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BIS Publishers B.V. Write Nothing in Here
You want to come up with new ideas. With things that others haven’t thought about. There are a million ways to do so, but the majority of theories focus on connecting or improving existing things. Like how to connect a with x or how to think outside the box. But what if you don’t think in boxes? And what if you don’t want to improve things around you, but really want to focus on new stuff? Your nose is at the right place, because this book is about exactly that. The author argues that while the whole world is focusing on things, you should focus on nothing. She challenges you to focus on the gaps, the spaces in between and all the things that ordinary thinkers wouldn’t care to notice. This notebook and sketchbook is full of prompts, assignments, fun facts and quotes from the world of science, arts and philosophy about exploring the virtues of nothingness. You’ll find out once you get the hang of it, that focusing on nothing really helps to create new ideas. That’s why this book is a doodle and sketch book – with plenty of space to capture your notes and to create out of nothing.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Simplicity: A Matter of Design
As the world becomes increasingly complex and complicated, simplicity becomes increasingly in demand. We all seek simplicity in small or large measure. We strive to create simplicity at work and at home. While the lives of our early ancestors may appear simple to us, it would not be simple for us to live those lives. This takes us to the root of simplicity: Simplicity is not an absolute quality. It depends on our experience, knowledge, understanding, and skills. Simplicity: A Matter of Design offers a set of terms that will allow us to discuss simplicity in design with precision. It looks into the basics of simplicity and researches more in depth three aspects of design: functionality (simplicity for comfort), aesthetics (simplicity for pleasure) and ethics (simplicity for conscience). There is an extra chapter on simplicity in communication. If there is one quality all designers are seeking it is simplicity. Nevertheless, very little is written on the subject. Simplicity: A matter of design is a very clearly written and illustrated must read for students and practitioners who are intrigued by the concept of simplicity.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Old Masters Memory Game
Old Masters Memory Game collects the most famous and beloved portrait painters from the 16th and 17th centuries in one game that is fun to play, educational, and a feast for the eyes. The task, as always, is to collect two cards that make one set: in this case, two portrait paintings by the same painter. The sets are clearly recognizable by the posture of the figure, facial expression, the style of painting, and attributes like clothes and hairstyle. To help, there is always the brochure with all the paintings in pairs and a little explanation on the painters. This is a wonderful gift item for gift shops and all museums that collect the old masters. The game consists of 50 cards of 25 sets featuring world-famous portraits by the likes of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticello, Titian, Frans Hals, Albrecht Durer, Goya, and many others.
£13.49
BIS Publishers B.V. ViP Vision in Design: A Guidebook for Innovators
The authors, design practitioners and educators, bringing together in this book 15 years of knowledge, practice and research, have produced the first book about how, as a designer, to formulate a vision for new and appropriate products. They call this new approach Vision in Product Design (ViP). It strikes a good balance between structuring the process of design while allowing the designers to take a personal position and fully express themselves in producing a product. ViP is both a method and a design philosophy. Besides explaining what ViP is all about, the book offers a rich array of narratives like conversations, cases, literature and creative materials (both academic and popular) and illustrations like models and pictures. Through these different pathways the reader will better understand ViP and will be able to interact with the book, both in practice as in educational context in more various ways.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Conditional Design: An introduction to elemental architecture
Conditional design is the sequel to Operative Design. This book will further explore the operative in a more detailed, intentional, and perhaps functional manner. Spatially, the conditional is the result of the operative. It is not a blind result however. Both terms work together to satisfy a formal manipulation through a set of opportunities for elements such as connections and apertures.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Eccentric Structures in Architecture
