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Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Design and Manufacture First Teaching: 2018, First Exam: 2019 The Higher Design & Manufacture...

Designed to be a companion to our classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are the 20th century's most interesting electric lights, from Tiffany's beautiful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262531078Author Jonathan CraryFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 175mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440308185Author Margaret HartwellPage Count 128Imprint How Design BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 1334gDimensions(mm) 273mm * 248mm *...

A fascinating insight into the personality, career and work of one of the world's most collectable illustratorsFilled with enchanting pictures and authoritative text In this fascinating book, art historian James Hamilton examines the work and life of...

Each of us develops and enacts strategies for living our everyday lives. These may confirm the general tendency towards new forms of connected solitude, in which we work, travel and live alone, yet feel sociable mainly by means of technology. ...

__________Out now: The most entertaining and fascinating book about architecture and design, from the wildly popular podcast 99% Invisible. __________A New York Times Bestseller'Full of surprises and quirky information . . . a fascinating journey through...

Megan Hess: The Shoe is an illustrated love story about the most coveted accessory of any designer wardrobe, from internationally renowned fashion illustrator Megan Hess. A piece of fashion is so much more than an object. To the designer who creates it,...

A good logo can glamorize just about anything. Now available in our popular Klotz format, this sweeping compendium gathers diverse brand markers from around the world to explore the irrepressible power of graphic representation. Organized into chapters...

This dazzling visual compendium highlights the work of designers and 3-D render artists around the globe who visualize utopian architectural, landscape, and interior designs set in dreamlike and futuristic environments. This compilation book is curated...

Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Graphic Communication First Teaching: 2018, First Exam: 2019 The Higher Graphic Communication...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040555Author Norm ArchitectsFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Clothes define people. A person's attire, whether it be a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Indeed, clothing has the power to define people and their generation. Recognizing this...

Clothes define people. A person's attire, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486499192Author Marty NobleFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm) 276mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780679761Author Paul McNeilFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 3450g

Uncertainty and possibility are emerging as both theoretical concepts and fields of empirical investigation, as scholars and practitioners seek new creative, hopeful and speculative modes of understanding and intervening in a world of crisis. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539487Author Kat HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Published to coincide with the opening of the V&A Museum of Design, Dundee, this is the first major survey of Scottish design history from 1500 to present day. This inspiring and hugely varied volume explores, chronologically, over 60 themes, from early...

Today's designers are often presented with a seemingly infinite number of creative choices, with the ability to push their materials to the limits of what they can do. Understanding these materials properly helps designers make inspired decisions in a...

An accessible and richly illustrated exploration of how art and design have driven major social and political change in the 21st century. Visual Impact highlights the extraordinary power of art and graphic design to effect social and political change...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993578908Author David YoungerFormat HardbackPage Count 572Imprint Inklingwood PressPublisher Inklingwood Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986106989Author Arthur GenslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Wilson LaffertyPublisher Wilson LaffertyWeight(grams) 331g

Following up on the best-selling Bibliotheca Universalis logo manual, this second volume focuses on corporate identity. In a globalized world, more and more symbols convey values such as trust, quality, or reliability. This catalog comprehensively...

the book features some twenty portraits of distinguished and selected design firms from all over the world. Their spectacular designs for bars, nightclubs, discos and dance clubs are presented, revealing the wide spectrum of creativity. A ten-page...

An artist's record of the homes of 89 leading creatives from interior designers to ceramicists, antiques dealers, florists and chefs. SJ Axelby brings new life to interior portraiture, capturing in paint the favourite rooms of 89 leading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993540011Author Radim MalinicFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Brand Nu LimitedPublisher Brand Nu LimitedDimensions(mm) 210mm * 150mm * 20mm

The architectural historian and critic Kenneth Frampton 'never recovered' from the force of Hannah Arendt's teaching at The New School in New York. The philosopher Richard J. Bernstein considers her the most perceptive political theorist and observer of...

Things Organized Neatly takes the messiness of the everyday world and recasts it in neat and appealing designs. On one page a massive collection of cellphones from the past twenty years is laid out on the floor and photographed from above; on the next, a...

In Designs for the Pluriverse Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory and practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth. Noting that most...

Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) was a German doctor, educator, popular science writer, and information graphics pioneer. Chased out of Germany by the Nazis, who banned and burned his books, Kahn emigrated to Palestine, then France, and finally the United States...

A revised edition of this popular history of design, updated to reflect innovations since the book's first publication in 2016. Design: The Whole Story takes a close look at the key developments, movements and practitioners of design around the world,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543606Author Bon KuFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

In this inventive interpretation of the popular colouring book concept, Islamic design expert Eric Broug helps readers to create their own patterns, based on compositions from across the Islamic world. The book opens up the world of intricate Islamic ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815526Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster

As seen in Design Matters with Debbie Millman, PRINT Magazine, The Slowdown, and Design Boom Stefan Sagmeister's newest project encourages long-term thinking and reminds us that many things in the world are improving Initially conceived in 2020 as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815359Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster

A unique exploration of the close relationship between art and design, explored through the historic and contemporary fabric designs of Liberty, where avant-garde art has influenced the colourful, geometric collections for more than half a century. ...

Across the globe, women are embracing their entrepreneurial spirits and starting creative businesses. In the Company of Women profiles over 100 of these influential and creative women from all ages, races, backgrounds, and industries. Chock full of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578258737Author William PeirsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Peirson Creative ConsultingPublisher Peirson Creative ConsultingWeight(grams) 318g