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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 fundamental tenet of this Design Leadership book is that design is a commercial and social imperative and its management and leadership are integral parts of what can make business successful, government effective and society safer and more enjoyable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262535823Author Ann M. Pendleton-JullianFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786058603769Author Emrah YayiciFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Emrah YayiciPublisher Emrah YayiciWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 7mm

Our globalised world is encountering problems on an unprecedented scale. Many of the issues we face as societies extend beyond the borders of our nations. Phenomena such as terrorism, climate change, immigration, cybercrime and poverty can no longer be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262039109Author Michael BierutFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

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...

Illustrated with contemporary case studies, Curating Design provides a history of and introduction to design curatorial practice both within and outside the museum. Donna Loveday begins by tracing the history of the collecting and display of designed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633451629Author Ana Elena MalletFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 200g

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...

Data Design: Visualising quantities, locations, connections is a lively and comprehensive introduction to data visualisation, illustrated with 199 instructive data displays. The book is for designers, journalists, editors, writers and anyone concerned...

This fascinating collection provides a chronologically arranged set of case studies looking at how interior design has constantly redefined itself as a manifestation of culture, from the eighteenth-century to the present day. The book looks at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542685Author Daniela K RosnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT PressWeight(grams) 178g

Since the 1980s a great deal has been written on the relationship between art, architecture, and urban planning and design, on the one hand, and the politics of space on the other. In Evictions Rosalyn Deutsche investigates-and protests against-the...

A complete course in the construction and development of Celtic ornament with over 700 illustrations. A Handbook of Celtic Ornament takes basic symbols or ideographs and develops them into a systemised method of construction for most forms of Celtic...

As McCarthyism swept across the United States and capitalism was king, white America enjoyed a feeling of pride and security that was reflected in advertising. Carelessly flooding society with dangerous misinformation, companies in the 50s promoted...

The sophistication of the photographic process has had two dramatic results-freeing the artist from the confines of journalistic reproductions and freeing the scientist from the unavoidable imprecision of the artist's prints. So released, both have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262540292Author Donis A DondisFormat PaperbackPage Count 2042Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

An exploration of the timeless beauty of Indian design through 200 classic objects. The Indian subcontinent is an amalgamation of peoples, cultures, languages and philosophies. Throughout history Indian culture has been subject to myriad different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592288496Author Krome BarrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher The Lyons PressWeight(grams) 37g

A major new overview of 100 of the world's best contemporary interior design projects, chosen by 10 of the world's leaders in the design world.About the AuthorNacho Alegre is a cofounder of Apartamento Magazine. Apartamento is a biannual,...

The Routledge Companion to Design Research offers a comprehensive examination of design research, celebrating the plurality of design research and the wide range of conceptual, methodological, technological and theoretical approaches evident in...

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

An unprecedented package that gives readers the content of three important references by one of today's most influential design writers. This is a master class in the principles and practical fundamentals of design that will appeal to a broad audience of...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815373Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster

In 1957 the UK Design Centre launched the first annual Designs of the Year Awards to identify and promote the very best of British design. For the next 30 years, the awards celebrated designed objects in all forms, from the domestic - cutlery,...

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 9781913947668Author Ezinma MbeledoguFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942299533Author Erwin PanofskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578403304Author Matthew D RettenmundFormat HardbackPage Count 342Imprint Boy Culture LLCPublisher Boy Culture LLCWeight(grams) 1293gDimensions(mm) 277mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085459Author Isabel van Lent, Paul MeursFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

The definitive illustrated history of the cult videogame - a heart-thumping fusion of groundbreaking graphic design, architectural futurism, electronic music and high-speed racing. WipEout crashed onto the scene in 1995, shifting games into the cultural...

Master the design ideas that shape the world we live in today.In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Jervis introduces and explains the centralmovements, inventions and creative geniuses of design, tracing its evolution from the 19th century to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786148035159Author Isabelle Cahn Ed.Format HardbackPage Count 178Imprint KaphPublisher Kaph

Since its emergence in the US in the 1960s, the minimalist art movement has gathered momentum across nearly every creative field worldwide. Product Minimalism demonstrates how product designers in particular have been influenced by the minimalist...

For over fifteen years, world-renowned Swiss master florist Nicole von Boletzky has been one of the most celebrated trendsetters within the international florist guild. Her creations cause a sensation far beyond the borders of her country, and for years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085145Author Satyendra PakhaleFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789078454595Author Bart PlantengaFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint OnomatopeePublisher Onomatopee