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Can creativity be 'taught'? Or is it simply innate? This book will help you find your creativity through your own unique identity and experience, challenging you to fight those negative voices, get out of your habitual comfort zones and - most...

Design Roots provides a comprehensive review of culturally significant designs, products and practices which are rooted to particular communities through making tradition and a sense of place. Many rich traditional practices associated with community,...

Megan Hess: The Little Black Dress is an illustrated love story about fashion's most enduring and chic uniform, celebrating the designers, the women and of course the dresses. A piece of fashion is so much more than an object. To the designer who created...

The second revised edition of this classic book integrates text and pictures more clearly than in previous editions. Further illustrations have been added to include more colour diagrams and examples of current work done by students in recent years. The...

Whether it is the effects of climate change, the avalanche of electronic and plastic waste or the substandard living and working conditions of billions of our fellow global citizens, our ability to deal with unsustainability will define the twenty-first...

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." -Albert Einstein Our everyday lives are filled with a massive flow of information that we must interpret in order to understand the world we live in. Considering the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903685375Author Adrian J. TilbrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Richard DennisPublisher Richard DennisWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

In addition to its practical functions, such as helping to optimize safety and security, lighting also has another principal task - creating emotions. Light and color can be used to achieve the most varied and astonishing effects. These effects are...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262611053Author Rosalind E. KraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm *...

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 9780262516747Author Graham PullinFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 21mm

Design is a key site of cultural production and change in contemporary society. Anthropologists have been involved in design projects for several decades but only recently a new field of inquiry has emerged which aims to integrate the strengths of design...

Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our 'throwaway society' by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design...

Meet Little Nemo, a diminutive hero of comic narrative, but one of the greatest dream voyagers of the 20th century. The master creation of Winsor McCay (1869-1934), restless sleeper Nemo inspired generations of artists with his weekly adventures from bed...

The official behind-the-scenes art book for Sony Pictures Animation's feature film The Mitchells vs. The Machines The Mitchells vs. The Machines is a comedy about an everyday family's struggle to relate while technology rises up around the world! When...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761102714Author Sarah AndrewsFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Simon & Schuster AustraliaPublisher Simon & Schuster AustraliaWeight(grams)...

Giving an overview of the history of color theory from ancient and classical cultures to contemporary contexts, this book explores important critical principles and provides practical guidance on the use of color in art and design. Going beyond a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993578915Author David YoungerFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint David YoungerPublisher David YoungerWeight(grams) 1306g

From Muji to Sony televisions, our lives are surrounded by Japanese design. We think we know it, whether it reflects calming minimalism, avant-garde catwalk fashion or the Kawaii aesthetic populating Tokyo streets. But these stereotypes do not portray...

A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers Computational models of urbanism-smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration-promise to deliver new...

Photoshop for Interior Designers introduces step-by-step techniques for interior designers to successfully use Adobe Photoshop to visually communicate their design concept through graphic images and to illustrate design ideas through a visual thinking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262561075Author Hal FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815342Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262610339Author Rosalind E. KraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995666481Author Tony BrookFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Unit EditionsPublisher Unit EditionsWeight(grams) 1330g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486249032Author Ming-Ju SunFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 279gDimensions(mm)...

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...

Sara Kristoffersson's compelling study provides the first sustained critical history of IKEA. Kristoffersson argues that the company's commercial success has been founded on a neat alignment of the brand with a particular image of Swedish national...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956790485Author Alex ColesFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 666g

From the canonical texts of the Arts and Crafts Movement to the radical thinking of today's "DIY" movement, from theoretical writings on the position of craft in distinction to Art and Design to how-to texts from renowned practitioners, from feminist...

A celebration of creativity from Africa, compiled and published by Counter-Print. Featuring 17 creatives & their work including: Vukile Batyi, Blood, Sweat + Polony, Bold Branding, Ahmad Hammoud, Elio Moavero, Mrs + Mr Luke, Thandiwe Muriu, MUTI, Thabiso...

Metamorphosis is a central theme of contemporary creativity, investigated by artists, stylists, designers, philosophers and craftsmen who have crossed the exclusive fences of their respective disciplines in search of the changing inclusiveness of...

New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. First published in 1971, this title is used universally ever since. It provides access to lessons from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578799360Author Emily TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Collage QuilterPublisher Collage QuilterWeight(grams) 216g

This is the first publication about Eliot Noyes (1910-77), an important figure in twentieth-century design in America. His influential and successful career stretched from his position as the first Director of Industrial Design at MoMA in the 1940s to...

The New Garconne is a non-prescriptive guide for today's modern, independent and stylish woman. It espouses a grown-up style and attitude with a masculine-feminine aesthetic, where culture, history, beauty, intelligence, feminism, quality and taste are...

When art and design students are asked for statements to accompany their work, reflective journals, or critiques, reviews and essays, they often freeze up because they have to put their thoughts in writing. Although these students are comfortable...

This book charts the impact of design on education, specifically focusing on how design can shape the spaces and tools for learning.This edited collection brings together the work of designers, architects, engineers, professionals, educators, and...