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Sustainability and the Social Fabric
Europe’s New Textile Industries
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
While the topic of sustainability in textile manufacture has been the subject of considerable research, much of this is limited to a focus on materials and practices and their ecological impact. Padovani and Whittaker offer a unique exploration of the textile industry in Europe from the perspective...
The Fashion Forecasters
A Hidden History of Color and Trend Prediction
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
The fashion business has been collecting and analyzing information about colors, fabrics, silhouettes, and styles since the 18th century - activities that have long been shrouded in mystery. The Fashion Forecasters is the first book to reveal the hidden history of color and trend forecasting and to...
Visual Communication Design
An Introduction to Design Concepts in Everyday Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Where do design principles come from? Are they abstract "rules" established by professionals or do they have roots in human experience? And if we encounter these visual phenomena in our everyday lives, how do designers use them to attract our attention, orient our behavior, and create compelling...
Fashion Trends
Analysis and Forecasting
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
This text is designed to introduce undergraduate students to the central concepts of fashion trend analysis and forecasting. Exploring the roles of both consumers and industry personnel as product developers, gatekeepers, and promoters of fashion trends, the book demonstrates how and why forecasting...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
The Handbook of Fashion Studies identifies an innovative spectrum of thematic approaches, key strands and interdisciplinary concepts that continue to push forward the boundaries of fashion studies. The book is divided into seven sections: Fashion, Identity and Difference; Spaces of Fashion; Fashion...
Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion
New Perspectives from Europe and North America
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Introducing innovative new research from international scholars working on Islamic fashion and its critics, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion provides a global perspective on muslim dress practices. The book takes a broad geographic sweep, bringing together the sartorial experiences of Muslims in locations...
Street Style
An Ethnography of Fashion Blogging
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Winner of the 2019 John Collier Jr Award
Street style blogging has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity over the last decade. Amateur photographers, often with no formal training in fashion, have become critical arbiters of taste and trends, influencing the representations that appear...
by Mike Silverman
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Traditionally, the way to test a product's reliability was to build it--and then try to break it. As systems and technologies improved, TAAF (Test, Analyze and Fix) methodologies were developed and adopted. In today's global economy, with its short, technologically-intense product life cycles, TAAF cannot...
by Frank Bentley, Edward Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Methods for new mobile experiences, from concept creation to prototyping to commercialization.
The mobile device is changing the ways we interact with each other and with the world. The mobile experience is distinct from the desktop or laptop experience; mobile apps require a significantly...
by Min Basadur, Michael Goldsby
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Supported by extensive research and field-testing, Design-Centered Entrepreneurship presents a concise, problem-solving approach to developing a unique business concept. Step-by-step guidelines provide insight into exploring market problem spaces, uncovering overlooked opportunities, reframing customer...
Discover Design Pattern Thinking
Applying New Design Techniques to Improve Our Mental Operacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
"Thinking skill in unquestionably the fundamental human resource. We need to do much more about developing this skill, because the complexity of modern life demands more than routine reactions. There is an even bigger need for productive, constructive and generative thinking" I hope that...
On Design
A Philosophy of Design and Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
While many engineering books speak to “doing” engineering, precious few focus on the concept of “being” an engineer. Hence, this book, which is a reflection on the human side of engineering. The contents are drawn from two different, but parallel, columns Ron Britton wrote for the Keystone Professional,...
Sustainable Fashion
Past, Present and Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Sustainable Fashion provides a unique and accessible overview of fashion ethics and sustainability issues of the past, present and future. This book is the first to situate today's eco-fashion movement in its multifaceted historical context, investigating the relationship between fashion and the environment...
Digital Materialities
Design and Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
As the distinction between the digital and the material world becomes increasingly blurred, the ways in which we think about design are also shifting and evolving. How can the human, digital and material be brought together to intervene in the world? What constitutes our digital-material environments?...