Design category: 5388 books
by Christopher Dresser
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Classic by noted Victorian designer discusses aesthetics, practical considerations of Victorian and Edwardian design. Rich, illuminating treatment of historic styles, beauty, utility, design of furniture, carpets, draperies, textiles, pottery, glass, metalwork, many other elements. Over 180 handsome illustrations.
Design for Flooding
Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design for Resilience to Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
“Design for Flooding contains considerable useful information for practitioners and students. Watson and Adams fill the void for new thinking…and they advance our ability to create more sustainable, regenerative, and resilient places.” —Landscape Architecture Magazine
Graphic Idea Notebook
A Treasury of Solutions to Visual Problems
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
This updated edition of the much-heralded classic of page design offers surefire ideas and inspiration to anyone stuck with the task of designing cutting-edge printed material. This book is a collection of more than 2,000 visual "idea generators"-illustrations and line art-that visualize the various...
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Taking [A]part
The Politics and Aesthetics of Participation in Experience-Centered Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
A critical inquiry into the value and experience of participation in design research.
In Taking [A]part, John McCarthy and Peter Wright consider a series of boundary-pushing research projects in human-computer interaction (HCI) in which the design of digital technology is used to inquire into...
by Wongvipa Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Jane Doughty Marsden
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
With over 150 photographs and insightful text, this Thai design book showcases some of the best interiors in the country.
Known for its beautiful traditional and contemporary handicrafts, it's no wonder that Thailand is home to some of the most beautifully decorated houses in the world. Elegant,...
Fashion Design - Figurines for fashion drawings
Part 1 ǀ women figurines
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
This book is an indispensable reference work for designers, illustrators, artists, students at design schools and people who are engaged at fashion design. The book includes templates for fashion drawings about 120 women figurines templates In this book you will also find inspiring templates for hairstyle...
Danish Modern
Between Art and Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Danish Modern explores the development of mid-century modernist design in Denmark from historical, analytical and theoretical perspectives. Mark Mussari explores the relationship between Danish design aesthetics and the theoretical and cultural impact of Modernism, particularly between 1930 and 1960....
The Construction of Drawings and Movies
Models for Architectural Design and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
The architectural imagery that you create is most effective when it examines your project in an abstract manner. Most students and practitioners understand linear perspective and cinema to be examples of architectural presentation tools. This book asks you to consider drawings and movies to be analytical...
by Smashing Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
"Taming CSS Complexity" is a collection of 11 CSS-packed chapters that are all about performance- and developer-friendly coding. In order to achieve a well-rounded coding experience, the Smashing Magazine authors have explored the complexity of CSS from different perspectives, balancing...
Timber Gridshells
Architecture, Structure and Craft
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Throughout history, people have constructed simple timber lattice shelters such as the tepee or yurt, covered with animal skins, leaves, grasses and woven fabrics. Over the last fifty years, more sophisticated ‘webs of wood’ have emerged, with timber gridshells in particular becoming a structurally...
by Sarah Susanka
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Solutions for Your Home explores practical design ideas that can transform any house into a great house that looks, works and feels right for the owner.
Sarah Susanka, whose previous best-selling books showed homeowners how to appreciate and create a house that is...
by Mark Karlen, Rob Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Conquer the complexity of interior design with a logical, methodical approach
Space Planning Basics is a definitive introduction and principle resource for thousands of designers. With step-by-step methodology based on the author’s several decades of design experience, this authoritative...
Kimono Design
An Introduction to Textiles and Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Kimono Design: An Introduction to Textiles and Patterns uses hundreds of photographs and a wealth of information on colors, fabrics and embellishments to paint a portrait of Japanese culture, art and thought. Lavish classical patterns, sweeping scenes, and the many motifs that have been woven, dyed,...
by Gregory Votolato
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
From oar-powered quinqueremes, to steam-powered freighters, to luxury ocean liners such as the Titanic,to aircraft carriers like the Abraham Lincoln,ships have played an integral role in trade, transportation, and war throughout history. Today, ships remain the largest and most expensive moving objects...