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Book SynopsisTrade Review"From [Petroski's] vantage point, failures in design and construction present perfect teaching opportunities. They are object lessons in the history and practice and beauty of engineering."---Cornelia Dean, New York Times"The moral Petroski draws—success breeds hubris and catastrophe, failure nurtures humility and insight—is worth pondering." * Publishers Weekly *"Success through Failure is insightful and accessible."---J. M. Ottino, Nature"Petroski's main message deserves notice. He points out that failure is an inherent part of success when it comes to design and innovation, and failure can come in many forms."---Martin Ince, Times Higher Education Supplement"An excellent read." * Architectural Science Review *"This is a book about human nature in design settings and its role in the development of products and our built environment. . . . Ingenuity is explored as a pendulum that swings between success and failure, driven by design philosophy and practices in a given place and time." * Library Journal *"From ancient Roman engineers dismayed at the failure of stone-arch bridges to twenty-first-century American architects stunned by the collapse of the Twin Towers, designers have frequently learned valuable principles through hard tutelage. Lucid and concise, this study invites nonspecialists to share in the challenge of trial-and-error engineering."---Bryce Christensen, Booklist"Petroski tells iconic tales to demonstrate that mistakes are not obnoxious by-products of innovation but fundamental clues to the ideal." * Fast Company *"[An] engaging and readable book. . . . Petroski uses countless interesting case histories to show how failure motivates technological advancement. . . . I recommend you keep a copy of Petroski's book on hand and flip through it next time you're feeling seduced by success."---Steven Cass, IEEE Spectrum

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Book SynopsisClaire Zimmerman reveals how photography profoundly influenced architectural design in the past century, playing an instrumental role in the evolution of modern architecture. This richly illustrated work shows, for the first time, how new ideas and new buildings arose from the interplay of photography and architecture—transforming how we see the world and how we act on it.Trade Review "This book is a wonderful, deeply researched, occasionally irreverent contribution to the English-language scholarship on modern architecture in Germany, with networks extending to the United States and England. An essential demonstration of the complex role(s) played by photography in the development of modern architecture in general that readily translates to other contexts, it will no doubt become a key reference in a scholarly milieu increasingly concerned with the interaction of architecture and media." —Reinhold Martin, Columbia University "Claire Zimmerman argues that not only did photography become in the twentieth century the principal way through which architecture was made known, but that at the same time photography brought about a shift in the aesthetics of architecture. This is an original and deeply-considered book that sets out a number of new ideas about modern architecture and its relationship to photography." —Adrian Forty, University College London "A serious and provocative work that brings a new approach to an interdisciplinary topic of increasing interest: the relationship between media and architecture."—ARLIS/NA"An indispensable repository of scholarly understanding of modernism in architecture, its photography, and the intricacies of their mutual relationship."—CHOICE"An evocative narration, constructed from a series of representative case studies emerging or unstable moments in the recent history of architecture."—Arquilecturas"Photographic Architecture in the Twentieth Century is a delightful tour de force that examines the interdisciplinary relationship between photography and architecture."—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Beyond Visibility: Modern Architecture in the Photographic ImageI. Architecture after Photography1. Bildarchitekturen: Architectural Surface, circa 19142. Photography into Building: Mies in Barcelona3. Architectural Abstraction: The Tugendhat PhotographsII. Architects and Architectural Photographs4. Type-Photo: Architectural Photography in Germany5. Aura Deferred: Bauhausbauten Dessau6. The Future in the Present: Erscheinungsform and “The Dwelling,” 1927III. Imageability7. Promise and Threat: American Photographs in Postwar Germany8. The Photographic Architecture of Hunstanton School9. From Photographic Surface to Image Object: James Stirling’s PostmodernismConclusion: Surface DividesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHow making models allows us to recall what was and to discover what still might be Whether looking inward to the intricacies of human anatomy or outward to the furthest recesses of the universe, expanding the boundaries of human inquiry depends to a surprisingly large degree on the making of models. In this wide-ranging volume, scholars from diverse fields examine the interrelationships between a model’s material foundations and the otherwise invisible things it gestures toward, underscoring the pivotal role of models in understanding and shaping the world around us. Whether in the form of reproductions, interpretive processes, or constitutive tools, models may bridge the gap between the tangible and the abstract.By focusing on the material aspects of models, including the digital ones that would seem to displace their analogue forebears, these insightful essays ground modeling as a tactile and emphatically humanistic endeavor. With contributions from scholars in the history of science and technology, visual studies, musicology, literary studies, and material culture, this book demonstrates that models serve as invaluable tools across every field of cultural development, both historically and in the present day.Modelwork is unique in calling attention to modeling’s duality, a dynamic exchange between imagination and matter. This singular publication shows us how models shape our ability to ascertain the surrounding world and to find new ways to transform it. Contributors: Hilary Bryon, Virginia Tech; Johanna Drucker, UCLA; Seher Erdoğan Ford, Temple U; Peter Galison, Harvard U; Lisa Gitelman, New York U; Reed Gochberg, Harvard U; Catherine Newman Howe, Williams College; Christopher J. Lukasik, Purdue U; Martin Scherzinger, New York U; Juliet S. Sperling, U of Washington; Annabel Jane Wharton, Duke U.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: ModelworkMartin Brückner and Sandy IsenstadtPart I. Knowing1. Defining ModelsAnnabel Jane Wharton2. Material Models of Immaterial ThingsPeter GalisonPart II. Sensing3. William Farish’s Devices and Drawings: Models for Envisioning Immaterial and Material RealmsHilary Bryon4. “The Instructed Eye”: What Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Drawing Books Tell Us about Vision and How We SeeChristopher J. Lukasik5. Algorithmic Audition: Modeling Musical PerceptionMartin ScherzingerPart III. Making6. The Useful Arts of Nineteenth-Century Patent ModelsReed Gochberg7. Bodies Made of Numbers, Numbers Made of BodiesCatherine Newman Howe8. Hypermodels: Architectural Production in Virtual SpacesSeher Erdoğan FordPart IV. Doing9. Modeling Maneuvers: Anatomical Illustration and the Practice of TouchJuliet S. Sperling10. Models and Manufactures: The Shoe as CommodityLisa Gitelman11. Modeling InterpretationJohanna DruckerAfterword: On the Humility of ModelsSarah WassermanAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis title includes an introduction by Martin Pawley. This book presents for the first time in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher Vilem Flusser. It puts forward the view that our future depends on design. In a series of insightful essays on such ordinary 'things' as wheels, carpets, pots, umbrellas and tents, Flusser emphasizes the interrelationships between art and science, theology and technology, and archaeology and architecture. Just as formal creativity has produced both weapons of destruction and great works of art, Flusser believed that the shape of things (and the designs behind them) represents both a threat and an opportunity for designers of the future.Trade ReviewThere is nothing difficult or obscure about these essays. They are as sharp and lucid as precious stones because they proceed not by argument but poetically, by metaphor, story telling and myth. Architects' Journal 'Books of the Year'Table of ContentsIntroduction by Martin Pawley About the Word Design Form and Material War and the State of Things About Forms and Formulae The Designer's Way of Seeing The Factory The Lever Strikes Back Shelters, Screens and Tents Design: Obstacle for/to the Removal of Obstacles Why Do Typewriters Go 'Click'? The Ethics of Industrial Design? Design as Theology Wittgenstein's Architecture Bare Walls With As Many Holes As a Swiss Cheese The Non-Thing The Non-Thing Carpets Pots Shamans and Dancers with Masks The Submarine Wheels Biographical Note

