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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Design Commons: Practices, Processes and
Book SynopsisThis book directly links the notion of the commons with different design praxes, and explores their social, cultural, and ecological ramifications. It draws out material conditions in four areas of design interest: social design, commons and culture, ecology and transdisciplinary design. As a collection of positions, the diversity of arguments advances the understanding of the commons as both concepts and modes of thinking, and their material translation when contextualised in the domain of design questions. In other words, it moves abstract social science concepts towards concrete design debates. This text appeals to students, researchers and practitioners working on design in architecture, architecture theory, urbanism, and ecology. Table of Contents1. Introduction Gerhard Bruyns and Stavros Kousoulas Part I Design, the Commons and the Social 2. Commoning as a Material Engagement of Resistance: The Struggle to Save the Albanian National TheaterDorina Pllumbi 3. AutoCostruzione-SelbstBau: Design as a Practical Knowledge Translation Process Maria Reitano and Nikolaus Gartner 4. Scaling Out, Up and Deep: Understanding the Sustainment and Resilience of Urban Commons Chun Zheng 5. Alignments of Architecture and Commoning in Tai O Village: Architecture Critique and Fields of Adversity Daniel Elkin, Chi-Yuen Leung and Xiao Lu Wang Part II Design, the Commons and Culture 6. Persistent Modeling of the Built: A Collective Experiment Merging Structural Preservation and Digital Design Between Academia and Industry Frank Bauer and Lasse Sehested Skafte 7. The Commons in African Spatial Production: A Critical Review of Geographies of Power Gert van der Merwe 8. Expressing Urban Commons: Architectural Ambiguity in the Construction of an Improvisational Future Nicholas Frayne Part III Design, the Commons and Ecology 9. Intriguing Human-Waste Commons: Praxis of Anticipation in Urban Agroecological Transitions Markus Wernli 10. The Secondary Use Group: Unlocking Waste as a Common Pool of Resources in the 1970sPiero Medici 11. Reclaiming the Habitat: Food, Fire and Affordance in Designing and Living the Urban Liana Psarologaki and Stamatis ZografosPart IV Design, the Commons and Transdisciplinarity12. Design and Commons: A Lacanian Approach Dora Karadima 13. ‘Matters of Care’ in Spaces of Commoning: Designing In, Against and Beyond Capitalism Katharina Moebus 14. Design as Commoning: Drawing Together with Care Contingent Collective (Lőrinc Vass, Roy Cloutier and Nicole Sylvia) Biographical Notes
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Springer International Publishing AG Creativity in Art, Design and Technology
Book SynopsisThis is an open access book.Creativity is a difficult concept, how can it best be defined, understood, applied, and practiced? This book provides important answers to these questions. Technology can enable artists to be more creative. Scientific and artistic thinking give us two complementary tools to understand the complexity of the world, with science reducing subjective experience to essential principles and art intensifying and expanding our experiences. These examples also show how artists can push the boundaries of technology into exciting new realms that have not been explored before. The impact that art and art practice can have on culture, society, and social responsibility is explored in detail through examples and case studies. In addition, the book presents how artists are creating and reflecting cultural and societal resonance in their work. Can other disciplines help artists to be more creative? All are part of an interrelated wider society and enables artists to develop artwork fit for highly interfaced and conceptually broad contemporary contexts. This is illustrated with examples which show exciting and challenging results. Creativity in Art, Design and Technology is relevant for artists, designers, scientists and technologists. All can benefit in a major way from a greater understanding of creativity, and the ways in which mutual interaction and collaboration enables all areas to develop. The potential for the future is immense and this book signposts the way forward. Trade Review“The book is an easy read, no math or complex computer concepts, but full of inspiring and thought-provoking ideas and questions. The book does an excellent job in explaining how creativity and imagination can benefit design and implementation. … The artwork in the book is delightful, surprising, and even inspiring.” (Jon Peddie, Jon Peddie Research, jonpeddie.com, March 31, 2023)Table of ContentsPreface.- Acknowledgments.- About the Authors.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Creativity in the Arts: Traditional and New Media.- 3 Creativity and Artist Technologist.- 4 Creativity and Virtual Worlds.- 5 The Creative Process and Social Responsibility.- 6 Digital Communication as a Creative Tool.- 7 Artificial Intelligence and Creativity.- 8 Art Thinking and Design Thinking.- 9 Time and Temporality: Creative Reception and Repetition.- 10 How can Art assist Science and Technology?.- 11 Research and Development in Creativity.- 12 Epilog
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Experimental Investigation of Deep‐Sea Oil Spills
Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of the “Deepwater Horizon” oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the need arose for experimental data on oil and gas hydrodynamics and particle formation under deep-sea conditions. This work presents a new High-Pressure Test Center that allows for experimental oil spill research under artificial deep-sea conditions. It also contains experimental data on drop formation processes and oil drop size distributions generated within this test center and a modeling approach based on the turbulent energy dissipation that has been developed to predict the droplet sizes of an oil-and-gas jet under high pressure.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- State of Knowledge.- Development of the High‐Pressure Test Center.- Experimental Determination of Oil Droplet Sizes in an Artificial Subsea Blowout.- Summary and Outlook.- References.
