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An Introduction to Design and Culture
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95This third edition of An Introduction to Design and Culture has been revised and updated throughout to include issues of globalization, sustainability and digital/interactive design. New for this edition is a chapter which covers key changes in design culture. Design culture has changed dramatically in the 21st century, the designer-hero is... more...
Rethinking Aesthetics: The Role of Body in Design
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Rethinking Aesthetics is the first book to bring together prominent voices in the fields of architecture, philosophy, aesthetics, and cognitive sciences to radically rethink the relationship between body and design. These essays argue that aesthetic experiences can be nurtured at any moment in everyday life, thanks to recent discoveries by researchers... more...
Becoming Designers
Intellect 2000; US$ 10.00Design Research is an area that is both current and growing, but texts on the subjects are in short supply. This book is a response to the vitality of discussion within journals and at conferences, and it intends to place Design Research in its rightful place at the heart of studio-based education and practice. Offering a valuable context within which... more...
The Designer
Intellect 2008; US$ 10.00Design is one of the most fast-paced fields in the art world, as professionals, students and teachers must reckon with new technologies before the older versions have much time to collect dust. In The Designer, Rosemary Sassoon surveys fifty years of change in the world of design, evaluating the skills that have been lost, how new techniques affect... more...
Visualizing Research
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 59.95A practical guide to research methods in art and design, explaining and assessing approaches most suited to creative disciplines. The book describes each stage of research and includes real project examples. more...
Design Integrations
Intellect 2009; US$ 20.00Design is changing, and to educate the next generation of designers, these changes need to be addressed. In light of the growing role research and interdisciplinary collaboration play in contemporary design performance, Design Integrations calls for an innovative shake up in design education. Poggenpohl asserts that design research is developed through... more...
Designing Modern Germany
Reaktion Books 2009; US$ 39.00German design and architecture reflects the country?s rich and fraught political history in its structure and aesthetic philosophy. Jeremy Aynsley now offers an in-depth study of this relationship between German history and design since 1870 and the compl more...
Designing Modern Britain
Reaktion Books 2007; US$ 39.00Employing numerous examples of classic British design, Designing Modern Britain delves into the history of British design culture, and thereby tracks the evolution of the British national identity. more...
Designer Profile 2010/2011: Industrial + Exhibition Design (German and English Edition)
Springer 2010; US$ 74.95"Designer Profile" ist seit 1998 das zweisprachige Standardwerk der Design-Szene in Deutschland, �sterreich und der Schweiz. Alle zwei Jahre präsentieren Designer aus den Bereichen Industrie, Messe- und Ausstellungen, Grafik und Multimedia ihre neuesten Arbeitsideen und Erfolge. Das Buch ist ein unverzichtbares Nachschlagewerk für Entscheider und... more...
Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2006 / Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2006 (German and English Edition)
Springer 2006; US$ 67.95Der Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist die höchste offizielle Design-Auszeichnung des Landes und wird vom Rat für Formgebung im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Arbeit organisiert. Aus insgesamt 865 nominierten Produkten wählten die Juroren aus Industrie, Handel, Design und Medien 25 Produkte von besonders herausragender... more...