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Book SynopsisWhat feeds the inspiration of the designer? Observation. In Jasper Morrison's collection of pictures, the icons of design history meet up with the unassuming projects of everyday life, and curious findings with the archetypes of modernism. Every picture tells a story nad creates a new one in juxtaposition with its neighbour - without words, in the language of form. Morrison responds to the arbitrariness of form with simplicity and complexity, poetry and humour in a repetoire of compelling designs "a world without words" is a school of seeing that addresses designers and consumers alike, who wish to explore the universe of goods.

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Book SynopsisOur societies are becoming more complex, dynamic, and networked every day. Public organizations and companies alike are learning the hard way that the societal challenges before us cannot be resolved as they were in the past. We need new approaches to these problems. Over the past ten years, an increasing number of government organizations, companies, and individuals have realized that special practices from design can help us rise to the challenge. At the core of this book are twenty case studies from around the world that demonstrate how design approaches can be used for societal change. These extensive case descriptions are interspersed with reflections, lessons learned, and tricks and tips for the practitioner, culminating in a vision of how design can revolutionize society.

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Book SynopsisA pioneer of the Nouvelle Tapisserie (New Tapestry) movement, Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017) revolutionised the practice of weaving in the 1960s. She elevated this craft to the status of sculptural expression, using the possibilities of organic fibers such as wool, sisal, and linen as living, malleable materials to realise her artistic vision based on the observation of nature and man. Her spectacular wall-mounted and spatial woven works made her name internationally and marked several editions of the Biennale of Tapestry, held in the Swiss city of Lausanne between 1962 and 1995. This French-language book illuminates the crucial role that Lausanne played at the beginning of Abakanowicz’s international career and in her artistic explorations. Her reflections and creative paths are juxtaposed with places and encounters in Lausanne and the rest of Switzerland: the Bienniale of Tapestry and the Alice Pauli Gallery, local patrons and collectors of art, scholars, and friends. Text in French.

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Book SynopsisThe Bauhaus, the legendary school in Dessau, Germany, transformed architecture and design around the world. This book broke new ground when first published in 1991 by introducing psychoanalysis, geometry, early childhood education, and popular culture into the standard political history of the Bauhaus. The ABC's of Triangle, Square, Circle also introduced two young designers, Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller, whose multidisciplinary approach changed the field of design writing and research. With a new preface by Lupton and Miller, this collection of visually and intellectually stimulating essays is a must-read for educators and students.Trade Review"The book disquiets the mythology surrounding the Bauhaus by dissecting the conflicting principles of design, form and visual perception. [...] Whilst challenging the ambitions of the movement, the monograph presents design criticism through precisely assembled diagrams and layouts in a manner that recognises the Bauhaus’ pedagogical and theoretically self-conscious ideals.” -- Aesthetica

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Book SynopsisThe beloved fashion and lifestyle illustrator celebrates the best, most important joys of all--the little pleasures--in this guide full of ideas and inspiration for tapping into your own happiness and creativity.    This delicious book begins with an invitation to discover joy every day, just as Kerrie Hess does. Her fabulously creative life has turned her into one of the most eagerly-watched influencers on Instagram. Kerrie's secret is that she's discovered the little things that make her heart sing, and now she wants to help you do the same. From the very first sparkling words to the charming illustrations of macarons, peonies, teacups, and jewelry to the images of strong, chic women who grace its pages, this book is a love letter and guide to what makes us truly happy. Weaving through pleasures, including relaxation, creative pursuits, time with family and friends--in person or virtually--as well as fashion, beauty, home, and travel, Kerrie

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Book SynopsisThe debut book by fashion and lifestyle designer Clare Vivier, whose eponymous brand has expanded from her Los Angeles home base to become the epitome of bohemian American chic.