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Springer International Publishing AG Biomimetics Biodesign and Bionics
Book SynopsisNature is a vast source of inspiration and information for the resolution of complex problems and can influence many varieties of design. Therefore, design, engineering, and architecture projects can benefit from solutions that were already tested and verified through evolution in the natural world.
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Lars Muller Publishers Gmbh ExFormation
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De Gruyter Technology Development: Lessons from Industrial Chemistry and Process Science
Book SynopsisCompanies often struggle to turn successful research into viable commercial products, processes and systems. This book defines technology development and reveals methods to successfully evaluate, fund and commercialize a technology. Cases studies help the reader evaluate the connection between a technology and potential markets, set useful hypotheses, develop statistically valid conclusions, and apply those conclusions to business goals. Table of ContentsIntroduction to Technology DevelopmentTechnology Development and the Chemical Industry Method of Successful Technology Development Case Studies
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Screw Compressors: Mathematical Modelling and Performance Calculation
Book SynopsisAlthoughtheprinciplesofoperationofhelicalscrewmachines,ascompressors or expanders, have been well known for more than 100 years, it is only during the past 30 years that these machines have become widely used. The main reasons for the long period before they were adopted were their relatively poor e?ciency and the high cost of manufacturing their rotors. Two main developments led to a solution to these di?culties. The ?rst of these was the introduction of the asymmetric rotor pro?le in 1973. This reduced the bl- hole area, which was the main source of internal leakage by approximately 90%, and thereby raised the thermodynamic e?ciency of these machines, to roughly the same level as that of traditional reciprocating compressors. The second was the introduction of precise thread milling machine tools at - proximately the same time. This made it possible to manufacture items of complex shape, such as the rotors, both accurately and cheaply. From then on, as a result of their ever improving e?ciencies, high rel- bility and compact form, screw compressors have taken an increasing share of the compressor market, especially in the ?elds of compressed air production, and refrigeration and air conditioning, and today, a substantial proportion of compressors manufactured for industry are of this type. Despite, the now wide usage of screw compressors and the publication of many scienti?c papers on their development, only a handful of textbooks have been published to date, which give a rigorous exposition of the principles of their operation and none of these are in English.Table of ContentsScrew Compressor Geometry.- Calculation of Screw Compressor Performance.- Principles of Screw Compressor Design.- Examples of Modern Screw Compressor Designs.- Conclusions.
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Springer Seasonal Affective Disorder and Light Therapy:
Book SynopsisJannik Götz develops a treatment concept for sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder, commonly known as winter depression. Unlike existing solutions that focus on medical remission only, the author aims at creating a user experience that is alleviating symptoms of this disease in a motivating and hassle-free way. By utilizing a variety of research techniques, the author gains valuable user-driven insights that are directly transformed into a novel approach to light therapy. The result is a light lamp that resolves shortcomings and issues of current treatment approaches. A business plan and its associated requirements complement the overall concept.Table of ContentsSeasonal Affective Disorder and its Characteristics.- Human-Centered Design Research.- Design and Product Development.- Business Plan.
