Architecture & Design

An acclaimed book designer describes how he uses first impressions to inform his art and describes the hidden meanings and decisions that went into the designing and packaging of everyday objects and the messages they are supposed to instantly convey. 50,000 first printing.

A sourcebook for those interested in buying vintage, period furniture. It leads the reader through the evolution of design styles, new materials and production techniques along a chronological route within each design movement. Each chapter weaves historical information with groundbreaking key furniture icons.

With hundreds of inspiring illustrations, this book presents modern and classic renovations and additions from around the world by renowned architects and designers. Each page will walk the reader though homes that have been thoughtfully transformed, explaining how the reader can achieve the same look ...

Focuses on Architects Design Partnership's work for schools, universities and colleges. This book begins by placing the founding of the practice against the cultural backdrop of Britain in the 1960s, with the death of Winston Churchill, the emergence of The Beatles, and the foundation of many 'redbrick' universities.

A compilation of an annual design award, this book features the best in product and material design from around the world, along with a selection of outstanding creatives working today.

Publisher's description: Today's designers need to communicate celebration greetings to audiences worldwide, and, as celebrations are a time for indulgence and fun, the results are among the most exuberant and beguiling in design. Celebration Graphics mixes innovation and tradition, presenting exemplary ...

London is full of animals. They are hidden in crumbling graveyards, daubed in canal-bank graffiti, perched atop rooftops. These animals fill London with life. This book deals with the animal artworks that give London its unique character.

A worldwide history of the house traces its origins and evolution from caves, mud huts, and underground villages to postmodernism and neo-traditionalism, explaining why people historically built as they have and how a house reflects certain ideas.

A visual history of graphic design that introduces students to the work of some of the most established and innovative designers in the discipline's history.

Decorative borders resource with CD-Rom

Spotlighting innovative design projects in places ranging from Texas to Italy and China, this book sounds a call for architects, designers, and regional planners to create a built environment that works on a regional scale in harmony with the planet's ecology.

Contains photographs that document the European city.

Between 1957 and 1964 the Conservative governments of Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home presided over a short but key period in 20th-century British history. During this period the British Empire was transformed into a multi-racial Commonwealth. This title examines the end of the empire during ...

This sourcebook provides an insight into the minds of 18 of the world's most distinguished working today.

Graphic design is, now more than ever, a broad ranging discipline with rigorous demands for its practitioners. It requires a capacity and inclination for invention & rationality as well as an intuitive knack for human communication and cognition. Prague has often historically been at the center of innovative ...

Design Focus Series is a creative platform where East meets West. This brilliant new series published in China is an attempt to bring young Chinese design talent face to face with their hip Western counterparts. The Design Focus Series features cutting edge designs and creative work in individual volumes ...

This text presents the work of Japanese designers Shin and Tomoko Azumi, who have become well known for their folding furniture, such as "table = chest" and "armchair = table".