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Book SynopsisThrough the impact of shops like Habitat and IKEA, and of the countless glossy magazines, books and catalogues that focus on the concept of 'interior design', we have all become familiar with the idea of our homes and public interiors containing items of modern furniture and decor. Yet design historian and critic Penny Sparke shows that, unlike designed buildings and artefacts, the fixed idea of the 'modern interior' has only ever been an abstract and idealized concept, promoted through exhibitions, retail contexts and the mass media, and that it rarely exists in an absolute form. "The Modern Interior" provides a persuasive account of the forces, conflicts and debates that have underpinned the emergence of something we now effortlessly refer to as the 'modern interior'. Offering fascinating and eloquent insights into the work of international designers including C.R. Mackintosh, Adolf Loos, Josef Frank, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcel Breuer, Lilly Reich, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Philippe Starck, and Charles and Ray Eames, Sparke focuses on the realities as well as concepts of the modern interior, whether in the hands of professional decorators and designers, or in those of its amateur inhabitants. By doing so, she deftly unravels the shift from Victorian to modern style, and demonstrates that the easy transition to the modern interior so frequently portrayed is little more than a mythology. "The Modern Interior" is essential reading for all students of modern design, architecture and culture, as well as anyone interested in why the interior spaces we inhabit look the way they do.Trade ReviewThe visual reticence of this little book ... undersells the expansiveness, diversity and materiality of its subject ... The Modern Interior presents a compelling argument to consider interiors outside the home, just as it charts the complex interplay between public and private in all interiors, domestic and otherwiseise. This persuasive book is a well-crafted and engaging read Times Higher Education a perceptive and thought-provoking reflection on the transitory nature of modern life TLS ... an engaging and colourful potted history of the modern interior from the 1900s through to the present day. RIBA Journal In using examples of design from around the world, including the US, Scandinavia, UK, France, Germany and Italy, The Modern Interior offers some real insight into why the interior environments we inhabit look the way they do. Designer Magazine Fascinating reading for anyone interested in the theory, and practice, of design House & Garden Set to interest design enthusiasts and those with a curiosity for the history of home trends, this compelling title describes the transition from Victorian to avant-garde style. Illustrations of furniture from across the globe shed new light on the emergence of what has become known as the "modern interior". Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Magazine The Modern Interior makes its argument clearly and forcefully with illustrations that effectively illuminate the narrative. Penny Sparke has here focused largely on a coherent interior, tracking it mainly through the built or written work of professional architects, designers, decorators and critics; her book raises the interesting question of how this story played out on the ground, in the multitudinous everyday interiors of ordinary consumers. Journal of Design History

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Book SynopsisThis text reflects the design of the world which deserves attention as a professional practice and a subject of social, cultural and philosophic scrutiny. These 11 essays are contributed by scholars with backgrounds in psychology and political theory to technology studies, and philosophy.

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Book SynopsisFollowing on the acclaimed success of its inaugural SFP LookBook, Schiffer Fashion Press's style guide extraordinaire kicks off its second season with Spring 2014 runway looks from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Ideal for identifying trends in color, fabric, embellishment, styling, and silhouette, here are images of more than 3,200 looks from more than 125 of today's top designers, including Carolina Herrera, Mara Hoffman, Nicole Miller, Noon by Noor, Pamella Roland, Rebecca Minkoff, and more. This exhaustive compilation showcases high-end ready-to-wear, sportswear, menswear, swimwear, resort, and eveningwear presentations, but also offers comprehensive looks at styling trends for hair, beauty, and accessories. The SFP LookBook compiles everything that the Spring 2014 collections have to offer in one volume of high-quality images--it is a must have for designers, trend spotters, students, stylists, buyers, and fashion enthusiasts everywhere.

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Book SynopsisThis illustrious guide to modern print design is, first and foremost, an art book, but serious designers will find it to be a useful reference as well. The editors of this collection provide a straightforward account of the development of the most influential print styles in high fashion around the world today. Advice, instruction, and hundreds of vibrant examples will inspire designers with an open mind. Serigraphy and its various manifestations, digital printing, a wide range of embroidery combinations, and thermotransference are just some of the proven, popular print techniques described in detail. If you''re just getting started, find tips on purchasing the right equipment and keeping a print design notebook. Use the glossary of nearly 40 different fabric types to your advantage. A substantive selection of motifs and patterns, such as sports themes, geometric designs, and fairy tale prints, should ignite any fashionista''s imagination.

