General Design category: 1730 books

When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also a business relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message...

Whether it's sleek leather pants, a shiny new Apple computer, or a designer toaster, we make important decisions as consumers every day based on our sensory experience. Sensory appeals are everywhere, and they are intensifying, radically changing how Americans live and work. The twenty-first century...

In the tradition of Who Owns the Future, an MIT Media Lab scientist imagines how everyday objects can intuit our needs, improve our lives, and form “an ethereal interconnection of gadgets and human desires that...will pervade our lives in the very near future” (The Wall Street Journal). We...

¿Describió Tolstói a Ana Karenina? ¿Nos contó Melville alguna vez cuál era el aspecto de Ismael? ¿Cómo nos imaginamos el Londres de Dickens o el Dublín de Joyce?  Peter Mendelsund, uno de los mejores diseñadores de cubiertas de libros del mundo, ha escrito una exploración única del fenómeno de la lectura que nos revela hasta qué punto leer es un acto creativo.

Llega un día cuando miras a tu alrededor en tu casa y te preguntas: "¿Cómo llegaron todas estas cosas aquí?"  Si ese día ya ha llegado para ti, entonces sigue leyendo. Si las cosas se han apoderado de tu hogar, te sientes abarrotado, malhumorado y frustrado.  Ninguna de las...

The day comes when you look around your house and ask yourself, "How did all this stuff get here?"  If that day has come for you, then keep reading. If stuff has taken over your home, you're feeling cramped, cranky and at the end of your rope.  None of the stuff that's invaded your...

Montreal is à la mode. A fashionable city in its own right, it also boasts fashion schools, an industry packed with local designers and manufacturers, and a dynamic scene that exhibits local and international collections. With its vibrant cultural life and affordable cost of living, designers and...

Feeling uninspired? If you’re a creative professional-or just someone who’d like to be more creative in your work and daily life-look no further than Designers Don’t Have Influences. Creative director, writer, advocate, and design cheerleader Austin Howe’s elegant, incisive, and amusing essays...

Giovanni Pintori (Tresnuraghes 1912–Milan 1999) was one of the best-known, widely admired and respected Italian designers worldwide. The winner of sought-after international awards, he designed impressive works that created the Olivetti image and were an emblematic reference in the history of 20th-century...

Coco Chanel is best known for her contributions to the design and fashion industry. The famous French designer is believed to be the inventor of the little black dress and for instigating the notion that tanned skin is beautiful. Her designs changed the way we approached the female form, and Hollywood...

What is the kimono? Everyday garment? Art object? Symbol of Japan? As this book shows, the kimono has served all of these roles, its meaning changing across time and with the perspective of the wearer or viewer.             Kimono: A Modern History begins by exposing the seventeenth- and...

Learning how to think through fashion is both exciting and challenging, being dependent on one's ability to critically engage with an array of theories and concepts. This is the first book designed to accompany readers through the process of thinking through fashion. It aims to help them grasp...

This deluxe edition of Helen ONeills award-winning book is a must for lovers of design. With stunning full-page prints of Florence Broadhursts distinctive fabric and wallpaper designs, together with gorgeous photographs of interiors from around the world using her amazing patterns, this is a beautiful...

The research made throughout this piece was executed with the intentions of and in efforts to explore the significance of taking an “interdisciplinary approach” when emerging into today’s global fashion marketplace. The interaction between the subject of fashion and the multitudes of different...