Graphic Art category: 1709 books

«Por los pasillos de la casa de Simone no caminamos solas ni de puntillas. Vamos todas cogidas de la mano: Simone, vosotras y yo, como unas amigas que después de mucho tiempo vuelven a encontrarse para hablar y saber por fin que otra vida es posible.» Carmen G. de la Cueva ¿Quién fue Simone...

“English Domestic Embroidery” is a detailed account of the history and development of embroidery in England from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. This highly-readable account looks in detail at the emergence and subsequent popularity and influence of needlework in England, exploring notable...

Miss Brooke is a well known as an authority on historical costume. In this single volume she covers a history of dress in England from earliest times. The book contains an ample text, four coloured plates, and nearly three hundred drawings in line. This book will prove to be a fascinating read for...

Facing especially wicked problems, social sector organizations are searching for powerful new methods to understand and address them. Design Thinking for the Greater Good goes in depth on both the how of using new tools and the why. As a way to reframe problems, ideate solutions, and iterate toward...

Do you spend too much time creating the building blocks of your graphics applications or finding and correcting errors? Geometric Tools for Computer Graphics is an extensive, conveniently organized collection of proven solutions to fundamental problems that you'd rather not solve over and over again,...

Over 100 hands-on recipes to quickly prepare LaTeX documents of various kinds to solve challenging tasks About This Book Work with modern document classes, such as KOMA-Script classes Explore the latest LaTeX packages, including TikZ, pgfplots, and biblatex An example-driven approach to creating...

A new approach to interaction design that moves beyond representation and metaphor to focus on the material manifestations of interaction. Smart watches, smart cars, the Internet of things, 3D printing: all signal a trend toward combining digital and analog materials in design. Interaction...

A hands-on book design students and designers alike will welcome. Elements of Design is a tribute to an exceptional teacher and a study of the abstract visual relationships that were her lifelong pursuit. Rowena Reed Kiostellow taught industrial design at Pratt Institute for more than fifty years...

The usual wide range of approaches to garments and fabrics appears in this tenth volume. Three chapters focus on practical matters: a description of the medieval vestments surviving at Castel Sant'Elia in Italy; a survey of the spread of silk cultivation to Europe before 1300; and a documentation...

Is unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diverse modes of understanding served by disparate kinds of evidence. Contrary views pit science against...

This book contains a treatise on French furniture from the renaissance to the Empire style. A fascinating book full of detailed photographs and interesting information, this text will greatly to appeal to anyone with an interest in French furniture and is sure to be of considerable value to collectors...

The best-selling guide to keeping furniture in the finest and most beautiful condition, with complete information on proper repair and refinishing techniques from the legendary expert on antiques and their restoration. B & W photographs throughout

Have you ever wanted to redecorate your home, but you were too afraid to get started? Maybe you looked around and thought to yourself, “this place could use something special,” but you never knew where to begin? Or maybe you did have an idea of what it should look like, but you were just afraid...

If you're one of the 200 million Americans who drink coffee every day, you may have marveled at the ubiquitous plastic coffee cup lid, with its clever combination of indentations, protrusions, tabs, and score lines that can be pinched, pulled, pushed, punctured, and tucked to create an opening to...