Structures which are conceived rationally have an order and logic which do not always fit into real world conditions of the irrational and the unpredictable in architecture. But what if structural ideas were explored as a condition in architecture which challenged the predictable? What if structure were not bound by its rational ethos but instead conceived in alternative approaches relevant to real-world irrationalities? And if the approaches lead to what is possible, then is structural eccentricity a norm or an anomaly in architecture? This book documents a series of design investigations that engage with conditions of shape, change and mutation, giving rise to design propositions dealing with eccentricity in structure. With illustrations and accompanying descriptions of the design process, this book is a useful reference for structural strategies in architecture.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Never Use More Than Two Different Typefaces: And 50 Other Ridiculous Typography Rules
Rules in typography--a joy for graphic designers and everyone who has anything to do with designing texts.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Shaping Text: Type, Typography and the Reader
Everyone is a typographer. This is the inevitable conclusion when looking at the way in which today’s computer users are forced to make decisions about fonts and layout for their day-to-day communication. Writing, typesetting and printing have become part of almost everyone’s experience. However, many users are clueless about how fonts work, what constitutes a functional layout and how to communicate best with readers. There has even been a decline in basic typographic knowledge among young design professionals. And yet, a thoughtful and purpose-driven shaping of text lies at the basic of effective, powerful graphic communication. Shaping Text takes a practical and broad approach to typography. It is aimed at design students and graphic designers, and also at those who are concerned with content: writers, editors and publishers. Showing a wide range of examples from first-rate designers across the world, the book examines why and how typographic designs work well in a given context. Particular attention is given to the team play between the text itself - written language - and the design - the shaping of the text - to form a new, multi-level visual message with a complex content. Many textbooks on typography look at the details of type and lettering first, often taking a historical approach, then zoom out to gradually reveal a larger whole. Shaping Text works the other way around. It starts by looking at graphic products - in print, on the screen and in the environment - and then examines the constituting elements, including type, image, ornament, layout, and colour. Historical examples are used as references for most genres of text-shaping; a chronological overview of type design and printing techniques forms a lengthy appendix rather than the core of the book. Finally Shaping Text is firmly rooted in contemporary design praxis. It discusses the state of the art in type design and technology, and tackles problems and questions that font users may be struggling with. Besides being a typographic writer and consultant for leading companies such as FontShop and MyFonts, the author has worked as a graphic designer and teacher; Shaping Text reflects this broad experience with typographic form and content.
£29.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Computational Architecture
Computational Architecture offers an overview of digital tools and techniques, such as twisting, lofting, triangulating, drilling, knotting, and framing, that were used systematically to explore spatial, structural, and geometrical conditions, leading to the emergence of abstract prototypes.
£13.68
BIS Publishers B.V. Rock Your Life
£15.29
BIS Publishers B.V. Creating with Nature
This deck of cards is designed to spark new ways of thinking and doing by reconnecting with the natural world. The cards can be used to overcome a creative block, guide a brainstorm session, or get inspired with a new perspective.
£16.19
BIS Publishers B.V. Collage to Change the World
Collage to Change the World is not just a book; it''s a revolution in paperback. This extraordinary collage activity book is designed for everyone, from budding artists to seasoned creatives, aged 16 to 90. The book maintains a positive tone, encouraging readers to adopt a critical, optimistic outlook. In this book, you will: Explore the origins and evolution of collage art. Gain invaluable tips, tricks, and step-by-step instructions.Discover influential artists who are paving the way. Find beautiful material to work with including 29 beautiful backgrounds and inspiring cut-out images. Collage to Change the World requires no prior knowledge, just a willingness to engage and create. It''s a unique combination of learning, practice, and activism, all bound together. Whether you want to reflect on your surroundings, advocate for change, or simply explore your creative side, this book is your guide to making a visual impact on the world.
£17.99
BIS Publishers B.V. The Brand Power Manifesto
A practical guide for female entrepreneurs for reaching their highest potential. The book reveals a roadmap to confidence using personal anecdotes and a practical branding framework.
£18.00
BIS Publishers B.V. Transformation Tactics
Transformation Tactics is a deck of 48 cards designed to help organizations activate the behaviours of their people. The toolkit helps organizations to successfully implement change.
£19.80
BIS Publishers B.V. If You Dont
This thought-provoking book reveals the power of creative inaction as a bold approach to solving humanity's greatest challenges, while inspiring a reimagined future through stories from our past, present, and future.
