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Book SynopsisSustainability is now a buzzword both among professionals and scholars. However, though climate change and resource depletion are now widely recognised by business as major challenges, and while new practices like 'green design' have emerged, efforts towards change remain weak and fragmented. Exposing these limitations, Design Futuring systematically presents ideas and methods for Design as an expanded ethical and professional practice. Design Futuring argues that responding to ethical, political, social and ecological concerns now requires a new type of practice which recognises design's importance in overcoming a world made unsustainable. Illustrated throughout with international case material, Design Futuring presents the author's ground-breaking ideas in a coherent framework, focusing specifically on the ways in which concerns for ethics and sustainability can change the practice of Design for the 21st Century. Design Futuring - a pathfinding text for the new era - extends far beyond Design courses and professional practice and will be invaluable also to students and practitioners of Architecture, the Creative Arts, Business and Management.Trade ReviewDesign Futuring defines redirective practice as a critical new paradigm for design-a way of engaging design and sustainability as they are implicated in and essential to our very survival. Broad. Accessible. Timely. Eli Blevis, Indiana University at Bloomington A great introduction to the key concepts and contributions that Tony Fry has brought to the discourse of sustainability, alongside new concepts like redirective practice and practical suggestions for meaningful action. This is original thinking accessible to readers from all sectors. Frances Whitehead, School of the Art Institute of Chicago This is an important book. One that is highly useful for designers, design educators and design students of any design area. Aidan Rowe, University of Alberta Forceful, convincing, persuasive, and ultimately refreshing, leaving the reader with renewed investment in the role of designers for a sustain-able future. Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture It has an easy reading style and an impressive bibliography and back up notes ... It's a reference book that could be used for core teaching right across the design and technology spectrum, with teachers being able to draw on concepts that can be easily explained at KS3, but also incorporating meatier offerings for those teaching at KS4 and A level. just4TextilesTable of ContentsContents Introduction PART ONE: RETHINKING THE CONTEXT AND PRACTICE OF DESIGN 1. Understanding the Nature of 'Practice' 2. Understanding the Directional Nature of Design (as object and practice) 3. The Imperative of the Redirection of Design 4. Design as a Redirective Practice 5. Reviewing Two Key Redirective Practices 6. Futuring, Redirective Practice, Development and Culture PART TWO: STRATEGIC DESIGN THINKING 7. Unpacking Futuring in Relation to the Self, Community, Culture and Ethics 8. Methods of Change 1: Platforming, Return Briefs and New Teams 9. Methods of Change 2: Designing in time 10. Futuring and Learning the New from the Past 11. Designer as Redirective Practitioner: New Roles beyond Design PART 3: DESIGN, SUSTAINMENT AND FUTURES 12. Futuring Against Sustaining the Unsustainable 13. Sustainment and a New Epoch of Humanity 14. Picturing Economic and Cultural Futures 15. Sustainment by Design (as Redirective Practice): 'Dig Where You Stand' 16. Challenges of the Communication of Sustainment and Futuring Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDigital Design: A Critical Introduction provides a much-needed new perspective on designing with digital media. Linking ideas from media theory, generative design and creativity with examples from nature, art, architecture, industrial design, websites, animation and games, it addresses some fundamental questions about creative design with digital media. Featuring original material based on the authors' own research, the book argues that the recognition and understanding of the interplay of the two apparently opposing concepts of rules and contingency supports original thinking, creativity and innovation. Going beyond existing texts on the subject, Digital Design is an accessible primer whose innovative approach transcends the analysis of individual subfields - such as animation, games and website design - yet offers practical help within all of them.Trade ReviewEmphasising a maker's perspective on digital design - the nodes, networks, and the capacity for participation and evolution that digital media affords us - and maintaining a consistent conceptual position, this book makes the case for a generic approach to digital design. * Karen Cham, Kingston University, UK *As an artist myself I found the book very stimulating. The authors draw interesting connections between multiple topics. * Greg Johnson, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA *Table of ContentsRules and Digital Design Bending Rules Making Digital Artefacts Developing Digital Creativity Analysis: Product Design and Art Analysis: Architecture, Film and Games Serious Play Studio Journals Critical Ideas Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisI: Theorie.- 1 Einführung.- 2 Lineare Elastizitätstheorie.- 3 Stabformige Tragwerke.- 4 Energietheoreme der Elastomechanik.- II: Beispiele zur Theorie und Anwendungen.- 1 Einführung.- 2.3 Anwendung der linearen Elastizitätstheorie auf die Scheibe.- 3.1 Definitionen und Grundlagen der geometrischen Beschreibung von Querschnitten.- 3.2 Elementare Torsionstheorie (ETT) nach B. de St. Venant für dünnwandige, stabförmige Tragwerke.- 3.3 Elementare Biegetheorie (EBT).- 3.4 Wölbkrafttorsion.- 4 Energietheoreme.- Literatur.- Sachwortverzeichnis.Trade Review"...Der Autor will ... das Wissen vermitteln, das notwendig ist, um weiterführende Bücher lesen zu können ... Diesem Anspruch wird er gerecht. Die Auswahl des Formelapparates ist gelungen, die Herleitungen sind knapp, aber dennoch verständlich kommentiert, die Diskussion der Ergebnisse ist ausführlicher als gewohnt; häufig helfen gute Abbildungen. Bemerkenswert sind die immer wieder hergestellten Querverbindungen zwischen den Abschnitten..." (Bauingenieur)Table of ContentsI: Theorie.- 1 Einführung.- 2 Lineare Elastizitätstheorie.- 2.1 Voraussetzungen.- 2.2 Grundgleichungen der linearen Elastizitätstheorie.- 2.2.1 Differentialgleichungen des Gleichgewichtes.