Search results for ""Author Lisa S. Roberts""
Schiffer Publishing Ltd What Is Good Design?: A Simple Question without a Simple Answer
This graphically delightful primer handily defines the seven characteristics of good design and shows why it matters! What do a folding bicycle, umbrella, toilet brush, and water bottle all have in common? They are examples of good design—something we often recognize but can't express in words. This book by a 40-year design-industry veteran targets creatives of all ages, including tweens, teens, and STEAM students and their parents, by making a complex subject accessible. Each of the seven chapters defines and explains a characteristic of good design, accompanied by five examples of product designs rendered in cut-paper art. The colorful artwork and clear, simple language make complex and sometimes abstract ideas easy to understand. Readers will see a wide range of everyday objects that meet the criteria for good design: works well, looks good, opens our minds to new ideas, improves lives, brings joy, is innovative, and stands the test of time.
£20.69
Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc Antiques of the Future
Which modern objects will be valuable 20 years from now? Lisa Roberts, a product and graphic designer and former architect, believes that the "antiques of the future" are those objects that represent the best in design today. Roberts's collection of objects includes more than 250 everyday items such as computers, lamps, toasters, tea kettles, salt and pepper shakers, all chosen for their exceptional design. Designed by Michael Graves, Karim Rashid, Philippe Starck and other superstars of the contemporary design world, these award-winning products are all relatively affordable and accessible. The book's energetic design and bright, colourful photographs reflect the eye-popping appeal of the products themselves, which offer the perfect combination of form, function and fun. Engaging and informative, "Antiques of the Future" shows readers how they, too, can develop an eye for distinctive design and start to build their own "museum-quality" collections.
£23.95
Rizzoli International Publications DesignPOP
DesignPOP is a survey of trends in contemporary furniture and products that reveals how design is not only changing with the times-it is inventing the future. The game-changing projects that compose DesignPOP push the boundaries of our expectations and show us new ideas, new possibilities, and ultimately new products that enrich our lives. The bar has been permanently raised as we enter the next century, and the proliferation of innovative designs continues. New materials and processes are being invented, convention and traditions are constantly being challenged, and sustainability and social responsibility are influencing new directions. Even the definition of designer is changing as the lines between disciplines begin to blur, with new technology from companies like Apple and Dyson radically altering both form and function. Historic boundaries disappear, designers innovate their way through roadblocks, and the twenty-first century is experiencing a design renaissance unparalleled in history. This book showcases a broad variety of these examples: from designs that pioneer a new material or a new production process, or reinvent the use for an existing one, to those that alter our expectations about the way something should look and create a whole new typology, or a thoughtful design added to products that traditionally were only considered for their functionality. It presents work from stars in the field, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Marc Newson, Marcel Wanders, Yves Behar, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, the Campana brothers, Hella Jongerius, Tord Boontje, Philippe Starck, Karim Rashid, Ron Arad, Ross Lovegrove, Dror Benshetrit, Tokujin Yoshioka, Jasper Morrison, James Dyson, and Jonathan Ive.
£28.16