£17.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Revolutionary Minds: Toolkit for boosting team creativity
A change in perspective helps us question traditional ways of thinking and find innovative solutions. That's where the Revolutionary Minds card set comes in. The purpose of this card deck is to encourage the examination of challenges from different perspectives. The deck features inspiring personalities such as Malala Yousafzai, Elon Musk, Frida Kahlo, and Steve Jobs, who are known for their unique problem-solving abilities. Each card in the deck includes a brief description of the personality, a quote from them, suggestions on how to use the cards and descriptions of different approaches that can help in developing ambitious solutions. Additionally, the deck provides three blank cards that can be customized with personalities that are significant to your community. - Jump-start discussion and creativity. - Enjoy role-play and benefit from having a different perspective. - Learn how to foster innovative thinking and question traditional ways of thinking.
£19.80
BIS Publishers B.V. The Time is Now: Toolkit for Change: Challenge, Inspire, Pitch and get serious results for positive impact
Climate change is real. Time to spring into action. Introducing: The Time is Now, a toolkit for serious change. Use this timely card game to challenge, inspire, pitch and get serious results for positive impact. The kit consists of 60 tool cards that trigger questions and inspire possible solutions by fellow players. Questions like: what can you do to stay out of a polluting hospital? What would your holiday look like with zero CO2 emissions? How do you co-travel to the office? With whom would you work together for a healthier living and working environment? Invite your colleagues, friends and family and move to a more sustainable planet one step at a time. In three rounds you'll discover new options, practical solutions, and put these in the simplest plan of approach, you have ever seen. Share your plans, stick them to the wall or on your companies' message board and create real change. With the workshop version the game ends in making a canvas with things you can start doing tomorrow, next week and this year. Use the The Time is Now toolkit to grow ideas and start changing the world around you and inspire to make changes. Make a difference, one step at a time. The Time really is Now! * From the authors of The Startup Game * Challenge, inspire, pitch and get serious results for positive impact. * Translate complex and scientific models and tools into everyday professional and private life. * Inspired by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). * Generate more effective ideas than any other toolbox in just 45 minutes.
£17.09
BIS Publishers B.V. Twins Memory Game: Match the Twins
* TEST YOUR MEMORY with this unique cast of internationally identical twins to match up* THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT each of the 30 sets of twins has a different photography style and background but don't think it will be easy to pair them!* BESTSELLING SERIES the 60 cards are designed to help stimulate your brain * EYE-CATCHING DESIGN the box utilizes the Pantone Color of the Year to make the design POP!* FOR ALL AGES can be played with children, friends or family
£12.59
BIS Publishers B.V. Favors: An I-owe-you card game for fun couples
* SPICE THINGS UP instead of an argument if you've been neglecting the dishes or forgot about date-night, offer up a Favor card and redeem yourself* I OWE YOU the 36 cards in this deck will become the best present you can give when you've found yourself in the doghouse * SHARE THE LOVE couples and friends can use this card deck to make someone's day a bit more special * PERFECT GIFT IDEA this is the perfect present for many occasions - Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, birthdays and more!
£13.49
BIS Publishers B.V. Don't Fck Up Your Baby: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Your Newborn Brand
After years of industry experience and academic positions lecturing to students about creativity and branding, Joris van Dooren and Coen Luijten both began to notice some strange behaviour. Both their student and the starting entrepreneurs they were working for in their Building Better Brands course, had started to act irrationally when it came to their brands, putting in all their financial resources, discussing them non-stop, and staying up late into the night to work on them. It almost looked a little like parenthood. Newborn brands are just like babies to us. With the right guidance, we can raise them into something spectacular. That said, when things go wrong, we can just as easily f*ck them up. Within these pages, we trace the development of your brand from its baby stages right up to adulthood. Just like how it takes 18 years to raise a child, we've broken down the process into 18 steps. With interactive examples and tasks to help bring your brand to life, you'll be able to watch your brand grow as you move from step to step. It takes a village to raise a child and you'll need to juggle different tasks when starting up. But, when it comes to branding and creativity, we'll be your support system. After helping launch over 75 startups, we've refined the process to perfection. Let' s start creating your brand, it will be big fun! By the end of these 18 steps, your brand will have a personality, a style, a story - it'll be a fully formed brand. But, before we arrive there, we have to take care of our baby brand. Are you ready for parenthood? It's one hell of a ride. Let's try not to f*ck it up.