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Book SynopsisFor this third installment in the successful LookBook series, Schiffer Fashion Press (SFP) presents the Fall/Winter 2014 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. This exhaustive compilation showcases not only women's ready-to-wear and eveningwear, but also menswear, beauty and hair styling trends, and accessories. The added Trend Guide observes recurring themes in color, pattern, textile and texture, and silhouette this season. Intricate prints, graphic furs, structured silhouettes, and an emphasis on comfort dominated Fashion Week. Pronounced shoulders, sequined embroidery, matte fabrics, and intricately tailored gowns were seen throughout the collections. With thousands of photos from eighty shows, SFP offers fresh looks from the industry's top designers, including MARA HOFFMAN, DENNIS BASSO, REBECCA VALLANCE, and BADGLEY MISCHKA, plus the best and brightest students from several fashion schools. The SFP LookBook is a must have for designers, trend spotters, students, stylists, buyers, and fashio

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Book Synopsis“These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function.” This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory on the process of design.Trade ReviewOne of the most important contemporary books about the art of design, what it is, and how to go about it. * Industrial Design *Christopher Alexander has outlined an ambitious proposal that could revolutionize the approach to architectural design… His method cannot help but become ‘a very powerful tool indeed’ for those who would deal with projects of the complex present and the growing complexity of the future. * Progressive Architecture *The success or failure of the designed environment will remain, as always, a human responsibility… Alexander’s assertions are not only challenging and stimulating but informative. * American Institute of Architects Journal *An important book for the urban designer and planner…stimulating and certainly controversial… It may one day prove to be a landmark in design methodology. * Journal of the American Institute of Planners *Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Need for Rationality Part One 2. Goodness of Fit 3. The Source of Good Fit 4. The Unselfconscious Process 5. The Selfconscious Process Part Two 6. The Program 7. The Realization of the Program 8. Definitions 9. Solution Epilogue Appendix 1. A Worked Example Appendix 2. Mathematical Treatment of Decomposition Notes

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented package that gives readers the content of three important references by one of today's most influential design writers. This is a master class in the principles and practical fundamentals of design that will appeal to a broad audience of graphic artists and designers.Table of ContentsTWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN. Form. Repetition. Structure. Similarity. Gradation. Radiation. Anomaly. Contrast. Concentration. Texture. Space. TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORM. Aspects of Form. Designing a Form. Representational Forms. THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN. Serial Planes. Wall Structures. Prisms and Cylinders. Repetition. Polyhedral Structures. Triangular Planes. Linear Framework. Linear Layers. Interlinking Lines. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn ambitious new survey of industrial design from 1900 to the present day in the United States, Europe, and around the world, as told through selected objects from the George R. Kravis II Collection. Destined to become a new classic in the design genre, this major work summarizes an enormous topic—the creation of everyday objects for mass production and consumption from 1900 to the present—and shows how these products have become both symbols of the modern age and harbingers of our future. It covers the work of the heroes of modern and post-modern design, from the early pioneers—Dreyfuss, Bel Geddes, and Eames—to the leaders in the field today, including Starck, Newson, and Ive. More than 200 objects from the Kravis Design Center’s collection are highlighted as important exemplars of industrial design. A wide range of media is represented, including furniture, metalwork, ceramics, and plastics. New research by contributing scholars h

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Book SynopsisProp Building for Beginners outlines the basic concepts of prop building by featuring step-by-step instructions to create twenty of the most commonly featured items in theatrical and filmed productions. This book uses a combination of projects to expose readers to a wide range of materials and tools that they might find in a basic scenery or costume shop, serving both as a guide to building simple props and as a crash course in the variety of items a props person may have to build. The projects require a variety of tools, techniques, and materials so that a practitioner who completes all of them will have received a complete introduction to the basics of prop building.Assuming no previous knowledge of prop building, this is the perfect primer for students, hobbyists, or community theater enthusiasts looking to enter the prop shop.Prop Building for Beginners includes access to full-scale printable versions of the patterns featured in the book.Table of ContentsIntroductionSafetyA Note About PatternsPart 1: Projects1. Letter2. Old Book3. Lantern4. Treasure Chest5. Chalice6. Roast Chicken7. Skull8. Key9. Scepter10. Loaf of Bread11. Crown12. Sword13. Tree Branch with Leaves 14. Folding Fan15. Coin Purse16. Haversack17. Dead Bird18. Wooden Crate19. Rehearsal Cube20. Upholstered Foot StoolPart 2: Materials21. Paper and Papier-Mâché22. Foam and Clay23. Fabric24. Wood 25. Glue and Tape26. PaintSpecial ThanksGlossary Index

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Book SynopsisHow can we protect our privacy in this digital era? Because of the emerging of ‘The internet of things’ this question becomes more and more relevant to designers. Technology becomes part of our daily used products. Watches, clothing, cars, houses are becoming ‘smart’, all being connected to the ‘cloud’. This book gives you guidance on how to design for privacy. This book is written to encourage designers to think about and to design for privacy issues. The technology behind the smart products and systems are so complex, that for the consumer it is difficult to understand what the consequences are for everyday life. Designers have to start thinking about transparency and accessibility in the design of privacy-sensitive products and services. This book offers the designer guidance, in the form of eight design principles, that help with designing products and services.

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Book SynopsisCats are creatures of beauty and mystery. They live among us but have never quite been tamed, drawing the ire of some and the admiration of others. They keep rodents away from our homes and offer purring companionship for those they have deemed worthy of their attention. The feline form exudes grace and flexibility and can be a joy to draw. In this step-by-step guide, J. C. Amberlyn combines her love of cats with her beautiful, detailed drawing style in order to teach beginning artists to draw many different breeds of cats and kittens in pencil and pen-and-ink. Cats are creatures of beauty and mystery. They live among us but have never quite been tamed, drawing the ire of some and the admiration of others. They keep rodents away from our homes and offer purring companionship for those they have deemed worthy of their attention. The feline form exudes grace and flexibility and can be a joy to draw. How to Draw Cats and Kittens continues a rich tradition of cats in art. Covering all the most popular types of cats, as well as kittens, this book gives easy-to-follow instructions for drawing cats in many poses and a variety of expressions. Amberlyn includes basic information on art materials and the fundamental mechanics of drawing so that even beginners will feel confident and successful as they learn to produce highly detailed, lifelike drawings of their fluffy companions.Trade Review"How to Draw Cats and Kittens is a joy just to browse through and admire the gorgeous illustrations. This is a wonderful book for children who are budding artists, and adults who are trying to rediscover their creative side." - Ingrid King, The Conscious Cat

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Book SynopsisA practical guide on how to create truly amazing items from cardboard, from hanging wall art to desk organisation pieces.