- 2.2.1.1 Statische Beziehungen im Körperinneren (SS).- 2.2.1.1.1 Ebener Fall.- 2.2.1.1.2 Erweiterung auf den Raum.- 2.2.1.2 Statische Beziehungen an einem Schnitt bzw. am Rand (SSS).- 2.2.1.2.1 Ebener Fall (Dicke „1“).- 2.2.1.2.2 Erweiterung auf den Raum.- 2.2.1.2.3 Randbedingung der Kräfte (KRB).- 2.2.1.3 Spannungsfelder, Airysche Spannungsfunktion, Spannungsansätze.- 2.2.1.3.1 Spannungsfelder ?.- 2.2.1.3.2 Airysche Spannungsfunktion ?.- 2.2.1.3.3 Pascalsches Dreieck als Hilfsmittel für Spannungsbzw. Verschiebungsansätze in Polynomform.- 2.2.2 Differentialgleichungen der Kinematik (KVV).- 2.2.2.1 Verschiebungs-Verzerrungsbeziehungen.- 2.2.2.1.1 Ebener Fall.- 2.2.2.1.2 Erweiterung auf den Raum.- 2.2.2.2 Kompatibilitäts- bzw. Verträglichkeitsbeziehungen.- 2.2.2.2.1 Ebener Fall.- 2.2.2.2.2 Erweiterung auf den Raum.- 2.2.2.3 Randbedingungen für die Verschiebungen (GRB).- 2.2.3 Stoffgesetze.- 2.2.3.1 Homogene, isotrope Stoffe im dreidimensionalen Raum.- 2.2.3.2 Ebene Zustände bei homogenem, isotropem Material.- 2.2.3.2.1 Ebener Dehnungszustand (?z = ?yz = ?zx = 0).- 2.2.3.2.2 Ebener Spannungszustand (?z = ?yz = ?zx = 0).- 2.2.3.3 Anisotrope Stoffe.- 2.3 Anwendung der Grundgleichungen auf die Scheibe.- 2.3.1 Lösungsschema, Schnittgrößen, Ausgangsgleichungen.- 2.3.2 Lösungsweg bei Anwendung der Gleichungen für den ebenen Spannungszustand (?z = 0, isotroper Werkstoff).- 2.3.2.1 Kraftmethode: (gesucht sind die DGL’n der Spannungen).- 2.3.2.1.1 Anwendung der Airyschen Spannungsfunktion.- 2.3.2.2 Deformationsmethode: (gesucht sind die DGL’n der Verschiebungen).- 2.3.3 Lösungsweg bei Anwendung der Gleichungen für den ebenen Dehnungszustand (?z = 0, isotroper Werkstoff).- 2.3.3.1 Deformationsmethode.- 2.3.3.2 Kraftmethode.- 2.3.4 Anmerkungen und Zusammenfassung.- 2.4 Anwendung der Grundgleichungen bei Torsion.- 2.4.1 St. Venantsche Torsionstheorie.- 2.4.1.1 Kinematische Zusammenhänge (KVV).- 2.4.1.2 Stoffgesetz, Spannungs- Verschiebungsbeziehungen.- 2.4.1.3 Gleichgewichtsbeziehungen (SS).- 2.4.2 Prandtlsche Torsionsfunktion.- 2.4.2.1 Ermittlung der Kompatibilitätsbedingungen.- 2.4.2.2 Gleichgewichtsbeziehungen (SS).- 2.4.2.2.1 Randbedingungen auf der Zylinderoberfläche.- 2.4.2.2.2 Spannungen im Stabquerschnitt (yz-Ebene).- 2.4.2.2.3 Schnittkräfte bzw. Randbedingungen an den Stabenden.- 2.4.2.3 Membrananalogie.- 2.4.2.4 Ermittlung der Schubspannungsverteilung in einigen zylindrischen Vollquerschnitten.- 2.5 Anhang: Transformation von Koordinaten, Vektoren und Tensoren zweiter Stufe.- 2.5.1 Übergang von der Vektor- bzw. Matrixschreibweise zur Indexschreibweise.- 2.5.2 Koordinatentransformation, Transformation eines Ortsvektors, einer Strecke, eines Winkels.- 2.5.3 Transformation der Spannungen.- 2.5.4 Dyadisches Produkt und der Begriff des Tensors.- 2.5.4.1 Transformation des dyadischen Produktes bzw. des Tensors 2. Stufe.- 2.5.4.2 Eigenschaften eines Tensors 2. Stufe.- 2.5.5 Transformation der Verzerrungen.- 3 Stabformige Tragwerke.- 3.1 Definitionen und Grundlagen.- 3.1.1 Begriffsbestimmung und Voraussetzungen für stabformige Tragwerke.- 3.1.2 Lösungsablauf beim Berechnen von stabförmigen Tragwerken.- 3.1.3 Spannungen in dünnwandigen, stabförmigen Tragwerken (SS).- 3.1.3.1 Kraftflüsse.- 3.1.3.2 Gleichgewicht an einem dünnwandigen Element (SS).- 3.1.4 Zusammenhang zwischen Spannungen und Schnittgrößen an den Schnittflächen eines stabförmigen Tragwerkes (SSS).- 3.1.4.1 Schnittgrößen am Vollquerschnitt (SSS).- 3.1.4.2 Schnittgrößen an offenen oder geschlossenen dünnwandigen Querschnitten (SSS).- 3.1.5 Gleichgewicht von äußeren Lasten und Schnittlasten an einem stabförmigen Element (SSL).- 3.1.6 Allgemeine Betrachtung der kinematischen Bedingungen an stabförmigen Tragwerken (KVV).- 3.1.6.1 Betrachtung des Querschnittes.- 3.1.6.1.1 Wölbkoordinate w bei offenen, dünnwandigen Querschnitten.- 3.1.6.2 Betrachtung des kinematischen Verhaltens eines Querschnittes bei Drillung.- 3.1.6.2.1 Definition des Schubmittelpunktes (Momentan(dreh)poles).- 3.1.6.2.2 Betrachtung eines Hautelementes.- 3.1.6.2.3 Definition von vt beim Vorliegen eines Allgemeinen Koordinatensystems.- 3.1.7 Flächenintegrale (Aus der Geometrie der stabförmigen Tragwerke und der Wahl des Koordinatensystems resultierende Zusammenhänge).- 3.1.7.1 Flächenintegrale ohne Wölbanteil.- 3.1.7.1.1 Allgemeines Koordinatensystem (AG-KOS: (x,y,z))..- 3.1.7.1.2 Schwerpunkt-Koordinatensystem (SP-KOS: (x, y, z)).- 3.1.7.1.3 Hauptachsen-Koordinatensystem (HA-KOS: (x,?, z)) bei Biegung ohne Wölbbeanspruchung.- 3.1.7.1.4 Hierarchie der Flächenintegrale der yz-Koordinaten ohne Wölbanteil.- 3.1.7.2 Hierarchie und Systematik der Flächenintegrale.- 3.1.7.3 Flächenintegrale mit Wölbanteil.- 3.1.7.3.1 Ermittlung der Verwölbung.- 3.1.7.3.2 Normierte Wölblkoordinate (Einheitsverwölbung), Ermittlung von w0.- 3.1.7.3.3 Transformation der Verwölbung bei Änderung des Poles.- 3.1.7.3.4 Normierte Flächenintegrale zweiter Ordnung.- 3.1.7.3.5 Hauptkoordinaten.- 3.1.7.3.6 Ermittlung des Schubmittelpunktes für offene Profile (SM).- 3.1.7.3.7 Ermittlung des kleinsten Wölb Widerstandes.- 3.1.7.4 Abschließende Bemerkungen.- 3.2 Elementare Torsionstheorie (ETT) nach B. de St. Venant für dünnwandige stabförmige Tragwerke.- 3.2.1 Torsion einer Welle mit Kreisquerschnitt.- 3.2.2 Lösung des Spannungsproblems für eine einzellige dünnwandige Röhre (SS und SSS).- 3.2.3 Kinematische Zusammenhänge bei geschlossenen und offenen (Hohl-) Querschnitten (KVV) und ihre Verknüpfung mit der Schnittkraft.- 3.2.3.1 Ermittlung der Wölbfunktion für geschlossene und offene Querschnitte.- 3.2.3.1.1 Wölbfunktion für geschlossene Querschnitte Zwangsfreie Drillung um den SMg (W = u(s) ? u0).- 3.2.3.1.2 Wölbfunktion für offene Querschnitte Zwangsfreie Drillung um den SM (W = u(s) ? u0).- 3.2.3.2 Ermittlung des spezifischen Drillwinkels ? für einzellige geschlossene Querschnitte bei zwangsfreier Drillung.- 3.2.3.3 Verwölbungsfreie, sogenannte Neubersche (Zylinder-) Schalen.- 3.2.3.4 Abschätzung der Verwölbung eines Rechteckquerschnittes ohne Wölbbehinderung.- 3.2.3.5 Betrachtungen zur Torsion eines dünnwandigen Querschnittes mit Wölbbehinderung (Feste Einspannung).- 3.2.4 Torsion einer mehrzelligen Röhre.- 3.2.5 Zwangsfreie Drillung nicht kreisförmiger Vollquerschnitte (Näherung für b ? t).- 3.3 Elementare Biegetheorie, „EBT“ (Navier-Biegetheorie).- 3.3.1 Voraussetzungen, Abgrenzungen, Gültigkeit.- 3.3.2 Grundgleichungen der EBT.- 3.3.2.1 Betrachtungen zur Kinematik der Biegetheorie (KVV).- 3.3.2.1.1 Verzerrungs-Verschiebungsbeziehungen (KVV).- 3.3.2.2 Betrachtungen zum Gleichgewicht.