£16.99
BIS Publishers B.V. The Power of Music Thinking
The Power of Music Thinking gives you a new model to see your business from different perspectives simultaneously and to get inspired to work in meaningful collaborations above silos. This is done by the analogy between music and business in the broadest sense. It helps you integrate agile methodologies, design thinking and service design with branding and organisational change in an unheard way. Rethink your business, product, service or organisation with the help of six interconnected perspectives, four phases and many dynamics that relate to the immense amount of musical styles. The Power of Music Thinking gives you a new approach and meta-language that connects all patterns from different perspectives for a sound business.
£16.99
BIS Publishers B.V. People Facts: An Extraordinary List of Strange and Wildly Witty Things About You
People do the weirdest things, do we not? Have you ever wondered why? Have you ever tried to figure out why you do the things you do, or why your friends are who they are? Have you ever wondered if cats can be allergic to people or why men are more likely to dream of other men than women? Have you ever thought about strange human behaviours, like why is it easier for people to fall in love on holiday? Then People Facts is definitely for you.The book deals with 100+ bizarre, revealing and funny facts about humans, which can be weirdly informative and wildly witty! Whether they are biological, psychological, cultural or natural; in this beautifully illustrated volume, the craziest aspects of human evolution are gathered. So, if you want to know why your feet are the most honest body part, why most people overestimate themselves and their abilities, or how a brain scan can reveal what kind of friends you have, you should definitely open this book. Enjoy!
£13.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Happy is Up, Sad is Down: 65 Metaphors for Design
We think, feel, and talk in metaphors. Why not use them for design? Feeling down? Cheer up! We use metaphors every day and often without being aware of it. Many metaphors are more than figures of speech. They reflect basic bodily experiences and help to structure our thinking and experiences of the world. Happy is Up, Sad is Down is a collection of 65 metaphors with research facts and applications in product and interaction design, information graphics, and advertising. Metaphors show how to use space and physical attributes to convey abstract concepts like time and importance, emotions and social relations, political ideas and ethical values. This book is meant to inspire designers and everyone curious about how the mind works.
£17.99
BIS Publishers B.V. The Holey Bible: How to Live a More Creatively Enlightened Life
The Hole-y Bible is a book that helps us to more easily spot the "holes" in our thinking, hence the title. It shows how you can orchestrate personal and professional breakthroughs deliberately. It does not promise you will become creatively enlightened. Yet, it does provide detailed guidance on what you can do to prime your brain for more breakthroughs to encourage your creative enlightenment. If you are seeking a new purpose and are interested in harnessing the power of creative thinking to bring about change, then The Holey Bible is for you. It will help you to identify the questions to bring a new paradigm for transcendent and lasting change.
£17.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Branded Protest: The Power of Branding and its Influence on Protest Movements
Many of the most successful and recognizable protest movements in the world make use of branding techniques, even when they simultaneously reject the general concepts of branding. Branded Protest dives into this antithesis. It researches the power of branding and the influence it has on current protest movements and gives iconic examples of unique branding-efforts that support protests. We are all exposed to branding: from a torn sheet of cardboard scrawled with handwriting to slick corporate advertising campaigns. Here, we take up the term branding to assess the visualization of iconic protest movements, and to identify the unique tools used to attract the general public and activate people to join in. Branding has become a means to unify a movement and to give protest a visual identity. For Branded Protest we spoke with organizers of protest movements around the world, to identify the particular techniques that help movements deliver a unique and clear message.