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Book SynopsisLooks at the retail shop window displays that have pushed boundaries across the globe, with visually stunning results.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kathleen James-Chakraborty’s Architecture since 1400 deserves the widest possible readership. This is a brilliantly conceived and beautifully written book that presents an original analysis of notable buildings around the world."—Dolores Hayden, Yale University"Architecture since 1400 is a mature, impressive work—truly a global history of architecture. It is hard to imagine a more teachable book."—Nancy S. Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania "This book is a joy to read. As a scholar, James-Chakraborty has researched in depth, is able to condense her source material superbly, and offers intriguing insights into the buildings/projects under discussion."—ABE JournalTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionKathleen James-Chakraborty1. Wilhelmine Precedents for the Bauhaus: Hermann Muthesius, the Prussian State, and the German WerkbundJohn V. Maciuika2. Henry van de Velde and Walter Gropius: Between Avoidance and ImitationKathleen James-Chakraborty3. From Metaphysics to Material Culture: Painting and Photography at the BauhausRose-Carol Washton Long 4. Architecture, Building, and the BauhausWallis Miller5. Bauhaus Theater of Human DollsJuliet Koss 6. Utopia for Sale: The Bauhaus and Weimar Germany’s Consumer CultureFrederic J. Schwartz7. Bauhaus Architecture in the Third ReichWinfried Nerdinger8. From Isolationism to Internationalism: American Acceptance of the Bauhaus Kathleen James-Chakraborty9. The Bauhaus in Cold War GermanyGreg CastilloNotesSelect BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDror Benshetrit's massively successful design for brands like Tumi, Rosenthal, and Cappellini and his next phase of visionary large-scale projects are now assembled in this debut monograph. Since 2002, Dror Benshetrit has developed an interdisciplinary practice specializing in truly innovative design projects. His multifaceted approach to design at wildly varying scales and concepts encompass product design, interior design, graphic design, and architecture. In this survey of Dror Benshetrit's first fifteen years of practice, readers are introduced to an ingenious design practice that started with household objects and furniture, to a collaborator with top brands such as Tumi, Rosenthal, Cappellini, and Bentley, and has since evolved into a visionary architecture office. Dror Dreams showcases the evolution of the designer's work, reflecting the diversification of his practice over time and the profound results that stem from its holistic approach. Told in his own approachable voice, charting his path from impassioned novice to ambitious ideator, Dror shares the conceptual origins and process behind his projects, as well as marking successes, failures, and conclusions. Dror seeks to communicate the value of creativity without limitation, promote the importance of collaboration, and through example inspire tomorrow's designers to dream big.

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Book SynopsisFor lovers of vintage clothing, British supermodel and vintage fashion muse Kate Moss unveils a personally curated selection of her favorite couture and costume pieces from the Museo de la Moda, the world-class fashion museum in Santiago, Chile.International fashion icon Kate Moss and the premier South American fashion museum Museo de la Moda meet in this undeniably stylish volume that celebrates iconic vintage fashion moments throughout history. The Museo de la Moda, founded in 1999, opened in 2007, and directed by Chile's first textile industry scion Jorge Yarur Bascuñán, is one of the world's most important but least-known museums of its kind, housing exquisite garments from nineteenth-century Dolman shawls to twenty-first-century sequin dresses by Balmain.Edited by Kate Moss with text contributions from fashion curator Lydia Kamitsis, this volume features a stylish selection of one hundred archival pieces from the museum, each charting different

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the growing field of bio-design through interdisciplinary creative practice. The volume illustrates a range of experimental working techniques while offering a foundational understanding of lab practice principles. The book highlights the myriad of opportunities presented by microorganisms that have reshaped the planet and made it habitable.The book provides an account of the creation of living materials from the point of view of an architectural design practitioner. The transition from traditional design practice to laboratory investigation is captured, highlighting strategies of creating partnerships across a range of fields. The book demonstrates laboratory methods and ways of investigating the development of living materials and celebrates the growing body of practitioners, scientists, activists and anthropologists who are reimagining new strategies for addressing contemporary environmental challenges.Designer''s Guide to Lab Practice loTable of Contents1. This is not the Beginning 2. Design in the Lab 3. Working Methods 4. Experiments in Design 5. Where to Next?