- 3.3.3 Ermittlung der Spannungen in einem Schnitt.- 3.3.3.1 Ermittlung der Normalspannungen in einem Schnitt.- 3.3.3.1.1 Allgemeines Koordinatensystem (AG-KOS).- 3.3.3.1.2 Schwerpunkt-Koordinatensystem (SP-KOS).- 3.3.3.1.3 Hauptachsen-Koordinatensystem (HA-KOS).- 3.3.3.2 Ermittlung der Schub-Spannungen bzw. des Schubflusses in dünnwandigen zylindrischen Querschnitten.- 3.3.4 Ermittlung der Biegelinie (Elastizitätsgesetze der EBT).- 3.3.4.1 Die durch Dehnung entstehende Biegelinie.- 3.3.4.2 Abschätzung des Einflusses der Schubdeformation.- 3.3.5 Schubflußverteilung in offenen Querschnitten.- 3.3.5.1 Hydrodynamische Analoga.- 3.3.6 Momentenäquivalenz und ihre Anwendung zur Bestimmung von Schubmittelpunkten.- 3.3.6.1 Ermittlung des Schubmittelpunktes offener Querschnitte (SM).- 3.3.6.2 Ermittlung des Schubmittelpunktes geschlossener Querschnitte (SMg).- 3.3.7 Schubflußverteilung in geschlossenen Hohlquerschnitten.- 3.3.7.1 Einzellige geschlossene Querschnitte.- 3.3.7.2 Mehrzellige geschlossene Querschnitte.- 3.3.8 Schubfeldträger.- 3.3.8.1 Rechteckfeld.- 3.3.8.2 Parallelogrammfeld.- 3.3.8.3 Trapezfeld.- 3.3.8.4 Allgemeines Viereckfeld.- 3.3.8.5 Offene Schubfeldträger.- 3.3.8.6 Geschlossene Schubfeldträger.- 3.3.8.7 Bemerkungen zur Zugfeldtheorie.- 3.4 Dünnwandige Querschnitte unter Berücksichtigung der Wölbkrafttorsion (EWT).- 3.4.1 Voraussetzungen, physikalisches Verhalten.- 3.4.2 Kinematische Beziehungen (KVV).- 3.4.3 Gleichgewichtsbedingungen.- 3.4.4 Stoffgesetz.- 3.4.5 Ermittlung der Spannung in einem Schnitt.- 3.4.5.1 Normalspannungen.- 3.4.5.2 Schubspannungen.- 3.4.6 Grundgleichungen der Wölbkrafttorsion.- 3.4.6.1 Bestimmung von Mx? und ?x aus Torsionsbeanspruchung.- 3.4.7 Abschätzung der Spannungen in einem Schnitt für geschlossene, dünnwandige, einzellige Querschnitte.- 3.4.8 Anhang.- 4 Energietheoreme der Elastomechanik.- 4.1 Voraussetzungen.- 4.2 Begriff der Arbeit und der virtuellen Arbeit.- 4.3 Arbeit und Ergänzungsarbeit (komplementäre oder konjugierte Arbeit).- 4.3.1 Arbeit W und virtuelle Arbeit ?W.- 4.3.1.1 Verallgemeinerung.- 4.3.2 Ergänzungsarbeit W* (nach Engesser) und virtuelle Ergänzungsarbeit ?W*.- 4.3.2.1 Verallgemeinerung.- 4.3.3 Satz von Betti.- 4.3.4 Satz von Maxwell (Betti-Maxwellsches Reziprozitäts-Theorem).- 4.4 Formänderungsenergie und Ergänzungs-Formänderungsenergie (komplementäre Formänderungsenergie).- 4.4.1 Formänderungsenergie U? und virtuelle Formänderungsenergie ?U?.- 4.4.2 Komplementäre Formänderungsenergie U*? und virtuelle komplementäre Formänderungsenergie ?U*?.- 4.5 Folgerungen.- 4.5.1 Folgerungen aus den Ableitungen über Arbeit und Formänderungsenergie.- 4.5.2 Folgerungen aus den Ableitungen über komplementäre Arbeit und komplementäre Formänderungsenergie.- 4.6 Prinzipe der Virtuellen Verrückungen (PVV) und der Virtuellen Kräfte (PVK).- 4.6.1 Prinzip der Virtuellen Verrückungen (PVV) bzw. Prinzip der Virtuellen Arbeit.- 4.6.2 Prinzip der Virtuellen Kräfte (PVK) bzw. Prinzip der Virtuellen Komplementären Arbeit.- 4.7 Ableitung weiterer Energie — Theoreme aus dem PVV und PVK.- 4.7.1 Theoreme der Einheitsverschiebung (EVT) und der Einheitslast (ELT).- 4.7.1.1 Anwendungsbeispiele für das Einheitslasttheorem (ELT).- 4.7.1.1.1 Statisch bestimmte Systeme.- 4.7.1.1.2 Statisch überbestimmte Systeme.- 4.7.2 Theoreme bzw. Sätze von Castigliano (Engesser).- 4.7.3 Theoreme vom Stationären Wert der Potentiellen Gesamtenergie.- 4.7.3.1 Prinzip vom Stationären Wert der Gesamten Potentiellen Energie (Satz vom Minimum des Elastischen Gesamtpotentiales).- 4.7.3.2 Prinzip vom Stationären Wert der Gesamten Komplementären Potentiellen Energie (Satz vom Minimum des Komplementären Elastischen Gesamtpotentiales).- 4.7.3.3 Satz vom Minimum des (Linear-) Elastischen Gesamtpotentiales.- 4.7.3.4 Satz vom Minimum des Komplementären (Linear-) Elastischen Gesamtpotentiales.- 4.7.4 Theoreme vom Minimum der Formänderungsenergie und der komplementären Formänderungsenergie der Gesamtverformung.- 4.7.4.1 Theorem vom Minimum der Formänderungsenergie der Gesamtverformung.- 4.7.4.2 Theorem vom Minimum der komplementären Formänderungsenergie der Gesamtverformung.- 4.7.5 Abschließende Bemerkungen.- 4.7.6 Anhang.- II: Beispiele zur Theorie und Anwendungen.- 1 Einführung.- 1-1 Vorgehen bei der Idealisierung.- 1-2 Anwendungsbeispiele.- 1-2.1 Ermittlung von Luftkräften.- 1-2.2 Ermittlung äußerer Lasten.- 2.3 Anwendung der linearen Elastizitätstheorie auf die Scheibe.- 2.3-1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 2.3-2 Aufgaben.- 2.3-2.1 Spannungsproblem.- 2.3-2.2 Verschiebungs-Verzerrungsproblem.- 2.3-2.3 Spannungs-Verzerrungsproblem.- 2.3-2.4 Vergleich: Scheibe-Kragbalken.- 2.3-2.5 Vergleich: Scheibe-Beidseitig gelenkig gelagerter Biegebalken.- 3.1 Definitionen und Grundlagen der geometrischen Beschreibung von Querschnitten.- 3.1-1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.1-2 Aufgaben.- 3.1-3 Fragen zum Verständnis.- 3.2 Elementare Torsionstheorie (ETT) nach B. de St. Venant für dünnwandige, stabförmige Tragwerke.- 3.2-1 Dünnwandige, geschlossene Querschnitte.- 3.2-1.1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.2-1.2 Aufgaben.- 3.2-2 Dünnwandige, offene Querschnitte.- 3.2-2.1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.2-2.2 Aufgaben.- 3.3 Elementare Biegetheorie (EBT).- 3.3-1 Biegelinie und Normalspannungen.- 3.3-1.1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.3-1.2 Aufgaben.- 3.3-2 Schubflußberechnung für offene Querschnitte.- 3.3-2.1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.3-2.2 Aufgaben.- 3.3-3 Schubflußberechnung für geschlossene einzellige Querschnitte.- 3.3-3.1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.3-3.2 Aufgaben.- 3.3-4 Schubflußberechnung für geschlossene mehrzellige Querschnitte.- 3.3-4.1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.3-4.2 Aufgaben.- 3.3-5 Allgemeiner Vierecks-Schubfeldträger (SFT).- 3.3-5.1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.3-5.2 Aufgabe.- 3.3-6 Anwendungsbeispiele.- 3.3-6.1 Abschätzung der Beanspruchung des Querschnittes eines Flugzeugrumpfes.- 3.3-6.2 Schnittkräfte am Rumpfeines Flugzeuges infolge der Lasten aus gepfeilten Tragflächen.- 3.4 Wölbkrafttorsion.- 3.4-1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 3.4-1.1 Annahmen und Voraussetzungen.- 3.4-1.2 Differentialgleichung der Wölbkrafttorsion.- 3.4-2 Aufgaben.- 4 Energietheoreme.- 4-1 Zusammenfassung der theoretischen Grundlagen.- 4-1.1 Einheitsverschiebungstheorem und Einheitslasttheorem..- 4-1.2 Theoreme von Castigliano I und II.- 4-1.3 Anwendung der Integraltabelle.