£25.19
BIS Publishers B.V. Dutch Design Cowboys
Studio Kluif, the award-winning and internationally renowned Dutch design studio never ceases to amaze with their magical and attractive designs.Ranging from graphic design, illustration, packaging and design for fashion, this 176- page book is packed with new creative projects.
£16.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Secret of the Highly Creative Thinker: How to Make Connections Other Don't
Highly creative people are good at seeing connections. By enhancing your ability to see connections, you can enhance your creativity. Supported by the latest neuroscience, this book gives you hands-on advice on how to enhance your own creativity. An inspiring combination of theory, techniques, anecdotes and exercises to help you access better ideas and bigger breakthroughs.
£19.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Music Thinking Jam Cards: An Innovative Approach to Transforming Business, Society and Self: An Innovative Approach to Transforming Business, Society and Self
The Music Thinking Jam Cards contain inspirations from the big world of music for business, society and yourself. The card set consist of 38 inspiration cards and six cue cards. All inspiration cards have a keyword, a key visual, a trigger question, an inspirational quote, a link to a musical piece on Spotify and six cues that connect with the 6 cues of the Music Thinking Framework (shortly explained in the booklet). Music Thinking is the quest for the ultimate remix of empathy & strategy, plan & performance, thoughtfulness & playfulness, inspiration & transpiration, business & the arts. But first of all, it is a mentality in meaningful collaboration. There is no right way to have a jam card session, you can use them individually or with a group of people.
£22.49
BIS Publishers B.V. To Don't List: Project Planning for Creative People: Project Planning for Creative People
The ToDon’tList—method is the opposite of what all the time management gurus want you to believe. Do less instead of more. With this project planner it has never been so easy to focus on your goals. The author used the ToDon’tList concept a lot in his studio while brainstorming, developing new ideas or working on projects. “That’s a good idea, but let’s put it on the ToDon’tList for now”. In that way he kept his focus on his goals. The ToDon’tList concept became a method, and the method became the inspiration for writing Don’t Read This Book. Like the Don’t/Do This – Game, the ToDon’tList is an addition to the ToDon’t—Family, which works independently as well. The simple lists help you make choices and focus on many different levels: Life, Work, Projects, Daily Goals and more.
£9.99
BIS Publishers B.V. How to be a Better Tourist: Tips for a Truly Rewarding Vacation
Vacations are made of freedom. Pure freedom. Our busy lives, full of obligations, mean that vacations may be the only times we can do whatever we want, wherever we want. So just how weird is it that we all spend that precious time doing the same things? That we descend en masse on the same cities, cluster around the same attractions and all visit the same picturesque neighbourhoods that can’t actually handle the influx? How to Be a Better Tourist offers a fresh perspective on making your vacation truly worthwhile. After all, what if all your vacations seem to be getting more and more the same? What if being a tourist is suddenly no longer quite as innocent as it first seemed? Or what if your long list of must-sees in fact stresses you out? As the writer Elbert Hubbard poignantly put it, “No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.” Find out why you should perhaps stay at home. Understand why you also need to work while on vacation. Read why tourists should visit supermarkets and residential districts too. Our typical vacation behaviour - visiting the maximum number of highlights in the minimum amount of time - is rarely the most rewarding. How to Be a Better Tourist helps you get the most out of your stay without damaging the soul of your destination. Because, ultimately, an imaginatively considered vacation is a genuinely rewarding experience.