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Book SynopsisHenry Dicks explores the philosophical significance of biomimicry, the application and adaptation of strategies found in nature to the development of artificial products and systems. He argues that biomimicry can serve as the basis for a new environmental philosophy that radically alters how we understand and relate to the natural world.Trade Review[The Biomimicry Revolution] provides not only an understanding of the theory and practice of biomimicry, but also a detailed and in-depth analysis of philosophy, classification, and problematization. These features enable the reader to understand that biomimicry is a coherent new entity and philosophy. This book can be used as a quality addition to the literature on a comprehensive philosophical analysis of biomimicry. * Regional Science Policy & Practice *This is an exciting and intellectually invigorating study into the underlying philosophy of biomimicry. Building upon the three principles central to biomimicry—nature as model, nature as measure, nature as mentor—Dicks creates a new philosophical framework structured by technics, ethics, and epistemology. What follows is a lively and groundbreaking ontological inquiry into ‘the nature of nature’ and what we can learn from nature about sustainably inhabiting the earth. -- Adrian Parr, author of Earthlings: Imaginative Encounters with the Natural WorldThe book, rooted in the continental tradition of philosophy, takes a fairly liberal approach to semantics and association, but is written in a very clear manner, and is well structured and relatively easy to follow. * Quarterly Review of Biology *In many instances, Dicks demonstrates a remarkable ability to navigate unexplored conceptual terrains, which have not been thoroughly examined, guided primarily by his biomimetic principles. * Journal of Ecohumanism *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Biomimicry as a New Philosophy1. Nature as Physis: An Ontology for Biomimicry2. Nature as Model: Biomimetic Technics3. Nature as Measure: Biomimetic Ethics4. Nature as Mentor: Biomimetic EpistemologyConclusion: Toward a New EnlightenmentNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDesign a long life full of love, purpose, well-being, and friendship, at any age, using the creative tools of award-winning product designer, author, and world''s #1 life coach Ayse Birsel.What does it mean to craft the life you want, as you grow older? For industrial designer and author Ayse Birsel, the answer draws on key principles of design-like optimism, empathy, collaboration, open-mindedness, and holistic thinking-as well as the experiences of older people on the pioneering frontiers of long life. Longer life is a thrilling, modern opportunity, and like so many parts of life it needs to be thoughtfully designed.Thinking about a long life is very exciting indeed. It''s also a new phenomenon. Fifty years ago, living into one''s seventies was considered the mark of a long life. Today, seventy feels young, eighty feels normal, and ninety is within reach. Birsel believes this new horizon of life is as important and exciting as the invention of moving pictures. Or th

