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Climate Design Design and Planning for the Age of Climate Change Peter Droege
Climate change and dwindling global resources bring with them a set of complex challenges, demanding new design and planning approaches that achieve more with less. 'Climate: Design, ' written for designers, architects, planners, policymakers, …
classic book on the modernist leader of design that for seventy years has blended accessible, problem-solving furniture design with high style, innovation, and integrity.
1000 New Eco Designs and Where to Find Them Rebecca Proctor
As we become only too aware of the damage man has caused to the planet, more of us want to furnish and decorate our homes with products that do not harm the environment. But being sensitive to the environment does not mean you have to sacrifice …
Fifty Chairs That Changed the World
Everything around us is designed and the word design has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Chairs That Changed the World imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 chairs that have made a substantial …
The Best Tables Chairs and Lights Mel Byars
This book features a fascinating collection of some of the most innovative tables, chairs and lights ever designed; those that push the boundaries of imagination, art, and design. This is a must for any designer interested in not only beautiful …
Bent Ply Ngo Dung & E Pfeiffer
Plywood is arguably the most modern design artifact: it is a material born of natural wood and formed by vigorous industrial processes that can assume the most organic of shapes through bending, laminating, and molding. Plywood truly fulfills …
Process: 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture Jennifer Hudson
This book provides an in-depth study of the creative and manufacturing processes behind 50 contemporary domestic design objects. Chosen from all around the world, they span furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and other products. Featuring …
Basics Advertising: Art Direction Nik Mahon
Basics Advertising: Art Direction is a comprehensive look at the role of the art director. It examines the key techniques, approaches and 'secrets' involved in the development of creative advertising concepts. The book emphasizes the importance …
Stark Taschen 25 Elisabeth Laville
Starck's overwhelming international success and cult-star status are proof that people everywhere are receptive to his kindhearted philosophy and distinctive aesthetic sensibility. The democratic design projects that he has undertaken with Target …
Velo Bicycle Culture and Design R Klanten
Velo introduces a wild bunch of passionate cyclists – frame builders, urban planners, artists, photographers, and those who ride professionally – who are making an impact. They are not only shaping styles, but promoting cycling as a primary form …
History of Modern Design David Raizman
Surveying applied arts and industrial design from the 18th century to the present day, this book explores the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial context in which this relationship …
Product Design in the Sustainable Era Dalacio Reis
Green is now everyone's favorite color. Design products with future generations in mind. Consumers are increasingly sensitive and concerned about sustainability. Indeed, a recent study of purchasing habits shows demand for sustainable offerings …
Custom Bicycles: A Passionate Pursuit Elliott & Jablonka
Cycling has never lost its appeal. Alongside mass-produced models, the craftsmanship of handmade bespoke bicycle makers has emerged to satisfy the passion of people who ride bikes as a means of daily transport, as a sport and for recreation. This …
Sustainability has become one of the most important words and objectives in the last years. The modern society gains to live more conscious and to leave only a small footprint on earth. Eco-friendly and eco-friendly produced products are now …
Cyclepedia: A Tour of Iconic Bicycle Designs Michael Embacher
An homage to the beauty of two wheels, 'Cyclepedia' is a celebration of the best bicycles designed over the past 90 years. Among this unique selection of exemplary bicycles are classic racing bikes that been in such events as the Tour de France, …
Prototyping and Low Volume Production Rob Thompson
Part of a new series built on the authority of Rob Thompsons highly acclaimed 'Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals', this book features new content selected specifically for the needs of students who create prototypes, designs for …
Love Earth Design for Green Living
Never has green design been more important. Unfortunately, good design has not always followed Love Earth shows that green design and good design are not mutually exclusive. Collecting some of the best eco-friendly design ever assembled in one …
Product and Furniture Design The Manufacturing Guide Rob Thompson
This book, part of a new series built on the authority of Rob Thompsons highly acclaimed Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals, includes new content selected specifically for the needs of students who create product and furniture …
Product Design Alex Milton & Paul Rogers
'Product Design' offers a broad and comprehensive introduction to the field of product design and the key role of product designers. Following through all the stages and activities involved in the creation of a new product from concept design to …
The Cardboard Book Narelle Yabuka
Cardboard! It's low cost, readily available, familiar, portable, and recyclable, but something that's better than all of those qualities put together is the ease with which it can be used. No special tools or skills are required to cut, bend, …
With the motor industry in turmoil and environmental concerns more pressing than ever, this book highlights the latest cars that promise to challenge our dependency on fossil fuels. Tesla's S offers an alternative to the traditional luxury sports …
Outside the Box Cardboard Design Now
'Outside the Box: Cardboard Design Now' reconfigures the conception of a generic industrial material into one of myriad artistic, creative, and practical purposes and potential, revealing just how far it is possible to push the medium by the way …
title that will appeal to those interested in book culture as well as furniture and interior design, 'Bookshelf' is the first publication to take bookshelf design as its subject. From the conceptual Read-Unread Bookshelf (which weighs books read …
There is an element of fanaticism in bicycle culture rarely seen among the varied forms of locomotion. A love affair of sorts develops between rider and bike, with all the constituent parts: obsession, devotion and longing. In extreme cases, …
Easily one of the most influential and popular design companies of our era, Apple has made electronics design history with its innovative iMacs, iPhones, iPods and iPads. 'Apple Design' features over 200 examples of outstanding Apple designs by …
The Custom Road Bike Guy Andrews
This lavishly illustrated book reveals the state of the art of the custom racing bicycle. Chapter by chapter, the book builds up the complete guide to specifying and buying your dream bike. Each chapter covers a particular part of the bike, from …
Masters & Their Pieces Best of Furniture Design Manuela Roth
What makes a classic piece of furniture? Which living design is timelessly popular and always contemporary and why? Aesthetic quality as a function of clarity of design, rigorous color and styling are just as important as the durability of high …
Structural Packaging Design Your Own Boxes and 3D Forms
Unlike other packaging titles, which simply provide templates to copy, this book enables designers of all packaging types to create 3-D packaging forms that are specific to their needs rather than based on an existing design. It teaches a simple …
Tecno A Discreetly Technical Elegance
Writing the history of Tecno, a company founded in 1953 by the Borsani brothers, does not mean just investigating the evolution of a significant player in the industrial production of furniture, but also tracing out a fundamental chapter in …
Dieter Rams As Little Design as Possible Sophie Lovell
'Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design' - Dieter Rams. Dieter Rams' life and work are indelibly linked to his thoughts about how people live, and how they can live …