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Prestel German Standards: Best of German Industry
Book SynopsisWide ranging and full of insightful facts, this volume features dozens of profiles of German companies that are leading the way in technology, innovation and sustainability. Germany has long been home to industries that are dedicated to high quality manufacturing, focused on technological advancements, committed to sustainability and driven by an entrepreneurial spirit. Even in uncertain economic times, the nation's leading industries manage to be both nimble and competitive. This exciting book brings together the most exemplary of those companies in an elegant and accessible format. Each company is profiled with an insightful text that presents its history, evolution, challenges and successes. Readers will learn how Germany's industrial leaders are responding to demands for deindustrialization, concerns around offshore manufacturing, and calls for climate neutrality. Multiple images include photographs of each company's products, headquarters, factory floor, offices, and the individuals behind their success. A fascinating look into what makes Germany such an industrial success story, this book is an inspiring and informative resource for anyone interested in understanding the key attributes and practices that have made German companies world leaders in their respective fields.
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Geometric Trend
Book SynopsisWhether used in fashion and textiles, print or online, as tattoos, in jewellery or home furnishings, geometric patterns are one of the most recognisable and popular design trends of the last few years. The concept is simple, to use clean and unembellished lines to create a unique image. Geometric Trend serves as both a showcase for talented designers from around the world, and a source of inspiration for those looking to create a geometric themed project.
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Food Trucks
Book SynopsisFood Trucks are something of an institution in American culture, where they have been around for more than a century, and are now becoming a regular feature in cities across the world. These days there is a huge range of gastronomic treats available, dished up out of an incredible variety of vehicles from caravans, station wagons and vans to trucks, buses... all decorated in their own distinctive and charismatic style. This superbly illustrated volume not only takes us journey around the world to discover some of the most exciting and creative food trucks in countries including Spain, France, Brazil, the USA, and Mexico. Not only are readers introduced to the gorgeous trucks themselves, but they also learn more about the design themes behind each truck, and the mouth-watering food each pop-up serves including recipes for signature dishes!
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Editorial Tenov S.L. Legible - Visible: Between the Film Frame and the
Book SynopsisLegible-Visible explores the relationship between print publications and audiovisual documents, two of the most important media in the social and cultural landscape of our time--and two forms that also define the evolution of contemporary art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Mela Davila and Maite Munoz here show how the arrival of inexpensive home video technologies in the 1970s and then of digital media at the turn of the millennium sparked revolutions in the creation and diffusion of both video artworks and artists' publications. Davila proposes a theoretical and historical framework for works long dismissed by the market because of their serial nature, while Munoz shows how artists have taken advantage of the permeability between publications and audiovisual elements. The first book-length work to study artists' publications and video in relation to each other, Legible-Visible will enable new ways of thinking about a number of contemporary artists and their work.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore 3D Printing Architecture: Workflows,
Book SynopsisThis book investigates how architectural design advances as a result of the rapid developments in 3D Printing. As this technology become more powerful, faster and cheaper, novel workflows are becoming available and revolutionizing all stages of the design process, from early spatial concepts, to subsequent project development, advanced manufacturing processes, and integration into functional buildings. Based on a literature review and case studies of ten built projects, the book discusses the implications of the ongoing manufacturing revolution for the field of architecture.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Architecture.- 3. Optimized Structures: AirMesh.- 4. Architectural Ornament: Timescapes.- 5. Architecture Meets Organic Matter: Sombra Verde and White Spaces.- 6. Interfacing Printed and Standard: OH Platform, Metadata, and Makerspace.-7. Systems Integration.- 8. Realtime Costing: v-Mesh.- 9. Assembly Strategies: AirTable.- 10. Outlook.