- 4-2 Statisch bestimmte Systeme.- 4-2.1 Aufgabe.- 4-2.1.1 Lösung mit Hilfe des ELT.- 4-2.1.2 Lösung mit Hilfe von Castigliano II.- 4-3 Äußerlich statisch überbestimmte Systeme.- 4-3.1 Aufgabe.- 4-4 Innerlich statisch überbestimmte Systeme.- 4-4.1 Aufgabe.- 4-5 Anwendungsbeispiele.- 4-5.1 Regal.- 4-5.2 Doppeldecker.- 4-5.3 Schubfeldträger.- Literatur.- Sachwortverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisReimagining Alternative Technology for Design in the 21st Century presents a new approach to design that harnesses still-valuable alternative, traditional and abandoned technologies alongside the creation of new ones to address contemporary global problems. It focuses on design opportunities that reduce energy and material consumption to tackle issues such as climate change and pollution in industrialized economies. The book takes the reader on a journey surveying different facets of human activity to identify underused and discarded technologies that could be indispensable today. It critically addresses newer approaches to design and technology by comparing them to existing alternatives, unpacking examples including air conditioning with smart thermostats, electric lighting, durable reusable products, domestic maintenance tools and methods of transportation.Written for practicing designers and students in industrial design, architecture, sustainable design anTrade Review"The age of buildings as ‘machines for living in’ is ending. We live in an increasingly unpredictable world. ‘Fit for purpose’ building in the 21st century must cope with evermore extreme weather events, grid failures, finite natural resources and soaring costs of living. Buildings, and the products and furnishings inside them, must be durable, repairable and adaptable. Alternative technologies re-connect people with the free, natural energy flows of the ecosystems they occupy, enabling them to do more for less, educating them to protect against and exploit those powerful flows where useful. This book is a great read for all who are keen to survive and thrive in a different future." Susan Roaf, Professor of Architectural Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, UK"Sometimes the best idea is one that’s tried, true and ready for a comeback. Kennedy makes a brilliant argument for innovative revivals of ideas, products and goods whose time has once again come. A must-read for anyone looking for a more sustainable future!"David Sax, journalist based in Canada, and author of the best-selling book, Revenge of the AnalogTable of ContentsIntroduction: Alternative Technology for the 21st Century 1. Why Should Alternative Technology be Reexamined? 2. The Imperfect Renaissance of the American City Street: Sidewalks, Bike Lanes and Electric Surface Transit 3. Heating and Cooling: Alternatives for Thermal Comfort 4. Daylighting Vs. Electric Lighting 5. The Hidden Costs of Domestic Upkeep 6. Return to Durable Design 7. Reimagining Design with Traditional Materials 8. Manual and Therefore Modern? 9. Manufacturing with Water, Wind and Human Power 10. Transporting Goods and People Conclusion: Alternative Principles for 21st-Century Design

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Book SynopsisA survey of best design and art production using digital technology. It showcases nearly eighty of the worlds most innovative designers and their designs, from crystal chandeliers displaying text messages to tooth implants which allow for near telepathic communication.Trade Review'If in our credit-crunched, carbon-heavy and over heated world you find yourself disillusioned with the very notion of technological progress, you may find that 'Digital By Design' is just the tonic you need' - V&A Magazine'Very insightful' - IconTable of ContentsForeword by Paola Antonelli • Introduction by Troika • 1. Design Nouveau – Digital Forms and Electric Beauty • 2. Augmented Art – Narrative Technologies and Immersive Experiences • 3. Guerrilla Artfare – Disruption and Hardware Hacking • 4. Twilight Technologies – Critical Design and Alternative Futures • 5. Interviews: Fictional Functions and Functional Fictions with Dunne and Raby; Bringing Ice to Macondo with Ron Arad; Technology as a Raw Material with Steven Sacks; Device Art – Media Meets Mass Production with Maschiko Kusahara • Appendix

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Book SynopsisBuilding on the visionary design system that architect Fritz Haller and engineer aul Scharer developed in 1965 for Swiss furniture company USM, this title brings together specially commissioned essays and interviews with leading designers, architects and thinkers to present the wide-ranging importance of modular design over the years.Table of ContentsPreface/Introduction • I. The Systematic John Thackara: Back to the present; Rick Poynor: The Prospects and Limits of Connection; Georg Vrachliotis: Fritz Haller’s city systems • Interviews with Thomas Lommée, Wolf Mangelsdorf and Lorenzo Bini II. The Modular Martino Stierli: The USM Haller from a modern/postmodern viewpoint Rem Koolhaas: extract from Rem Koolhaas & Hans-Ulrich Obrist: The Conversation Series; Alva Noë: extract from Out of our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness; Catharine Rossi: Squaring up to Superstudio: Grids, Modularity and Utopianism in Italian Radical Design; Interviews with Dimitri Bähler, Allan Wexler, Bless and Go Hasegawa

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to being resourceful by design in your home. With tricks and tips, design examples, and step-by-step projects you can try around the house, it provides design inspiration and practical know how.Trade Review'Packed full of great projects, money-saving tips and insider information' - Homes & Interiors ScotlandTable of ContentsIntroduction: Design is the Daddy; Necessity Is the Mother 1. Furniture: Beds, chairs, tables, desks, stools, plinths, benches, sofas and garden furniture • 2. Storage: Boxes, drawers, files, hooks, jars, pots, rails and shelves • 3. Lighting & Accessories: Lamps and lampshades, crockery and cutlery, vases, bookends and candlesticks • 4. Textiles & Soft Furnishings: Bedding, throws, cushions, curtains, rugs, towels, tablecloths and napkins • 5. Cleaning, Appliances & Household Management: Refrigerators, kitchen utensils, cleaning potions, ironing boards and rubber bands • Setting up • Directory • Further reading