£14.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Little Creative Thinker’s Exercise Book
This is a creative workbook full of fun exercises, challenges and exciting activities designed to strengthen children’s ability to think creatively. In this book children are challenged to think of many different answers, have lots of ideas, think out of the box, use their wonderful imagination and have fun. After the training children will find it easier to come up with fresh ideas, novel concepts, breakthrough thinking, and innovative solutions – skills they can draw upon, when faced with challenges that call for new thinking. This book gives you: • 40 exercises to enhance your child’s creativity • Training in connection making • Creative cross training to boost the brain • Hours of fun
£13.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Creativity +: The Catalyst for Creative Thinking
Creativity+ gives you the keys to unlock your curiosity, questioning skills and creative forces. It is more than a toolkit to help you achieve your aims. It is a philosophy for infusing creative thinking in all aspects of your life, supported by practical tools to bring your ideas to fruition. Divided into the four phases of innovation (Vision, Discovery, Ideation and Momentum), you are provided with the Mindset (attitudes), Skillset (knowledge), Toolset (techniques) and a supporting Case Study that gives a real-life example of these skills in action. Navigate easily through the colour-coded phases in this flip board design - because the creative process is iterative, sometimes you have to step back in order to leap forward.
£14.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Augmenting Alice: The Future of Identity, Experience and Reality
Augmented Reality is fast becoming one of the most important emerging technologies, with unprecedented investment growth and interest from big tech platforms and accelerator industries. It will most certainly become THE new platform and standard for content creation and experience generation. Its use will make it an essential resource, with a societal impact that can only be compared to the World Wide Web’s global influence. This book provides a ‘wide lens’ perspective of the potential, challenges and impact that the widespread implementation of Augmented Reality will bring. The book introduces Augmented Reality’s core concepts and potential to newbies and experts alike. Looking at the impact of the technology as it matures into a ground-breaking platform, it goes beyond function to explore the context of the technology’s implementation – through social, commercial and behavioural lenses.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Think Like an Artist, Don’t Act Like One
This book presents 75 ways to look at art and the life lessons you can learn from it. From the works of ancient Egypt and Greece to today’s abstract and conceptual pieces, by way of Leonardo, Dürer and Rembrandt, Picasso, Warhol and Ai Wei Wei, art inspires us to take a fresh look at the fundamental questions we face. These lessons includes questions about success, love, work, friendship and life and death. Think Like an Artist, Don’t Act Like One is a lively introduction to art history as it resonates with your own daily life, and it acts as an exhortation to look at art in your personal way.
£13.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Worlds of Wonder: Experience Design for Curious People
This book is about immersive experience design, the art of creating spaces that tell a story. lt’s the result of 25 years of work by one of Europe’s first specialised XD agencies. Starting in 1991, the authors witnessed the rise of a completely new industry, mixing graphic, spatial and theatrical arts with interaction design and personal growth. Worlds of Wonder is the illustrated summary of that ongoing journey. lt is intended for everyone in the process of revealing their brand, art, history or ideas about the future. Spatial storytelling is as old as architecture, and modern media technologies have boosted its scale and expressive powers. The more the online world grows, the greater the need becomes for actual spaces of wonder and imagination. People seek out those spaces to indulge in immersive experiences and social interaction. A very exciting industry is emerging. One that is growing in depth and in strength. This book contains many examples, with the intention of giving you a sense of what works and why, from the psychological foundations of consumer behaviour to practical steps to action. Worlds of Wonder is an invitation to anyone involved in this inspiring field.
£31.50
BIS Publishers B.V. HotchPotch: Lexicon of (un)Useful Creative Knowledge
A book about little-known (un)useful facts from the creative field. Structured as a dictionary, it includes meaningful information, idle gossip and anecdotes from A to Z. This is where Coco Chanel, David Carson and Chupa Chups come together on a spread and create inspirational connections and knowledge. It’s a perfect handbook for design students, designers, architects and everybody that works in the creative industry. ‘Hotchpotch’ is structured as a dictionary, making it easy to follow or to look up information on a certain subject. The main objective of the book is to create inspirational connections and to supply knowledge.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Read Nothing in Here: 21 Things You Should Know About Nothing
In this book, you will learn everything about nothing; this book is for the curious, the smart asses, and the conversation starters. And for everyone who needs more of nothing in daily life. Read Nothing in Here is an unscientific exploration of the meaning, function, history, and misuse of the word "nothing."