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Modern Interior Design Architecture Interiors
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Obelisco Vocabulario Gamer
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Editorial Gg Bordar Con Bastidor: 20 Proyectos Originales Para
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Editorial Gg Bordar En Papel
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Editorial Gustavo Gili Welcome
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Editorial Gg Arquitectura, Forma, Espacio Y Orden
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Editorial Gustavo Gili Cuatro Horizontes: Una Visita a la Capilla de
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Editorial Gustavo Gili Conversación Polifónica Sobre Diseño Y Otras
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Servicio de Publicaciones y Divulgacin Cientfica de la Universidad de Mlaga La crítica de diseño gráfico en la revista Arte Comercial 19461952
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Digital Video for the Desktop
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Taylor & Francis The Scenography of Howard Barker The Wrestling School Aesthetic 19982011 Routledge Advances in Theatre Performance Studies
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Taylor & Francis Managing Complexity and Creating Innovation through Design
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Interior Design
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Interior Design
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Taylor & Francis Ltd CyberneticExistentialism Freedom Systems and
Book SynopsisCybernetic-Existentialism: Freedom, Systems, and Being-for-Others in Contemporary Arts and Performance offers a unique discourse and an original aesthetic theory. It argues that fusing perspectives from the philosophy of Existentialism with insights from the universal science' of cybernetics provides a new analytical lens and deconstructive methodology to critique art. In this study, Steve Dixon examines how a range of artists' works reveal the ideas of Existentialist philosophers including Kierkegaard, Camus, de Beauvoir, and Sartre on freedom, being and nothingness, eternal recurrence, the absurd, and being-for-others. Simultaneously, these artworks are shown to engage in complex explorations of concepts proposed by cyberneticians including Wiener, Shannon, and Bateson on information theory and noise', feedback loops, circularity, adaptive ecosystems, autopoiesis, and emergence. Dixon's groundbreaking book demonstrates how fusing insights and knowledTable of Contents1. Introduction: Cybernetics and Existentialism in Arts and Popular Culture; 2. Visual Art: The Aesthetics of Systems; 3. Interactive Art: Communicating, Controlling and Being-for-Others; 4. Participatory Art: Autopoiesis with Strangers; 5. Theater Art: Staging Cybernetics, Dread, and the Existential Crisis; 6. Performance art: actualizing science fiction and invoking transcendence; 7. Identity Art: The Adaptive System of the Authentic Self; 8. Uncanny Art: Existential Absurdity within Cybernetic Environments; 9. Conclusion: the eternal return and being-in-new-systems
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Taylor & Francis No Plastic Sleeves
Book SynopsisA polished and professional portfolioâincluding both print pieces and an online presenceâis more important than ever for photographers, graphic designers, and other creative professionals to make a great first impression and secure employment. This new third edition of No Plastic Sleeves has been thoroughly updated across all facets of portfolio production, including increased coverage on self-promotion, social media, branding, online promotion, new and updated interviews, case studies, and more. Including hundreds of photos, examples of successful design from both students and professionals, and interviews with industry professionals, this text will guide you through the complete process of conceptualizing, designing, developing, branding, and promoting all the interconnected aspects of your total portfolio package, including teaching you how to: Objectively evaluate and edit your work Develop a distinguishing brand concept and iTable of Contents1. Authors’ Note 2. Step 1: Evaluate and Edit 3. Step 2: Branding 4. Step 3A: Cover Design 5. Step 3B: Materials and Forms 6. Step 4: Interior Book Pages 7. Step 5: Book Construction 8. Step 6: Portfolio Website & Online/Social Presence 9. Step 7: Self-Promotion 10. Step 8: Professional Materials 11. Contributors
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Doing Sociolegal Research in Design Mode
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Taylor & Francis Making Architecture Through Being Human
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Intercultural Collaboration by Design
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fifty Key Theatre Designers
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Taylor & Francis Istanbul Open City Exhibiting Anxieties of Urban Modernity
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Taylor & Francis Mongol Court Dress Identity Formation and Global Exchange
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Handbook of Usability and UserExperience
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Taylor & Francis The Geometry of Environment
