General Design category: 1730 books
by Otl Aicher
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Otl Aicher (1922-1991) was an outstanding personality in modern design, he was a co-founder of the legendary Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG), the Ulm School of Design, Germany. His works since the fifties of the last century in the field of corporate design and his pictograms for the 1972 Summer...
Technologies and Protocols for the Future of Internet Design
Reinventing the Web
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
The Internet has changed significantly from its beginnings as a simple network used to pass data from one computer to another. Containing essential tools for everyday information processing, the Internet is used by small and large organizations alike and continues to evolve with the changing information...
by Jocelyn Spence
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
This book presents a novel framework for understanding and designing performative experiences with digital technologies. It introduces readers to performance theory and practice in the context of HCI and gives a practical and holistic approach for understanding complex interactions with digital technologies...
102 Midcentury Chairs
and their stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
A stylish and informative guide to the best of Midcentury Modern chair design. These are the top 100 most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs from the period spanning 1930–1970, according to expert curator and chair addict Lucy Ryder Richardson. Get to know the designers...
by Steven Heller, Lita Talarico
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
While many young designers perceive a design studio to be little more than a table and computer, the majority of businesses consider the physical locale and architectural surroundings of a firm to be as important as the work that is produced. Design Firms Open for Business is a firsthand look inside...
by Mike Christenson
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Beginning Design Technology introduces how design technologies work together, including tools, materials, and software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk AutoCAD, and others. It teaches you how to think about each design tool, whether a software program or physical modelmaking,...
Digital Architecture Beyond Computers
Fragments of a Cultural History of Computational Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Digital Architecture Beyond Computers explores the deep history of digital architecture, tracing design concepts as far back as the Renaissance and connecting them with the latest software used by designers today. It develops a critical account of how the tools and techniques of digital design have...
Design & Interiors
Considerations on an evolving discipline between education and profession
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Design is no longer and will never be more like before. This book unequivocally tells you. Because Alessandro Biamonti knows perfectly well that in a world that has changed over the past twenty years more than in many previous centuries we can no longer plan and produce (and not even think, communicate,...
by Paolo Grassi
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Questo libro è pubblicato in occasione dell’esposizione presso lo spazio Flexform al Salone del Mobile di Milano del 2018.
“Il connubio design-fotografia per me nasce in maniera direi quasi "obbligata" dato che sono architetto di formazione. Nelle mie opere, come nelle opere...
Aménagements commerciaux
Se différencier pour réussir
Language: French
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Et si l’architecture d’intérieur était un nouveau facteur de réussite pour votre commerce ?De nos jours, le design commercial n’est plus réservé aux seules grandes entreprises ou aux marques internationales. N’importe quel type d’établissement, quelle que soit sa taille, son importance...
by Juliette Cezzar
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
What graphic design is, what designers need to know, and who becomes a designer have all evolved as the computer went from being a tool to also becoming our primary medium for communication. How jobs are advertised and how prospective candidates communicate with prospective employers have changed...
Drawing Basics and Video Game Art
Classic to Cutting-Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
"This book supports my own 30-year crusade to demonstrate that games are an art form that undeniably rivals traditional arts. It gives detailed explanations of game art techniques and their importance, while also highlighting their dependence on artistic aspects of game design and programming.”
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Character Design from the Ground Up
Make Your Sketches Come to Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
All stories have characters, and whether its a film, game, book, or comic, all characters need to be designed. Character design has become a distinct discipline in the entertainment industry, and character designers are employed by film and game companies across the globe to bring life to scripts...
Drawing Ideas
A Hand-Drawn Approach for Better Design
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
A primer for design professionals across all disciplines that helps them create compelling and original concept designs by hand--as opposed to on the computer--in order to foster collaboration and win clients. In today's design world, technology for expressing ideas is pervasive; CAD models and renderings...