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Book SynopsisIconic Designs is a beautifully designed and illustrated guide to fifty classic things' designs that we find in the city, in our homes and offices, on page and screen, and in our everyday lives. In her introduction, Grace Lees-Maffei explores what makes a design iconic', and fifty essays by leading design and cultural critics tell the story of each iconic thing', its innovative and unique qualities, and its journey to classic status. Subjects range from the late 19th century to the present day, and include the Sydney Opera House, the Post-It Note, Coco Chanel's classic suit, the Sony Walkman, Hello Kitty, the typeface Helvetica, the Ford Model T, Harry Beck's diagrammatic map of the London Underground and the Apple iMac G3. This handsome volume provides a treasure trove of stories' that will shed new light on the iconic designs that we use without thinking, aspire to possess, love or hate (or love to hate) and which form part of the fabric of our everyday liTrade ReviewA lavishly illustrated, treasurable guide. * Choice Magazine *This book demonstrates the vast and all-encompassing remit of design from Post-It-Notes to the classic Chanel suit. Within its pages acknowledged design classics jostle with other designs that have such a ubiquity we often forget just how iconic they really are. -- Charlotte Fiell, Design Historian and Author, UKDo you enjoy riding tuk-tuks in South Asia (Italian design, in fact), secretly enjoy visiting MacDonald's, or spend most of your time on Facebook? What got you hooked? In this book fifty icons of modern design are unpacked for you in a thoroughly imaginative manner, cutting across class, age, regional and temporal boundaries. A must for all students and lovers of design alike. -- Peter McNeil, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Interrogating Iconic Design, Grace Lees-Maffei PART ONE: HOT IN THE CITY Part Introduction 1. Eiffel Tower, France (Gustave Eiffel, 1889), Claire Jones, post doctoral research fellow on the AHRC-funded project Displaying Victorian Sculpture, UK 2. Ford Model T, USA (Henry Ford, 1908), Paul Hazell, University of Worcester, UK 3. London Underground Diagram, UK (1931), Christoph Lueder, ETH Zürich, Canterbury School of Architecture and Kingston University, UK 4. Tuk-Tuk, Italy/Thailand (Corradino D’Ascanio, 1948-), Thomas Brandt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 5. Sydney Opera House, Australia (Jørn Utzon, Denmark, 1957-73), D.J. Huppatz, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 6. McDonald’s Golden Arches Logo, USA (Jim Schindler, 1962), D.J. Huppatz, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 7. Mobility Scooter, USA (Allen R. Thieme, 1968), Nicolas P. Maffei, Norwich University College of the Arts, UK 8. Concorde, France/UK (Pierre Satre/Sir Archibald Russell, Aerospatiale/BAe, 1969), Amy Foster, University of Central Florida, USA 9. The London Eye, UK (Marks Barfield Architects, 1999), Jilly Traganou, Parsons The New School for Design, USA and Grace Vetrocq Tuttle, communication design specialist, USA 10. The Palm Islands, Dubai, UAE (Nakheel Properties, 2001-), Dolly Jørgensen, Umeå University, Sweden PART TWO: PAGE TURNERS AND SCREEN SIRENS Part Introduction 11. Isotype, Austria (Marie Reidemeister, Otto Neurath, Gerd Arntz, 1925-1934), Ellen Lupton, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA 12. Metropolis, Germany (Fritz Lang, 1927), Nathaniel Robert Walker, Ph.D. student at Brown University, USA 13. Penguin Books, UK (Allen Lane, 1935 and Jan Tschichold, 1947-9), Paul Shaw, Parsons School of Design, USA 14. Helvetica, Switzerland (Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffman, 1957), Kerry William Purcel, lThe University of Hertfordshire, UK 15. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover, UK (Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, 1967), Alice Twemlow, School of Visual Arts, USA 16. Graphical User Interface (GUI), USA (Apple, 1984), Paul Atkinson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK 17. Benetton Advertising Campaigns, Italy (Oliviero Toscani, 1986-), Celia Lury, University of Warwick, UK 18. Ray Gun, USA (David Carson, 1992-1995), Julia Moszkowicz, Southampton Solent University, UK 19. Ebay.com, USA (Pierre Omidyar, 1995), Ida Engholm, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark 20. Facebook, USA (Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, 2003), Alison Gazzard, University of Hertfordshire, UK PART THREE: GENIUS AT WORK Part Introduction 21. Paper Clip, USA (Samuel B. Fay, 1867), Joe Moran, Liverpool John Moores University, UK 22. Wooton Desk, USA (William S. Wooton, 1874), Kenneth L. Ames, Bard Graduate Center, USA 23. Incandescent Light Bulb, USA (Thomas Edison, 1880), Carroll Pursell, Australian National University, Australia 24. Streamlined Pencil Sharpener, USA (Raymond Loewy, 1933), Nicolas P. Maffei, Norwich University College of the Arts, UK 25. Bic Cristal Pen, France (Société PPA, 1950), Susan Lambert, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK 26. Polypropylene Chair, UK (Robin Day, 1960-63), Susan Lambert, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK 27. Valentine Typewriter, Italy (Ettore Sottsass Jr. and Perry A. King for C. Olivetti S.p.A., 1969), Penny Sparke, Kingston University, UK 28. Rubik’s Cube, Hungary (Erno Rubik, 1974), Kjetil Fallan, University of Oslo, Norway 29. Post-it Note, USA, 1980 (Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry for 3M), Alice Twemlow, School of Visual Arts, USA 30. Apple iMac G3, USA (Jonathan Ive for Apple, 1998), Paul Atkinson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK PART FOUR: HOME RULES Part Introduction 31. Portland Vase, UK (Josiah Wedgwood, 1789), Glenn Adamson, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK 32. Heinz 57 Varieties (Henry J. Heinz & L. Clarence Noble, 1869), Michael Golec, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA 33. ‘Strawberry Thief’, UK (William Morris, 1883), Emma Ferry, Nottingham Trent University, UK 34. Frankfurt Kitchen, Germany (Grete Lihotzky, 1926), Finn Arne Jørgensen, Umeå University, Sweden 35. Clubsessel ‘B3’ ‘Wassily’ Chair, Germany (Marcel Breuer, 1927), Clive Edwards, Loughborough University, UK 36. Princess Telephone, USA (Henry Dreyfuss for Bell Telephone, 1959), Lasse Brunnström, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 37. LEGO, Denmark (Ole Kirk Christiansen, 1958), Kjetil Fallan, University of Oslo, Norway 38. Barbie, USA (Ruth Handler/Mattel, 1959), Juliette Peers, RMIT University, Australia 39. Juicy Salif Lemon Squeezer, Italy/France (Philippe Starck, 1990), Grace Lees-Maffei, University of Hertfordshire, UK 40. Dyson DC01 Vacuum Cleaner, UK (James Dyson, 1993), Louise Crewe, University of Nottingham, UK PART FIVE: PERSONAL EFFECTS Part Introduction 41. Chopsticks, China (c. 3,000 BC), Yunah Lee, University of Brighton, UK 42. Zori and Flip-flop Sandal, Japan/World (n.d.), Martha Chaiklin, University of Pittsburgh, USA 43. Levi’s Jeans, USA (Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss & Co., 1873), Christopher Breward, University of Edinburgh, UK 44. Swiss Army Knife, Switzerland (Karl Elsener, Victorinox, 1891), Catharine Rossi, Kingston University, UK 45. Brownie Camera, USA (Eastman Kodak, 1900), Marc Olivier, Brigham Young University, USA 46. Chanel Suit, France (Coco Chanel, c. 1913), Hazel Clark, Parsons the New School for Design, USA 47. Coca-Cola Bottle, USA (Earl R. Dean, 1915), Finn Arne Jørgensen, Umeå University, Sweden 48. Hello Kitty, Japan (Yuko Shimizu for Sanrio, 1974), Brian J. McVeigh, University of Arizona, USA 49. Sony Walkman, Japan (Nobutoshi Kihara, 1978), Juliette Kristensen, Kingston University, UK 50. Wind-Up Radio, UK/South Africa (Trevor Baylis, 1992), Gabriele Oropallo, University of Oslo, Norway Notes Contributors Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn extraordinary book celebrating the unique connection between the House of Dior and the United States.  Published on the occasion of the retrospective staged at the Brooklyn Museum, this new title chronicles the history of the House of Dior from 1947, when Chris-tian Dior heralded the birth of a new era of elegance with his revolutionary New Look, to the present day, with a special focus on the House’s legacy in America.  Featuring a sophisticated Swiss binding, this book presents the exhibition’s highlights with creations by Christian Dior and the artistic directors who succeeded him: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and Maria Grazia Chiuri. Captured by artist Katerina Jebb, some of the House’s most legendary designs are displayed in highly unique images. A portfolio of iconic photographs by American masters—including Richard Avedon, Cass Bird, Henry Clarke, Trade Review"This version contains much more detailed information that was not exposed in the first telling, which is why the reader must read the text rather than think this is just one more glorious coffee table book featuring the creations of Maison Dior designed by all who held the reins since day one." —NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS"The Brooklyn Museum's upcoming Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams is one of the fall's most anticipated exhibitions, and this catalogue is a perfect way to bring the show—which features more than 200 haute couture garments in addition to sketches, videos, photos, and other items—home with you." —TOWN & COUNTRY"It wouldn’t be a Rizzoli publication if weren’t illustrated with outstanding illustrations and photographs, and these from artist Katerina Jebb (shown) and the world’s most famous photographers do indeed dazzle. . . The book concludes with a terrific portfolio of photographs from America’s most celebrated masters—including Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Bert Stern, Horst, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Annie Liebovitz and Deborah Turbeville—who captured celebrated beauties, top models (from Dovima to Christy Turlington), famous actresses (Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, to name just two) and rock stars (Rihanna) wearing Dior from the 1950s until today." —MYLITTLEBIRD.COM

