan and Model Digital Products for Today and Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
With digital content published across more channels than ever before, how can you make yours easy to find, use, and share? Is your content ready for the next wave of content platforms and devices?
In Designing Connected Content, Mike Atherton and Carrie Hane share an end-to-end process...
Identify
Basic Principles of Identity Design in the Iconic Trademarks of Chermayeff & Geismar
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
The NBC peacock. Chase Bank's blue octagon. Mobil Oil's arresting red O. PBS's poetic silhouettes of "Everyman."
Chermayeff & Geismar's visual identities are instantly recognizable by countless millions around the world (one identity--the official logo for the U.S. Bicentennial--even sits on...
Becoming an Interior Designer
A Guide to Careers in Design
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
If you're embarking upon a career in interior design, here's a highly visual overview of the profession, with in-depth material on educational requirements, design specialties, finding a job, and the many directions a career in interior design can take. Featuring informative interviews with working...
The Challenge of Interior Design
Professional Value and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
A groundbreaking work-at an affordable price!
* Fully revised and updated to reflect current trends
* Invaluable for designers and the contractors and consultants who work with them
Where is the business of interior design now? Where is it going? The Challenge of Interior Design shows...
Return on Engagement
Content Strategy and Web Design Techniques for Digital Marketing
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
In the world of web design, if one wants to create a successful web site, one needs an effective content strategy. Return on Engagement shows web designers and developers how to implement an effective content strategy and how to stay ahead in the rapidly changing industry of web design. It presents...
Playful Design
Creating Game Experiences in Everyday Interfaces
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Game design is a sibling discipline to software and Web design, but they're siblings that grew up in different houses. They have much more in common than their perceived distinction typically suggests, and user experience practitioners can realize enormous benefit by exploiting the solutions that games have found to the real problems of design. This book will show you how.
Implementing Responsive Design
Building sites for an anywhere, everywhere web
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
New devices and platforms emerge daily. Browsers iterate at a remarkable pace. Faced with this volatile landscape we can either struggle for control or we can embrace the inherent flexibility of the web. Responsive design is not just another technique–it is the beginning of the maturation...