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Design Is The Problem
Rosenfeld Media 2011; US$ 22.00Design makes a tremendous impact on the produced world in terms of usability, resources, understanding, and priorities. What we produce, how we serve customers and other stakeholders, and even how we understand how the world works is all affected by the design of models and solutions. Designers have an unprecedented opportunity to use their skills... more...
Antiquing For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 19.99“This is a fun and painless way to give yourself a firm grounding in the wide wonderful world of antiques and collectibles.” Kyle Husfloen, Managing Editor, Antique Trader Weekly and Antique Trader’s Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide Do you love to poke around estate sales and antique shops, but can’t tell the difference... more...
Sensuous Surfaces
Reaktion Books 2010; US$ 63.00?Sensuous Surfaces is a systematic introduction to the decorative arts in Ming and Qing dynasty China. Jonathan Hay’s analysis takes in both material and technique, and also issues of patronage and taste, which together formed a loose system of informal rules that affected every level of decoration in early modern China, from an individual object... more...
Elements of Japanese Design
Tuttle Publishing 2011; US$ 12.95Elements of Japanese Design introduces 80 key concepts in Japanese design in a readable and accessible short-entry format. Including a brief explanation and examples of every aspect of Japanese design-from Wah (Harmony) to Kaizen (Continuous Improvement), from Mushin (the Empty Mind) to Mujo (Incompleteness). more...
Antique Trader Answers To Questions About Antiques & Collectibles
F+W Media 2011; US$ 27.99What can you tell me about?? Antique Trader editor-at-large Kyle Husfloen has answered that question thousands of times in his popular column "Kyle on Antiques" published in Antique Trader and The Antique Trader's Collector Magazine & Price Guide. Here Kyle compiles a varied selection of some of his favorite columns. Kyle shares historical information... more...
The Strategic Designer
F+W Media 2011; US$ 24.99The design profession has been asking itself some important questions lately. How do designers deal with the increasing complexity of design problems? What skills do designers need to be competitive in the future? How do designers become co-creators with clients and audiences? How do designers prove their value to business? Designers are looking for... more...
Antiques 101
F+W Media 2011; US$ 14.99Master Antique Styles Painlessly Not sure how to tell Chippendale from Queen Anne, or Art Deco from Art Nouveau? Learn the easy way with the author's entertaining style. Frank Farmer Loomis IV is an expert communicator who knows how to engage students with anecdotes and humor. If you're looking for clear, simple explanations rather than unpronounceable... more...
Picker's Bible
F+W Media 2011; US$ 14.99The Science of Scrounging Whether readers are dumpster divers, estate sale addicts or modern archaeologists, this easy-to-use and informative guide to "picking" is guaranteed to improve their antiquing skills. The Picker's Bible provides great tips on where and how to find antiques for the best price. A fun and quick read, the book explains the... more...
Collectible '70s
F+W Media 2011; US$ 24.95A funkadelic trip to the not-so-distant past? Disco, Smiley Faces, 8-tracks and platform shoes - retro is in and '70s rule! The Collectible '70s is a pop-culture history and price guide to treasures of this unforgettable decade. Covering everything from leisure suits to Pet Rocks, Saturday Night Fever to Punk Rock, this full-color guide will take... more...
Color Inspirations
F+W Media 2011; US$ 40.00Color Inspirations contains some of the very best color palettes from the popular website COLOURlovers.com, organized by color family in a logical, easy-to-use format. In this complete reference, you?ll discover 3,286 fresh, inspiring color palettes?ready to be applied to your latest design or project and complete with accurate CMYK, RGB and HEX values. This... more...









