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Illumination and Decoration of Flat Surfacesby Bob Cameron
CSIRO Publishing 2009; US$ 21.95Shows the effect of different light sources on a variety of lining materials and paints. more...
Design Historyby Hazel Conway
Routledge 1987; US$ 39.95Introductory text which guides the student of design history through the delights and difficulties of the subject, highlighting various approaches to study. more...
Myth Into Artby H. A. Shapiro
Routledge 1994; US$ 40.95Myth into Art is a comparative study of mythological narrative in Greek poetry and the visual arts. Thirty of the major myths are surveyed, focusing on Homer, lyric poetry and Attic tragedy. On the artistic side, the emphasis is on Athenian and South Italian vases. The book offers undergraduate students an introduction both to mythology and to the use of visual sources in the study of Greek myth. more...
Design and the Social Sciencesby Jorge Frascara
CRC Press 2002; US$ 99.95This book explores the disciplines of the social sciences, which help investigate the relationships between people and design, in assessing the role that products and the built environment play in peoples lives and in setting product requirements. more...
Reading Imagesby Gunther Kress; Theo Van Leeuwen
Routledge 2005; US$ 45.95A comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Draws on examples from children's drawings to textbook illustrations, photo-journalism to fine art, as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture to examine how images convey meaning. more...
Semantic Turn: New Foundations for Designby Klaus Krippendorff
CRC Press 2004; US$ 84.95Outlines a science for design that gives designers grounds on which to state their claims and validate their designs. This book builds an epistemological bridge between language/communication theory and human-centered conceptions of contemporary artifacts. It enables designers to partner with the traditional disciplines of engineering, and others. more...
Japanese Modernisation and Mingei Theoryby Yuko Kikuchi
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 39.95This new interpretation of the Mingei movement will appeal to scholars of Japanese art history as well as those with interests in cultural identity in non-Western cultures. more...
Calligraphy and Power in Contemporary Chinese Societyby Yueh-Ping Yen
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 190.00This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing. more...
What Designers Knowby Bryan Lawson
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 38.95Each chapter deals with a different technique from which we can best represent and make explicit the forms of knowledge used by designers. The book explores whether design knowledge is special, and attempts to get to the root of where design knowledge comes from. Crucially, it focuses on how designers use drawings in communicating their ideas and how they 'converse' with them as their designs develop. It also shows how experienced designers use knowledge differently to novices suggesting that design 'expertise' can be developed. Overall, this book builds a layout of the kinds of skill, knowledge and understanding that make up what we call designing. 1. Provides an exploration of research techniques giving an insight into the source of design... more...
Life By Designby Siobhan O'Brien
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 19.60Florence Broadhurst, the one-time chanteuse of Shanghai, Bond Street salon owner, world-renowned wallpaper designer and Sydney socialite lived a life steeped in subterfuge and deception. Here for the first time we get a glimpse at the fascinating woman behind the hand-printed brocades. more...