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Book SynopsisMost books on standardization describe the impact of ISO and related organizations on many industries. While this is great for managing an organization, it leaves engineers asking questions such as âœwhat are the effects of standards on my designs?â and âœhow can I use standardization to benefit my work?â Standards for Engineering Design and Manufacturing provides hands-on knowledge for incorporating standards into the entire process from design bench to factory floor.The bookâs five self-contained sections consider the scope of design and manufacturing, standards for the design of discrete products, standards for the manufacture of discrete products, standards for the use of discrete products, as well as support standards. The authors survey in detail the major standards-setting organizations and outline the procedure for developing standards. They consider standards from the perspective of product, equipment, and end-user, using this as a platform to explain the econTable of ContentsEngineering Design and Manufacturing of Discrete Products: The Scope. Engineering Design and Manufacturing. Standards and Standards Organizations. Parametric Design and Manufacturing of Hand Tools: A Case Study. Standards in Engineering Design of Discrete Products. Review of Standards Related to Techniques for Engineering Design: A Product Perspective. Discrete Product Development with Pertinent Standards: A Case Study. Standards in Manufacturing of Discrete Products. Review of Standards for Manufacturing: Equipment Perspective. Process Planning for a Revolute Robot using Pertinent Standards: A Case Study. Standards for the Use of Discrete Products. Review of Standards Related to the Usage of Discrete Product: A User’s Perspective. Application of Human Factors to Design and Manufacturing of Discrete Products: A Case Study. Support Standards in Design and Manufacture of Discrete Products. Review of Support Standards. Digital Interfacing and Control Software Development: A Case Study. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first major monograph on Poltrona Frau, Italy’s leading furniture designer and manufacturer, on the eve of its hundredth anniversary. Poltrona Frau is one of the leading furniture designers and manufacturers in Italy. Founded in 1912, Poltrona Frau has been refining its sophisticated expertise in handcrafted workmanship for more than a century. This prestigious illustrated monograph highlights the entire corpus of design work by this iconic brand, including all types of seating (armchairs, sofas, chairs), interior furnishings, and seating for public spaces as well as interiors for cars, yachts, and airplanes. The defining ethos and sensibility of Poltrona Frau is a story of comfort, taste, and handmade products that combine tradition with innovation. It is a journey through time via classic and iconic pieces such as the Vanity Fair armchair or the Chester couch. Included are projects by Renzo Piano, Frank O. Gehry, Norman Foster, Santiago Calatrava, Jean Nouvel, Richard Mei

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Book SynopsisCarla Sozzani opened Galleria Carla Sozzani in September 1990 as a space for art, photography, and design housed in a converted garage at 10 Corso Como in Milan. Along with American artist Kris Ruhs, Sozzani created a space like no other. Rejecting ordinary retail norms, this concept store has always promoted a different philosophy—that of slow shopping, a succession of spaces and events that prioritize lifestyle over object acquisition. In this book, Sozzani describes her world: her style, personal taste, and opinions on fashion, travel, design, and lifestyle. The Galleria now incorporates a bookshop, a fashion and design store, and a garden café, and it is one of Milan’s hippest and most exquisitely curated spaces—a destination in itself. 10 Corso Como has become the nexus of a global network of cultural exchange through fashion, food, art, and photography that continues to inspire fashion and design. In recent years, two additional locations have been added: Trade Review“With its exposed spine and fabric cover, 10 Corso Como hints at the artistic and engaging content that waits just beyond its painterly cover. A celebratory monograph of the famed Milanese shopping and dining complex…whimsical and personal, the book feels incredibly intimate—offering great personal insight along with the facts—and offers in-depth access the curatorial thought process behind one of the world’s most iconic fashion and design destinations.” –Cool Hunting “…meanders through decades of the store and how word associations bring back memories and creative processes for her. It’s whimsical, for the lack of a better word, and gentle to read and page through…she has the spirit of Italian beauty that we all love, have and want more of. Gladly she has blessed us with a whiff of her personality.” –EDGE “The book’s charming format chronicles Sozzani’s life in fashion through a kind of roll call…she also weaves in sensitive and wonderfully revealing accounts of her relationships to these people and places over the years.” –Vogue.com"10 Corso Como is definitely a coffee table book and a conversation piece. 10 Corso Como provides a glimpse into the mind of one of the greatest contemporary curators of style in the world of photography, fashion and design today. A Book to be savored by the reader who will appreciate the unconventional way Sozzani has chosen to describe her world, style, her personal taste...." -Marienela.com

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Book SynopsisThe official anniversary volume celebrates how a global in-house creative force brings cutting-edge design to its iconic portfolio of food and beverage brands.PepsiCo sets the standard for how companies can envision and create their futures. Since creating PepsiCo Design + Innovation and bringing on its first-ever Chief Design Officer, Mauro Porcini, in 2012, PepsiCo has emerged as a leader in design-led innovation. With more and more of the business community embracing design thinking every day, Good Design Is for Everyone is an inspiring look at how one company has done just that.The decade-spanning collection of work invites everyone who loves creativity to explore the very best of PepsiCo Design + Innovation. Packed with immersive visuals and exclusive insights, PepsiCo: Good Design is for Everyone is an exciting deep dive into how PepsiCo harnesses human-centered design to create meaningful moments of culture and connection. It is a must-read and the perfect gift for passionate designers, creative and business leaders, and brand marketers.

