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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262731300Author Allen S. WeissFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 6mm

Design Journeys for Complex Systems is a designer's handbook to learn systemic design tools to engage stakeholder groups in collaborative design to address complex societal systems. Systemic design uses systems thinking and service design to...

Whether you are a newly minted MBA or a project manager at a Fortune 500 company, data science will play a major role in your career. Knowing how to communicate effectively with data scientists in order to obtain maximum value from their expertise is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440341557Author Douglas DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint How Design BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 433gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Beloved interior designer Phoebe Howard shares her style secrets for creating truly pretty rooms filled with grace and charm The design world's favorite Mrs. is back, with tried and true decor "rules" and classic strategies for creating pretty,...

For students of design, professional product designers, and anyone interested in design equally indispensable: the fully revised and updated edition of the reference work on product design. The book traces the history of product design and its current...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870708268Author Juliet KinchinFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 1880g

Basic semiotic theories are taught in most art schools as part of a contextual studies program, but many students find it difficult to understand how these ideas might impact on their own practice. Visible Signs tackles this problem by introducing key...

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

This is an essential practical guide for academics, researchers and professionals involved in the digital humanities, as well as designers working with them. It prepares readers from both fields for working together, outlining disciplinary perspectives...

Honorable Mention in the Foreword Indie Awards 2016 For many design students, the expectation is that they will one day reach the top of the ladder within a design studio or corporation and become an art director. But what does this mean and how does...

From Justina Blakeney, the ultimate guide to designing wildly creative interiors that are free-spirited, layered, and deeply personal Justina Blakeney's new book is her biggest, boldest, and most beautiful volume yet, filled with irresistible...

The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season Two) takes fans behind the scenes of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning Disney+ live-action Star Wars television series. Filled with concept art, character, vehicle, weapon, and creature designs, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDavid Pye OBE (1914-1993) was an architect, industrial designer and craftsman. For many years he was also Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College of...

Inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Festival of Britain followed soon after the austerity of the war years. The major events were focused around the twenty-seven-acre bomb site around Waterloo Station, although events happened throughout the UK...

Learn how to make your design skills pay with this enlightening, engrossing, no-nonsense guide to visual creativity in the real world. Passing on the lessons of a lifetime in graphic design practice and education, Phil Cleaver shows you how to create the...

In Japanese life and culture, there has never been a clear distinction between art, craft and design. Generations of artisans have for centuries forged and refined their crafts, which have become the envy of the modern world. Regions of Japan are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529420340Author Owen HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)...

Amateur Craft provides an illuminating and historically-grounded account of amateur craft in the modern era, from 19th century Sunday painters and amateur carpenters to present day railway modellers and yarnbombers. Stephen Knott's fascinating study...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916457362Author Mark SinclairFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Unit EditionsPublisher Unit EditionsWeight(grams) 780g

The middle decades of the twentieth century saw an extraordinary flourishing of the illustrated, pictorial dust jacket. From the 1920s, as the potential for the book's protective wrapping to be used for promotion and enticement became clear, artists and...

Biomimetics - imitating life's natural processes - is one of the hottest areas of design research and inspiration. The natural world contains infinite examples of how to achieve complex behaviours and applications by using simple materials in a clever...

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 history of women designers and consumers from 1900 to the present day. The work of women designers has not traditionally been the focus of mainstream histories of design. By revealing the untold story of female design pioneers, this comprehensive...

History through material culture is a unique, step-by-step guide for students and researchers who wish to use objects as historical sources.Responding to the significant, scholarly interest in historical material culture studies, this book makes clear...

Critical Design is becoming an increasingly influential discipline, affecting policy and practice in a range of fields. Matt Malpass's book is the first to introduce critical design as a field, providing a history of the discipline, outlining its key...

From Azzedine Alaia, Cristobal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, more than a century's worth of fashion greats are celebrated in this new edition of Fashion Designers A-Z. An accessibly priced...

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...

Finally a book on African design that celebrates the contemporary! It is packed with works that show how the continent's rich array of craft traditions are being preserved and revived with an exciting contemporary twist. An introductory section...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529419924Author Safia MinneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486249902Author Karl BlossfeldtFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

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,...

Equip your students to be creative and reflective artists with our brand new course book, the only resource fully matched to the Cambridge International AS and A Level Art & Design syllabus. The book promotes understanding of the key concepts, encourages...

Swiss Graphic Design Histories offers an entirely new redefinition of Switzerland's graphic design landscape. Based on extensive research by scholars of design history and with a multiple and inclusive approach, it reaches beyond the usual canon and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578920047Author Paula KovarikFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Paula KovarikPublisher Paula KovarikWeight(grams) 216g

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) 331gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Knowing your users stimulates your imagination and helps you create more exciting and effective design solutions. But there is a problem: the normal conception of 'the user' is incomplete and based on outdated notions. These notions of simple, direct...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568989839Author Adrian ShaughnessyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Princeton Architectural PressPublisher Princeton Architectural PressWeight(grams)...

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