Kategoria BISAC: Design >> General

Patternsized illustrations of designs suitable for quilts, clothing, embroidery. Each with the source identified.

Although design has become eminently newsworthy among the general public in our society, there is very little understanding to be found of the values and implications that underlie it. Design generates much heat but little light: we live in a world that has much design consciousness, but little design awareness. Nigel Whiteley analyses design's role and status today, and discusses what our obsession with it tells us about our own culture.
Design for Society is not an anti-design book; rather, it is an anti-consumerist-design book, in that it reveals what most people...

In the mid-1970s Holmes introduced an array of inventive new pictograms and ways to use them as key graphic elements in what he dubbed "explanation graphics" which triggered what became "information design" in magazines, newspapers, and other media.

Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the most livable cities in the United States and a model for smart growth. At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right? Does Portland deserve the accolades it has received, or has hype overshadowed the real story? In The Portland Edge, leading urban scholars who have lived in and studied the region present a balanced look at Portland today, explaining current conditions in the context of the people and...

Das Buch befragt kunstlerische Arbeiten der letzten vier Jahrzehnte hinsichtlich der Kategorie Geschlecht. Bilder zu Sexualitat und Geschlechtlichkeit, die die Polarisierung von "weiblich" und "mannlich" unterwandern, erweitern die Sichtweisen zum Thema Geschlecht. Mit dem Wiederabdruck des als Klassiker geltenden Aufsatzes "Dame im Bild" von Rozsika Parker und Griselda Pollock sowie mit Anja Zimmermanns Essay "Was war feministische Kunst?" werden die Werke in einen grosseren kunsthistorischen und -theoretischen Zusammenhang gestellt."

Meet Doctor Baby, Scientist Baby and many more in this colorful and unusual collection of extreme cuteness.

Bar, surface, body, and space are the fundamental elements of the design process. Every form, however complex, may be understood as a variation of them. Transformation represents a foundational work for architects, designers, and lay people with an interest in cultural history: the unrivaled grammar of design.

A fascinating guide to building with transparent plastics. Prominent international avant-garde architects such as Shigeru Ban and Herzog & de Meuron frequently use transparent plastic for their structures. Transparent plastic seems ephemeral and thus captures the spirit of the times.

Des concepts inhabituels pour un traitement novateur de l'existant

The definitive overview of patterns in design, art, and architecture. This book presents the various multidisciplinary approaches to patterns, showing the many functions and fields of application. Using examples of contemporary work by internationally renowned designers, it lays out a kaleidoscope of colors and forms before the reader.

Organized thematically, this book highlights a variety of well-defined topics, such as handicap-accessibility and flexibility of use, and presents them together with explanatory technical articles and examples of realized projects. In closing, it provides addresses of information centers as well as sources of additional information.

This volume consists of papers given to the Royal Institute of Philos ophy Conference on 'Philosophy and the Visual Arts: Seeing and Abstracting' given at the University of Bristol in September 1985. The contributors here come about equally from the disciplines of Philosophy and Art History and for that reason the Conference was hosted jointly by the Bristol University Departments of Philosophy and History of Art. Other conferences sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy have been concerned with links between Philosophy and related disciplines, but here, with the generous support of...

In 2001, Rotterdam and Porto, the cultural capitals of Europe for that year, were besieged by international artists invited to design projects that explored these two cities and their spaces. The singular nature of each work in Squatters led to their installation as cell-like structures of mini-exhibitions, staking a claim on their urban sites and creatively reconceiving them.

The first comprehensive monograph on this exceptional artist in jewellery. Dazzling illustrations in large formats, essays contributed by specialist authors and a fully annotated and illustrated catalogue of works make this publication a must for all lovers of avant-garde auteur jewellery.

Since the seminal book by the Gang of Four, design patterns have proven an
important tool in software development. Over time, more and more patterns
have been discovered and developed for a plethora of design problems. The
sheer amount of patterns available makes it hard to impossible to find
patterns useful for solving a specific design problem. Hence, tools supporting
searching and finding design patterns appropriate to a certain problem
would be very useful. In order to develop such tooling, design patterns need
to be described in a formal manner such that querying for them by the
problem...

In the twentieth century, avant-garde movements have pushed the concept of art far beyond its traditional boundaries. In this dynamical process of constant renewal the prestige of thinking about art as a legitimizing practice has come to the fore. So it is hardly surprising that the past decades have been characterized by a revival or even breakthrough of philosophy of art as a discipline. However, the majority of books on aesthetics fail to combine a systematical philosophical discourse with a real exploration of art practice.

Thinking Art attempts to deal with this traditional...

This book is about a research strategy to assess relationships between users visual thinking processes triggered by exposure to a photo-questionnaire and users experiential immersion in simulated activities that focused on mobility and wayfinding problems. Among visual resources, a collection of photo montages suggested Universal Design related concepts such as integrated design features for social inclusion.
Expectations were that this online material could function in one of the following ways:
First, it could foster reflective thinking about participants involvement with the Universal...

This study examines the public spaces created by the built environment of the city and asks: How is it that the apparently benign and benevolent activity of designing public space can in fact reinforce values that effectively marginalise and exclude significant groups of people? How are the value systems of those with the control over resources manifest in the built environment of the city? What impact do they have on the user's desire to 'dwell' and need to belong? The perception of boundaries, the desire to dwell, the need to belong and the relationship of these phenomena to an...

Reprasentativer Uberblick. Dieses Buch widmet sich der Skulptur im weitesten Sinne: Licht-, Klang- und Videoskulpturen, Assemblagen, Lichtinstallationen und kinetische Arbeiten seit 1980. Der Band enthalt grossformatige Abbildungen mit erlauternden Texten und Essays. Die Arbeiten von Erwin Wurm zeigen beispielhaft und nachvollziehbar die Entwicklung der "erweiterten" Skulptur. Biographien der rund 50 vertretenen Kunstler/innen erganzen das Werk."