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Different Brains, Different Approaches: Successful Neuro Advertising for Male and Female
Finally, a book that describes the neurological differences between the male and female brain and how this is implemented in advertising! The book describes how men and women think, the origin of their emotions, and why they make certain decisions. Find out why women like shopping so much, why humorous ads appeal to men, or why women make better decisions. 80% of all purchases worldwide are made or influenced by women. Why is advertising so often aimed at men? Find the answer to the life-long question about differences in purchasing motivation between men and women, and learn to implement this in advertising. Learn the do’s and don’ts for effective communication for both men and women. Although this book is written from a scientific perspective, thanks to the numerous interesting examples and tips, it is easy to implement and useful for advertising campaigns. In short, a must-have for all marketers, strategists, creatives, students, or anyone working with brands. Marketers and strategists will benefit from an enlarged body of knowledge, while creatives will learn how to develop more effective ad campaigns.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. The Fast Guide to Architectural Form
The Fast Guide to Architectural Form, while staying on theoretical ground, is a very practical guide to the basic forms and shapes in architectural planning and design. The book is foremost a visual guide. The author presents sixty different architectural basic forms with both a schematic illustration and images of the forms applied in buildings. The text is extremely short, just focusing on the dos and don’ts of the forms and some tips to keep in mind when applying these forms, perfect for students and architects looking to browse for inspiration and guidance.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Change Ahead: How Research and Design are Transforming Business Strategy
Change Ahead focuses on the emerging practices at the intersection of business strategy, research, and design. It introduces the need for an adventurous, explorative mindset in order to grow businesses that last by creating meaning and relevance. It reveals the philosophy, working processes, and approaches to twenty-first century business development.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. The Writing Notebook: Food: The Notebook for Your Next Book
The only way to write a book is to write it. For writers and explorers of all levels, The Writing Notebook is both guide and workspace. It offers writing prompts and activities, suggestions on structuring your book, and enough blank pages in which to write it. With description workouts, list-making exercises, a reading list, and ideas for cover design, you’ll never be at a loss for inspiration wherever you are. The Writing Notebook: Food will steer you through writing a book on any culinary subject, whether it’s a cookbook, a food memoir, a book about a specific ingredient, or a sumptuous novel.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Creativity in Business: The Basic Guide for Generating and Selecting Ideas
Creativity Today - the management book on applied creativity and written by Ramon Vullings & Igor Byttebier - has inspired tens of thousands of managers, teachers and students around the world. Now this book is made available again in a revised version, under a new title, new subtitle and with a new cover design. All intended to focus this creativity classic more on education and to emphasize its attractiveness as a basic guide for businesses, schooling institutions and organizations that wish to understand the basics of applied creativity. Creativity in Business is clear, practical, fun, and rich with twenty years of experience. The book is a personal creativity coach, offering ideas, exercises and inspiration. Users (not just readers, in other words), are encouraged to grasp the essence of creativity, to put what they have learned into practice and to inspire others. If you want to learn how to generate and enrich ideas more easily, to become an inspiring coach for creative sessions, Creativity in Business will help you to and radical new ideas and select the right ones.
£17.99
BIS Publishers B.V. The Innovation Expedition: A Visual Toolkit to Start Innovation
Innovation is highly relevant to every organization. Yet, eighty percent of innovation projects never reach the market. Many have a false start. The Innovation Expedition is written to inspire you with visual and practical tools on HOW to start innovation effectively. The remarkable stories of how great explorers overcame unexpected setbacks will inspire you. How Columbus discovered America, how Hillary reached the summit of Everest and how Neil Armstrong got to be the first man on the Moon. With 240 pages full of exploration stories, quotes, charts, cases, checklists, formats and innovation maps, ‘The Innovation Expedition’ is an inspiring visual toolkit to start innovation successfully. It’s written for innovators: managers, consultants, entrepreneurs and organization leaders.
