Graphic Art Design category: 1547 books
by Mr Richard Morris
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Provides an integrated and cohesive view of the product design process, covering materials, manufacturing, idea generation, computer-aided design, engineering functions, product types, and market research.
This updated edition explores recent developments such as additive manufacture and crowd...
Branding and Product Design
An Integrated Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Why do winning brands appear to be more creative and authentic than less successful ones? Despite the strong link between famous brands and the products sold under their name, there is still a gap in understanding the relationship between product design and brand-building - Monika Hestad plugs that...
Design Culture
Objects and Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Design culture foregrounds the relationships between the domains of design practice, design production and everyday life. Unlike design history and design studies, it is primarily concerned with contemporary design objects and the networks between the multiple actors engaged in their shaping, functioning...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
One of the most complex global challenges is improving wellbeing and developing strategies for promoting health or preventing ‘illbeing’ of the population. The role of designers in indirectly supporting the promotion of healthy lifestyles or in their contribution to illbeing has emerged. This...
Aesthetic Sustainability
Product Design and Sustainable Usage
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Why do we readily dispose of some things, whereas we keep and maintain others for years, despite their obvious wear and tear? Can a greater understanding of aesthetic value lead to a more strategic and sustainable approach to product design? Aesthetic Sustainability: Product Design and Sustainable...
The Sound of Cherry Blossoms
Zen Lessons from the Garden on Contemplative Design
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Contemplative design and Zen teachings--a look at how we can transform our lives and our work through the lens of Japanese garden design.
Garden design is the way of discovering the garden. And the garden is a metaphor for life itself.
Part garden design philosophy and part Zen Buddhism,...
Aero
Beginning to Now
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
In the follow-up to the bestselling American Modern, Aero celebrates 20 years of the famed Aero design studio with an intimate look at its founder Thomas O’Brien’s design philosophy. From O’Brien’s vivid reminiscences about his early days in art school in Manhattan to the opening and development...
by Stefano Caggiano
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 22, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 22, 2015
La padronanza del linguaggio è basata una conoscenza implicita, operazionale, che può certo essere esplicitata nelle spiegazioni di grammatica, ma che funziona benissimo anche senza. Un'analoga distinzione tra conoscenza implicita e conoscenza esplicita si trova nei linguaggi del design. Anche questi...
Apprendere per vivere giocando
Metodologia progettuale per un design responsabile.
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Quando un bambino si ammala ed entra in ospedale, tutto il suo mondo subisce dei cambiamenti improvvisi e misteriosi.
Le persone, i luoghi, gli oggetti attorno a lui assumono fisionomie e forme nuove, sconosciute. Gli stessi ritmi di vita vengono condizionati dalla routine dell'ospedale e dalle limitazioni...
100 oggetti del design italiano
Collezione Permanente del Design Italiano, La Triennale di Milano
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 25, 2012
La Collezione Permanente del Design Italiano della Triennale di Milano è unica in Italia per qualità e quantità del patrimonio oggettuale che la compone e costituisce la base per varie esposizioni ospitate in Triennale e in tutto il mondo, che hanno lo scopo di proporre una rilettura sempre nuova...
Design for Inclusivity
A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Inclusive design not only ensures that products, services, interfaces and environments are easier to use for those with special needs or limitations, but in doing so also makes them better for everyone. Design for Inclusivity, written by a team that has pioneered inclusive design practice internationally,...
by Amy Twigger Holroyd
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019
Knitwear is a highly influential, though sometimes overlooked, element of contemporary fashion. It’s simple yet amazingly versatile textile structure offers endless possibilities for exploration. To develop a successful collection the knitwear designer must design both fabric and garment, employing...
Le caffettiere dei miei bisnonni
La fine delle icone nel design italiano
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Che cosa definisce un’icona nel design? Quando nasce, e per mano di chi? Che differenza c’è tra icona e archetipo? E tra icona e tormentone? Si può prevedere che un oggetto diventerà un’icona? E come può un prodotto perdere il suo valore iconico? Partendo dall’evocazione di una memoria...
The Design of Everyday Things
Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The ultimate guide to human-centered design
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious-even liberating-book, lies not in ourselves, but in product...