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Book SynopsisA thorough exploration of Salvatore Ferragamo's life and work: an inescapable opportunity to analyze the importance of his creativity and entrepreneurial instinct. One hundred years have passed since Salvatore Ferragamo opened his first store, the Hollywood Boot Shop, opposite the recently built Grauman's Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. This set the seal on the success he achieved in America, where he had emigrated in 1915. He was perfectly integrated in the film world of those years, as important directors entrusted him with the design and creation of shoes for the film stars. His customers were movie actresses and actors, producers, and directors, who could no longer do without the elegant and comfortable footwear of the shoemaker to the stars, as the young man from Irpinia was nicknamed. Furthermore, his persona had a certain standing in Hollywood: he sat on the city's executive committees and lived on the same street as Charlie Chaplin. On May 4, 1923, Holly Leaves magazine pointed out just how much Ferragamo was doing for the city and its residents. The book illustrates various aspects of his life and work, including the difficulties he had to endure during the war, which in the end resulted in incredible surges of creativity, using the limited materials available during those years of scarcity. He literally made shoes with everything, from corks to fish skin. A wide selection of Ferragamo's patents is also featured. Kept today in the Archivio Centrale dello Stato in Rome, these important documents testify to his boundless creativity and mastery of the trade.

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Book SynopsisSusan Yelavich is an associate professor and director of the MA Design Studies program in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons The New School for Design, USA.Barbara Adams is a PhD candidate in sociology at the New School for Social Research and teaches in several other divisions of the New School in New York City, including Parsons The New School for Design and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts.Trade ReviewIn reading this book I thought that future-making is not building: it is weaving. Intertwining these essays, Susan Yelavich and Barbara Adams have been very skillful weavers. And, therefore, very effective future-makers. -- Ezio Manzini, Professor of Design at the Politecnico di Milano, ItalyA probing investigation of the design of design, this heroically optimistic book looks beyond mere things to their imbrication by the social, the political, and the ecological. Revealing layers of informality, resistance, and unpredictability in form-making, these essays whiz across borders in search of both the insubordination of objects and of the ways our relationships with them can make happy changes in the world we inhabit and invent together. -- Michael Sorkin, The City College of New York, USAThe future has never felt more uncertain, but Design as Future-Making truly captures the role that design can and will play in moving us forward. It is the right book for this moment. -- Fred Dust, IDEO, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword, Arjun Appadurai, New York University, USA Introduction: Design as Future-Making, Susan Yelavich, Parsons The New School for Design, USA Section I. Crafting Capacities Introduction, Barbara Adams, The New School for Social Research, USA Thinking Differently about Life: Design, Biomedicine and "Negative Capability", Elio Caccavale, Glasgow School of Art, UK and Tom Shakespeare, University of East Anglia Medical School, UK Unmapping, Sean Donahue, Research-Centered Design, USA Fashion Hacking, Otto von Busch, Parsons The New School for Design, USA Digital Crafting and the Challenge to Material Practices, Mette Ramsgard Thomsen, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Denmark Petrified Curtains, Animate Architextiles, Susan Yelavich, Parsons The New School for Design, USA Section II. Shifting Geographies Introduction, Susan Yelavich, Parsons The New School for Design, USA Urban Ecologies: Quatre systèmes de conception pour la fabrication de “la Cité”, William Morrish, Parsons The New School of Design, USA Architecture of Informality, Ivan Kucina, University of Belgrade, Serbia The Trans/Local Geography of Olympic Dissent: Activism, Design, Affect, Jilly Traganou, Parsons The New School for Design, USA and Grace Vetrocq Tuttle, communication design specialist, USA Garments as Agents of Change: Lucia Cuba, Hazel Clark, Parsons The New School for Design, USA Returning Duchamp’s Urinal to the Bathroom? On the Reconnection of Artistic Experimentation, Social Responsibility and Institutional Transformation, Teddy Cruz, University of California, San Diego, USA Sze Tsung Leong and Susan Yelavich Interview, Sze Tsung Leong, artist, USA Section III. Up-ending Systems Introduction, Barbara Adams, The New School for Social Research, USA Designing Time, Anna Barbara, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy Reasons to Be Cheerful, 1, 2, 3 … (Or Why the Artificial May Yet Save Us), Clive Dilnot, Parsons The New School for Design, USA Design Away, Cameron Tonkinwise, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Pace Layers, Bruce Sterling, author, journalist, editor and critic, USA Forms of Space and Time, Anna Barbara, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy “When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war”: Systemic Complexity and the Irregularities of Scale, Jamer Hunt, Parsons The New School, USA Afterword: Tim Marshall, The New School, USA Endnotes Bibliography Contributor Biographies

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