£27.89
BIS Publishers B.V. Think Like A Lawyer, Don’t Act Like One
Think like a lawyer Don’t Act Like One provides strategies to solve conflicts. Co-developed by Harvard University, many laywers, three bonobo’s, two kissing boxers, a cowboy, Mikael Gorbatsjov, Sun Tze en John Rambo. Think Like a Lawyer Don’t Act Like One can be used when dealing with grumpy police officers, angry neighbours, unwilling debtors, failing clients, nasty lawyers and other conflict seekers. Each strategy is thoroughly tested and can be used at the kitchen table, on the street and in the boardroom. All 75 rules are illustrated in a funny way. This is a complete and tested ready to use guide to prevent and solve conflicts.
£13.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow: Pop Music Wisdom
When times are particularly difficult, and you are likely to slip into despair, some of the greatest pop songs can provide true comfort to make it through the pain. The problem with advice in general is that we often don't take it. The great thing about advice songs is that you can kick back and listen to someone else coach you through a tough situation while rocking out at the same time. This wonderful book lists 250 of the best pop songs for those times that solid life advice is needed. The songs represent all popular music styles from the last fifty years, from rock to folk, and from punk to hip hop. There are for example many times in which the three words "let it be" are words of wisdom. Although the lyrics may have originally been written in reference to interpersonal difficulties within the Beatles, the song does possess a universality that makes "Let It Be" one of the great advice pop songs of all time. Other famous pop music advice to live by: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones "If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free" by Sting "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" by Eric Idle Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (Frank Zappa) is a collection of all the famous advice songs and many surprises as well. It gives the reader the song titles, painted by hand by the designer, and a striking quote from the song lyrics as well as indices on artist and themes. This well produced, iconic looking album of words of wisdom from pop music is the perfect gift for music lovers of all ages.
£14.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Sustainist Design Guide: How Sharing, Localism, Connectedness and Proportionality Are Creating a New Agenda for Social Design
Social innovation is experiencing a resurgence at a time when cultural boundaries are shifting. A wave of new social initiatives is coming into view worldwide, where millions of dedicated people are beginning to “design” different kinds of living environments that are more collaborative, more socially just, and more sustainable. This movement is what this Sustainist Design Guide is all about. As the authors say: “It is no longer a matter of designing for society, but within it. ”This exploratory guide travels the new landscape of social design thinking and practice, viewed through the lens of sustainism - a perspective that is seen as a new ethos for design. The Sustainist Design Guide presents an agenda for social innovation, based on values such as sharing, connectedness, localism and proportionality, as well as sustainability. It challenges us to transform these and other sustainist qualities into design criteria and include them in our design briefs. The Sustainist Design Guide maps out best practices and explores how designers can become more socially and ecologically responsible. It opens the debate on what it means to be "sustainist" designers. Including 12 changemaking cases, ranging from urban farming and crowdsourced public architecture to collaborative crafts.
£14.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Logo R.I.P.: A Commemoration of Dead Logotypes
Fully updated and revised edition of a favourite from the BIS archive. A tribute and major survey of 50 defunct logos. Includes a foreword by Gert Dumbar and features many design classics such as the trademarks of AT&T, BOAC, British Steel, DSM, Mexico68, NASA, Pan Am, PTT Post and UPS. LOGO R.I.P. is a commemoration of defunct logos that were once an integral part of the landscape, our visual culture and our lives. Many are icons of their time or can be deemed design classics. Each one of the 50 entries comes with a comprehensive design and cultural history (or obituary) to ensure that although these logos may be gone, they are not forgotten. The book is beautifully designed like a bible, and is luxuriously produced with gold foil lettering, gilt edges, red-ribbon and faux-leather cover. LOGO R.I.P. was awarded a prestigious Pencil at the D&AD Awards, and a Silver Lamp by the ADCN. The ongoing LOGO R.I.P. project may be followed on www.facebook.com/logorip
£14.95
BIS Publishers B.V. Bio-structural Analogues in architecture
This book seeks to discover the architectural potential of biological structures as they can be found in nature. The structures that give biological forms strength, movement, firmness, and flexibility are studied, illustrated, and used as an inspiration for a huge number of design experiments of which the thinking, working, and final prototyping process are shown.
£17.99