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Book SynopsisOffers an overview of the best practices for workforce cross training, including information on individual and team behavior and performance from a variety of disciplines such as operations management, industrial engineering, and behavioral psychology.Table of ContentsWORKFORCE OPERATIONS. Design and operation of a cross-trained workforce. Job assignment. Factors affecting cross training performance in serial production systems. Cross training in production systems with human learning and forgetting. Valuing workforce cross training flexibility. CROSS-TRAINED TEAMS. Best practices in cross-trained teams. Team Training in complex environments. APPLICATIONS OF WORKFORCE CROSS TRAINING. Workforce cross training in call centers from an operations management perspective. Partial pooling in tandem lines with cooperation and blocking. Design of a labor-intensive assembly cell in the clean room of a medical device manufacturer.

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Book SynopsisMicro-nanotechnologies (MNT) are already making a profound impact on our daily lives. New applications are well underway in the US, Asia, and Europe. However, their potentially disruptive nature, along with the public's concerns, has produced a number of challenges. Commercializing Micro-Nanotechnology Products provides a snapshot of the current market situation and details the need for MNT development. It outlines the problems facing today's businesses and discusses the processes for commercialization, road mapping, technology transfer analysis, and entrepreneurial development. The book begins by detailing the steps required to turn an idea into a marketable product. The editors give examples of previously successful products and relate to their own experiences in development. Next, the text focuses on the importance of entrepreneurship and the required steps to finance and develop a marketing strategy. It contains various definitions of nanotechnology and how each relates tTable of ContentsPreface. The Path to Commercialization. Entrepreneurship’s Role in Commercializing MNT Products. Roadmapping Nanotechnology. Technology Transfer of Nanotechnology Products from US Universities and the Influence of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Commercialization Strategies for Public Research Organizations. Market Analysis and Growth for MNT Products. Oxonica Ltd: A Leading UK Nanotechnology Business. Zyvex Corp: Providing Today’s Nanotechnology Solutions. Micro Parts GmbH: A Leading German Microtechnology Company. Shaping The Future.

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Book SynopsisExamines the 20th-century transformation of the kitchen through the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, featuring a wide variety of design objects, architectural plans, posters, archival photographs and artworks ranging from the iconic Frankfurt Kitchen, massproduced for German public housing estates in the aftermath ofWorldWar I.

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Book SynopsisDesign and research are two fields of knowledge that each has its traditions, methods, standards and practices. These two worlds appear to be quite separate, with researchers investigating what exists, and designers visualising what could be. This book builds a bridge between both worlds by showing how design and research can be integrated to develop a new field of knowledge. Applied Design Research: A Mosaic of 22 Examples, Experiences and Interpretations Focussing on Bridging the Gap between Practice and Academics contains 22 inspiring reflections that demonstrate how the unique qualities of research (aimed at studying the present) and design (aimed at developing the future) can be combined. This book shows that the transdisciplinary approach is applicable in a multitude of sectors, ranging from healthcare, urban planning, circular economy, and the food industry. Arranged in five parts, the book offers a range of illustrative examples,Table of Contents1. The Future in Sight. 2. The Urge to Improve the World. 3. Designing and Researching Together with Others. 4. Building Bridges Between Disciplines. 5. The Challenge for Applied Design Research.

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Book SynopsisCraig Martin is Reader in Design Studies in the School of Design at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he teaches on the postgraduate Design for Change programme. He is the author of Deviant Design (Bloomsbury, 2022), Shipping Container (Bloomsbury, 2016) and co-editor, with J. Rugg, of Spatialities (2011).Trade ReviewIn Deviant Design, Craig Martin steps away from the high street to explore an ever-changing shadow world of knock-off products and DIY cities, where counterfeit goods, unregulated hacks and illicit innovations overlap to shape everyday life for billions. A timely and refreshing approach. -- Geoff Manaugh, writer and author of A Burglar’s Guide to the City (2016)"I look awry at design", says Craig Martin. Indeed. This book presents design as we have never seen it before, focusing on deviant and illicit practices that make part of contemporary social and economic life. The author shows how the potential of the illicit allows us to appreciate the radical ways of looking at things, processes, practices and systems. -- Constantin Boym, Chair of Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, USATable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Heterodox Design 1. Expanding Design 2. ‘Social Design’ is Not Social Enough 3. Valuing the Deviant and the Illicit 4. Misusing Things 5. Illicit Design 6. Counterfeit Design Conclusion: The Ethics of Change? References Notes

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Book SynopsisWe relate to things and things relate to us. Emerging technologies do this in ways that are interesting and exciting, but often also inaccessible or invisible. In this open access book, leading design researchers and philosophers respond to issues raised by this situation inquiring into what it means to live with and relate to things that can actively relate to us, and that relate to each other in ways that do not involve us at all.Case studies include Amazon''s Alexa, the Internet of Things, Pokémon Go and Roomba the robot vacuum cleaner. Authors explore everything from the care work undertaken by objects, reciprocal human/machine learning, technological mediation as a form of control, and what it takes to reveal things that tend to be hidden and that often (by design) conceal the ways in which they use us.As a whole, Relating to Things is a collaborative philosophical inquiry into the nature and consequences of contemporary technological things. It is a design inquiry Trade ReviewThis is one of the first collections to take seriously our changing relationship with non-human actors, yet in doing so it is also a profoundly human book. As disturbing as it is enlightening, Relating to Things is full of insight and curiosity about what it means to live in an increasingly sentient material world. Essential reading for anybody trying to make sense of the politics of relationality in design and the coming world of active objects. -- Damon Taylor, School of Architecture and Design, University of Brighton, UKRelating to Things is an extraordinarily rich exploration of how humans and technologies act, depend upon, and guide one another. Emerging at the intersection of philosophy of technology and design studies, this collection helps us to see how we have come to relate to our creations and how our freedom to design and redesign these relations can open the door to very different futures. This is an essential read for those wanting to gain a deeper sense of how to live with technologies that ask more, give more, take more, and share more with us every day. -- Professor Shannon Vallor, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Heather Wiltse (Umeå University, Sweden) I: Caring for Things That Care for Us 1. Privacy as Care: An Interpersonal Model of Privacy Exemplified by Five Cases in the Internet of Things Dylan Wittkower (Old Dominion University, USA) 2. Attachment to Things, Artifacts, Devices, Commodities: An Inconvenient Ethics of the Ordinary Michel Puech (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) 