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Taylor & Francis The Geometry of Environment
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Prop Building for Beginners Twenty Props for Stage and Screen
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Vibration Problems in Machines
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Taylor & Francis Costume Design The Basics
Book SynopsisCostume Design: The Basics provides an overview of the fundamental principles of theatrical costume design, from pre-production through opening night.Beginning with a discussion of what is costume design, why do people wear clothes, and what is the role of the costume designer, this book makes accessible the art and practice of costume design. Peppered with interviews with working costume designers, it provides an understanding of what it means to be a costume designer and offers a strong foundation for additional study. Readers will learn: How to use clues from the script to decipher a characterâs wardrobe Methods used to sketch ideas using traditional or digital media How to discuss a concept with a team of directors, producers, and designers Strategies to use when collaborating with a professional costume shop How to maintain a healthy work/life balance Table of Contents1. Text Analysis and Research 2. Beginning the Design Process 3. Development of the Design, Sketching, and Painting a Costume Rendering 4. Preparing for Construction 5. The Build Process 6. Tech, Dress, and Opening Night
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Biologically Inspired Robotics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Human Factors in Product Design
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Taylor & Francis Experimental Museology
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Taylor & Francis Experimental Museology
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Taylor & Francis Liberalism Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ecologies Design
Book SynopsisThe notion of ecology has become central to contemporary design discourse. This reflects contemporary concerns for our planet and a new understanding of the primary entanglement of the human species with the rest of the world.The use of the term ecology' with design tends to refer to how to integrate ecologies into design and cities and be understood in a biologically-scientific and technical sense. In practice, this scientific-technical knowledge tends to be only loosely employed. The notion of ecology is also often used metaphorically in relation to the social use of space and cities. This book argues that what it calls the biological' and social' senses of ecology are both important and require distinctly different types of knowledge and practice. It proposes that science needs to be taken much more seriously in biological ecologies', and that social ecologies' can now be understood non-metaphorically as assemblages. Furthermore, this book argues that design practice itseTable of Contents1. Introduction: Towards an ecologies design practiceSection 1: Biological Ecologies Design and Regeneration2. Introduction: a shifting paradigm in ecologically focused design3. Engaging with life: the developmental practice of regenerative development and design4. Designing for living environments using regenerative development: a case study of The Paddock5. The paradox of metrics: setting goals for regenerative design and development6. Ecological design as the biointegration of a set of ‘infrastructures’: the ‘quatrobrid’ constructed ecosystem7. Creating and restoring urban ecologies: case studies in China8. Towards wildlife-supportive green space design in metropolitan areas: lessons from an experimental study9. The new design with nature10. Biomimicry: an opportunity for buildings to relate to place11. The emergence of biophilic design and planning: re-envisioning cities and city lifeSection 2: Documenting Social Ecologies 12. Introduction: How to Document Urban / Landscape Assemblages13. City boids: diagramming molecular urbanism14. Why would we spend time drawing people doing their washing in a Chinese village?15. Object-led interview: documenting geographical ideas 16. Mapping informal settlements: a process for action17. Ethnographic drawings and the benefits of using a sketchbook for fieldwork18. A landscape architectural anthropology of green: Bahrain19. Valparaiso Publico: graphic inventory of urban spaces in a Chilean city20. Being with Hellersdorf: performative counter-mapping as a reflexive practice between architecture and anthropology21. The happy city. An actor-network-theory manifesto22. The aesthetics of documenting urban and landscape assemblagesSection 3: Ecologies Design Practices23. Introduction: on the need for and potentials of ecological design practice24. Indigenous ecological design25. Ngāi Tūhoe’s Te Kura Whare: our living building26. Design in relationship with an ecological entity: case study design with Te Awa Te Puna 27. On the Rise: case study of a hybrid coastal adaptation strategy28. There are no sustainable buildings without sustainable people29. Labour ecology and architecture30. Integrating design teaching and practices31. Stranded assets32. (Hybrid) architecture in and over timeConclusion33. A call to ecologies design action
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