History & Criticism

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581153125Author Henry DreyfussFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)...

An Introduction to Design and Culture provides a comprehensive guide to the changing relationships between design and culture from 1900 to the present day with an emphasis on five main themes:Design and consumptionDesign and technologyThe design...

Craft Economies provides a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary craft production, situating practices of amateur and professional making within a wider creative economy. Contributors address a diverse range of practices, sites and forms of making in...

This book offers an innovative account of manliness in Britain between 1760 and 1900. Using diverse textual, visual and material culture sources, it shows that masculinities were produced and disseminated through men's bodies -often working-class ones -...

This is an interrogation of the theory and practice of design through the thought of Gilles Deleuze. What can Deleuze's creative, immanent and practical philosophy offer to a field not only concerned with innovation and the creation of possible worlds,...

This wide-ranging overview of design in everyday life demonstrates how design shapes our lives in ways most of us would never imagine. The author, a leading expert in social and psychological issues in design, uncovers the gender, age, and body biases...

A history of design that is often overlooked-until we need it Have you ever hit the big blue button to activate automatic doors? Have you ever used an ergonomic kitchen tool? Have you ever used curb cuts to roll a stroller across an intersection? If you...

Fashion is one of the defining features of human evolution and culture. Spanning from the first civilizations to today's most recent trends, this enlarged and updated edition of our bestseller analyses the importance and meaning of fashion via an...

This volume presents for the first time in English a curated selection of writings by the design thinker Gui Bonsiepe from the 1960s to the present day. Addressing as it does questions of non-Western design and a design practice that is both radical and...

Terrible and true tales of Millennial Dating.Book InformationISBN 9789491677779Author Els KuijpersFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint OnomatopeePublisher OnomatopeeWeight(grams) 155g

The first book to present a comprehensive overview of postwar Japanese design For the Japanese, the concept of design is not limited to functionality or materiality&;it is deeply connected with ancient culture and rituals. In this sense, a chair is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262537483Author Pelle EhnFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 17mm

How new conceptions of human-environment interaction became central to design theories and practices in the 1970s At the end of the 1960s, new models of responsiveness between humans and their environments had a profound impact on theories and practices...

More Than Sixty Course Syllabi That Bring the New Complexity of Graphic Design to Light All graphic designers teach, yet not all graphic designers are teachers. Teaching is a special skill requiring talent, instinct, passion, and organization. But while...

"Forces even the most sophisticated to rethink and rework their ideas of how images work in the world."--School Library Journal.* Traces the history of the swastika, from religious symbol to reviled symbol * More than 175 illustrations * Powerful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262035989Author Alice TwemlowFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 24mm

Bringing together a fascinatingly diverse yet closely related group of subjects, Where Words and Images Meet asks us to rethink what we know about words and images and how they interact. From 19th-century frontispieces to Soviet photo albums, from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544023Author Ladislav SutnarFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

From 2016-2018, teachers and students at the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil found themselves at the center of a crisis. A new right-wing government suspended payment of staff salaries and student scholarships and stopped funding basic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581154962Author Debbie MillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262016278Author Thomas BinderFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 17mm

A lively exploration of eclecticism, playfulness, and whimsy in American postwar design, including architecture, graphic design, and product design This spirited volume shows how postwar designers embraced whimsy and eclecticism in their work, exploring...

This is the essential student's guide to Design - its practice, its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples, respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including:international design - from Europe...

Architecture is more than buildings and architects. It also involves photographers, writers, advertisers and broadcasters, as well as the people who finance and live in the buildings. Using the career of the critic J. M. Richards as a lens, this book...

During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Boston was both a colonial capital and the third most important port in the British empire, trailing only London and Bristol. Boston was also an independent entity that pursued its own interests and...

A riveting and superbly illustrated account of the enigmatic House Beautiful editor's profound influence on mid-century American taste From 1941 to 1964, House Beautiful magazine's crusading editor-in-chief Elizabeth Gordon introduced and promoted her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581154993Author Jandos RothsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 587gDimensions(mm)...

What do the fashionable food hot spots of Cape Town, Mumbai, Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro, and Tel Aviv have in common? Despite all their differences, consumers in each major city are drawn to a similar atmosphere: rough wooden tables in postindustrial...

This is the first anthology to address Design History as an established discipline, a field of study which is developing a contextualised understanding of the role of design and designed objects within social and cultural history. Extracts range from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506166537Author Thomas WendtFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Seventeen and Glamour, Mademoiselle and Charm - Cipe Pineles (1908-91), strengthened the visual appeal of each of these magazines with her award-winning design and art direction. Her groundbreaking work in the 1940s and 50s set the standard for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542343671Author Nancy a Austin PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542588409Author Sarah L ColemanFormat PaperbackImprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462087774Author Freek KroesbergenFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622737284Author Paul A RodgersFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon PressWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Long-sighted, radical and provocative, this book offers a foundational framework of concepts, principles and methods (exemplified with selected tools) to enable metadesigners to manage and reinvent their practices. The book reminds readers that designers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798677311918Author Benedict DaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789083318837Author Gavin MurphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Set Margins' PublicationsPublisher Set Margins' Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733902946Author David HouleFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint David Houle and AssociatesPublisher David Houle and AssociatesWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783940064684Author Torsten BlumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector Books