3. The New Assisted Living: Caring for Alexa Caring for Us Diane Michelfelder (Macalester College, USA) II: Learning from Things That Learn from Us 4. Handling Things that Handle Us: Things Get to Know Who We Are and Tie Us Down to Who We Were Bruno Gransche (University of Siegen, Germany) 5. Can Ethics be Learned? Videogames as an Ethical Sandbox Fanny Verrax (independent scholar and consultant, France) 6. Casting Things as Partners in Design: Toward a More-than-Human Design Practice Elisa Giaccardi (TU Delft, Netherlands) III: Controlling Things That Control Us 7. Hostile Design and the Materiality of Surveillance Robert Rosenberger (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 8. A Tool for the Impact and Ethics of Technology: The Case of Interactive Screens in Public Spaces Steven Dorrestijn (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands) 9. Postphenomenology of Augmented Reality Galit Wellner (Tel Aviv University, Israel) IV: Revealing Things That Reveal Us 10. Imagining Things: Unfolding the “of” in Philosophy of Technology, through Object-Oriented Ontology Yoni Van Den Eede (Free University of Brussels, Belgium) 11. The Disappearing Acts of the Morse Things: A Design Inquiry into the Withdrawal of Things Ron Wakkary (Simon Fraser University, Canada; TU Eindhoven, Netherlands), Sabrina Hauser (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Doenja Oogjes (Simon Fraser University, Canada) 12. Revealing Relations of Fluid Assemblages Heather Wiltse (Umeå University, Sweden) 13. Designing Networks that Reveal Themselves Holly Robbins (TU Delft, Netherlands) 14. Reflection and Commentary Erik Stolterman (Indiana University, USA)

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Book SynopsisSurface is one of the most intensely debated topics in recent arts, humanities and social science scholarship. The changing technologies which manufacture the actual and virtual surfaces of today are radically altering our perception of thresholds and borders. In contrast to the responses to preceding industrial revolutions, contemporary concerns with surface seem preoccupied with its function of mediation or passage, rather than with that of separation or boundary. In Surface and Apparition, each chapter explores a different meaning and function of the material and immaterial qualities of ''surface''.Case studies include various surfaces from computer screens, ''artisanal'' engines and glass architecture to gauzy veils, the planetary surface of supply chain capitalism, and spatial embodiment in street markets. International scholars of design, architecture, film, media, fine art, fashion, textiles, silversmithing, woodworking and archival practices account for how the material Trade ReviewWe live, increasingly, in an age of surfaces - navigating our lives more and more via flat screens and fleeting appearances. Surface and Apparition provides a timely historical and theoretical viewpoint on this condition, through a series of inventive case studies. The book usefully challenges the stereotype of superficiality, showing that surfaces properly attended to can yield narratives of temporal and haptic subtlety. The volume is excitingly diverse in its contents, with respect to time period and geographical space, ranging from technology to hand craft. Nonetheless mounts a clear, powerful argument in favor of surface as an expressive, sensitive register of history. -- Glenn Adamson, Yale Center for British Art, USAThis is a truly remarkable and enjoyable, multidisciplinary investigation of surface. The details, insights, and theoretical explorations catch the imagination and open up important new avenues for thought and practice. The subtlety and nuance of this collection, each chapter providing unique haeccaties – those specific qualities that mark something as uniquely ‘it’ – that stay with the reader long after reading. This is an important work – for the student and scholar, but also for the inquisitive, the curious, and the reader who has always felt there must be something more to what meets the eye, the touch, the feel. -- Timothy Carroll, University College London, UKSurface and Apparition: The Immateriality of Modern Surface provides a coruscating assembly of reflections and arguments on the idea of the surface. The reader will come away astonished and invigorated by the density and depth of the ways in which different kinds of surface are brought to thought by the essays in Yeseung Lee's volume -- Steven Connor, University of Cambridge, UK‘Surface is now our becoming’ suggests Yeseung Lee in her introduction to this dazzlingly tactile exploration of surface by the collection of eminent makers and thinkers she has assembled for Surface and Apparition: The Immateriality of Modern Surface. Ground-breaking and provocative, the texts in this volume understand surface as both material and immaterial, concerned with transition and constant modification rather than with separation and boundaries. In our current climate where contact, transmission and diffusion are paramount concerns, this volume is both prophetic and essential reading -- Jonathan Faiers, University of Southampton, UKIn a dozen wide-ranging and provocative essays, representing as many distinct disciplinary perspectives, Surface and Apparition opens out onto the ways in which surfaces - from those of glass containers to the Earth itself - mediate multifaceted material and social dynamics. It shows that surfaces do more than contain or conceal; they are mutable ecologies encompassing multitudes, combinatory and often unstable processes composed as much of desire and thwarted intention as materials, means and design. -- Sandy Isenstadt, University of Delaware, USATable of ContentsList of Contributors Acknowledgements Prologue: Surface Matters, Giuliana Bruno (Harvard University, USA) Introduction, Yeseung Lee (De Montfort University, UK) 1. Folds of Fashion: Unravelled and the Planetary Surface, Jussi Parikka (University of Southampton, UK) 2. Surface-making in Nuclear Decommissioning: A Narrative of Sludge, Plutonium and Their Whereabouts, Petra Tjitske Kalshoven (University of Manchester, UK) 3. Surface Eruption: Machine Creativity and Emotive Data Objects, Barbara Rauch (OCAD University, Canada) 4. The Depth of Surface, Lesley Halliwell (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 5. Where Surface Meets Depth: Virtuality in Textile and Material Design, Elaine Igoe (University of Portsmouth, UK) 6. Growing Surface between Textiles and Electrochemisty, Joanne Horton (De Montfort University, UK) 7. David Pye's Fluting Engine, Benedict Carpenter van Barthold (Nottingham Trent University, UK) 8. Journal (2016-2018): Conversations on Looms, Cloth and Weaving, Max Mosscrop (independent artist, UK) and Benedict Carpenter van Barthold (Nottingham Trent University, UK) 9. On Drawing: Transmission from the Lifeworld to Paper at Namdaemun Market, Seoul, Ray Lucas (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 10. Archive Surface, Jane Birkin (University of Southampton, UK) 11. Experience, Poverty, Transparency: The Modern Surface of Interwar Glass, Freyja Hartzell (Bard Graduate Center, USA) 12. On Genealogy of Translucent Screen and Rehabilitation of the Ephemeral: Post-Cinema, Installation, Performance (Oksana Chefranova, Yale University, USA) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow do you navigate a career as an entertainment designer while maintaining a sense of self-worth and value in the various off-ramps and sidestreets you may choose to take on the journey? The Art of Scenic Design provides an in-depth look at the scenic design process for young designers as well as creative entrepreneurs seeking to nurture a collaborative environment that leads to rediscovery and innovation in their work. Based on his 30 years of experience in stage design, exhibit design, art direction for film, and theme park and industrial design, Robert Mark Morgan demonstrates that while a design process for creating these types of works can seem like niche professions, the lessons learned in collaboration, testing and re-testing ideas, prototyping concepts, overcoming fears, venturing guesses, divergent thinking, and the creative process in general are applicable and valuable in nearly all disciplines and professions both inside and outside of the entertainment industry.ITrade ReviewRobert Mark Morgan has crafted an accessible and nuanced conversation about the why-how-what-ifs of stage design — in ways only an empathetic creative soul might. From afar, Rob’s career as a designer, innovator, and educator has appeared to me like a lighthouse for the next generation of theater artists. His book is that invitation for young designers to dig in and find their own voice in the collaborative arts for the 21st century. * Mike Brown, Principal, Creative Director, Lot71, USA *Rob Morgan’s book is a love letter to the young designer, and a reminder that a designer is not just a person gifted with magical talent, but one who lives a lifelong journey of observing, curating, reimagining and reassembling the world around them. * Jill Davis, Case Western Reserve University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction: "And Just Like That” Let’s Recognize the Theatrical Identity Crisis Rely on Story - Always Adjacent Possible and the Liminal Space What Has Changed … and What Has Not 1. The Designer as a Child Futurist Who I Am and Why You Should Bother to Care The Creative Adult is the Child Who Survived Creativity Scars Take the Risk of Not Knowing You Are a Designer Everyday Two Worlds That Collide at the Stage Edge 2. Empathy and Answering "What Story Are We Telling” With Collaborators The Beginning of the Design Journey — and the Possibility Represented in “What If…” Creating Creative Space The Design Jacket and How it Fits (or Does Not Fit) the Play If/then as a Catalyst for Design Ideas Renaissance Teams 3. The Importance of Research as ‘Fuel’ for ANY Process The Playlist of the Mind Designer as Translator into a Visual Language Visual Alchemy Designer as Visual Collector (Bordering on Visual Hoarder) Get Your Inspiration from ANYwhere! Responsibility to the Story as a Storyteller Identifying Patterns Identify What is Your "Cup of Tea"…and Ignore That Primary and Secondary Research 4. Clawing and Scratching out an Idea Design is Messy…and Lose the Boxes Get Lost in the Woods Across Space and Time The Design Digestive System Avoiding the Self-edit Your Inner Clown What is Working…and What Isn’t? Answering “What if…” with Your Pencil Space, Time, and the Default Mode Network 5. Modeling and Shaping an Object and an Idea You are Your Own Instrument Don’t Tell Me, Show Me The Saint Joan Saga The Model: It’s Not Jewelry. Don’t Fall in Love. Modeling as Prototyping 6. Creative Swings, Career Fields, and Collaboration Collaboration is Key The Myth of the Sole Genius The Path vs the Field Don’t Fit In. Don’t Try to Fit In. Q-Theory and the Creative Team Design as Collaborative Craft 7. The Tech and Preview Process — the Ultimate Proof-of-Concept Recognize Your Role A Musical Factory with Lessons to Spare The Leap of Faith The Playwright as Prophet The Promise of the Payoff 8. The Inevitability of Failure and the Sea of Criticism Courage: The Man (or Woman or Person) in the Arena Do No Harm, Take No Shit A Moon for the Misbegotten and the Very Public Failure Channel the Haters: Prove them Wrong 9. Where Do We Go From Here? The Certainty of Uncertainty Take Stock: What has not Changed Re-think the Theatre Volume: Where Are We…and Where is “Where”? Don’t Pack Up! Notes Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisMarco C. Rozendaal is Associate Professor of Interaction Design at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.Betti Marenko is Reader in Design and Techno-Digital Futures at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK.William Odom is Assistant Professor in Design at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, Canada.Trade ReviewDesigning Smart Objects in Everyday Life is a compelling study of the intelligences, agencies, and ecologies of “smart objects,” which are responsive, online devices. The editors and authors apply rich insights about our interrelationships with smart objects to fresh ways of designing them. The various essays in this collection exemplify the corollary processes of putting theory into practice and imagination into objects. This collection will be a great asset to any designer or scholar aspiring to push the boundaries of what design can be. -- Leslie Atzmon, Professor of Graphic Design and Design History, Eastern Michigan University, USAThe time when we could think of computational technology as something we simply use is over. The question now is how to live, and live well, with this technology as new breeds of smart objects bring artificial agency at an unprecedented scale into everyday life. To prepare design for this challenge we need to understand the dynamics, not just the static features, of this emerging landscape. We need to understand how perspectives and practices come together and form new trajectories. And that is precisely why we need this book. This is not just a snapshot, it’s a collaborative choreography. -- Johan Redström, Professor of Design, Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University, SwedenDesigning objects that can learn, act and relate to humans and non-humans well is a monumental challenge. This collection provides much-needed starting points for an interaction design research agenda for addressing that challenge through expanding possibilities for thinking, making and critiquing "smart objects" and the ecologies in which they live. A sense of curiosity and care infuses the book, sparking imagination but also cultivating sensibilities for the messy implications and non-neutral consequences of things we might design and live with. It is important reading for anyone wanting to develop a wise approach to the design of smart objects -- Heather Wiltse, Associate Professor, Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University, SwedenThis book took me on a roller-coaster ride through different perspectives, ideas, approaches, theory and examples. Starting from a “more than human” perspective, the book introduces, deepens, alienates, critiques, and speculates on the future of the design space of smart objects in everyday life. In doing so, it offers a compelling research agenda for connected and smart IoT. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and highly recommend it -- Joep Frens, Designer and Researcher in the Future Everyday Group, Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Perspectives 1. An Illustrated Field Guide to Fungal AI for Designers, David Kirk (Northumbria University, UK), Effie Le Moignan and David Verweij (Newcastle University, UK) 2. Dramaturgy of Devices: Theatre as Perspective on the Design of Smart Objects, Maaike Bleeker (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Marco C. Rozendaal (TU Delft, the Netherlands) 3. The Telling of Things: Imagining With, Through and About Machines, Kristina Andersen (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands) and Tobias Revell (London College of Communication, UK) Interactions 4. What are you? Negotiating Relationships with Smart Objects in Intra-Action, Christopher Frauenberger (TU Wien, Austria) 5. The Dynamic Agency of Smart Objects, Jelle van Dijk (University of Twente, the Netherlands) and Evert van Beek (TU Delft, the Netherlands) 6. What can Actor-Network Theory Reveal about the Socio-Technological Implications of Delivery Robots? Nazli Cila (TU Delft, the Netherlands) and Carl DiSalvo (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Methodologies 7. Sketching and Prototyping Smart Objects, Philip van Allen (ArtCenter College of Design, USA) 8. Co-Designing and Co-Speculating on Different Forms of Domestic Smart Things , William Odom (Simon Fraser University, Canada), Arne Berge (Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany) and Dries De Roeck (Studio Dott, Belgium) Critical Understandings 9. Marx in the Smart Living Room: What Would a Marx-Oriented Approach to Smart Objects Be Like? Betti Marenko (Central Saint Martins, UK) and Pim Haselager (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands) 10. Not a Research Agenda for Smart Objects, Ann Light (University of Sussex, UK and Malmö University, Finland) 11. Towards Wise Objects: The Value of Knowing When to Quit, Pim Haselager (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands) Conclusion Index

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