Strategic design is about applying the principles of traditional design to "big picture" systemic challenges such as healthcare, education and climate change. It redefines how problems are approached and aims to deliver more resilient solutions. In this short book, Dan Hill outlines a new vocabulary of design, one that needs to be smuggled into the upper echelons of power. He asserts that, increasingly, effective design means engaging with the messy politics - the dark matter - taking place abov...
Releasedatum: 2012-02-24 € 2,49
Dat kleuren ons beïnvloeden weten we allemaal. Maar hoe? En op welke manier kan je erop inspelen? In deze paper over kleurenpsychologie ontdek je hoe je kleurgebruik in vormgeving in jouw voordeel kan gebruiken. Dit boekwerk van een iTunes topdownloaded marketingauteur is er voor marketeers en vormgevers. Voor mensen die aan hun uitstraling willen werken. Voor mensen die het juiste logo willen ontwerpen, niet alleen omdat het mooi is, maar ook omdat het inspeelt op het onderbewuste ... Beken ji...
Releasedatum: 2013-01-01 € 1,49
Vijftien jaar geleden begon ze op de redactie van de Nederlandse ELLE; inmiddels geldt Cécile Narinx, die niet terugschrikt voor hakken van 15 centimeter, als een van de mode-iconen van het land. In Geluk is een jurk biedt ze ons een vrolijke blik achter de schermen van de internationale modewereld. Zo spreekt ze het orakel Lagerfeld en het echtpaar Beckham en ondervindt ze bij Jan Taminiau de weelde van couture aan den lijve. Daarnaast brengt ze odes aan smaakbepalers als Carine Roitfeld en Su...
Releasedatum: 2012-02-16 € 9,49
Design doesn't have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as important as aesthetics. Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious -- even liberating -- book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The pr...
Releasedatum: 2013-11-05 € 11,99
‘Kocienda reveals the real secret of Steve Jobs's leadership and Apple's magic’ – Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor A Wall Street Journal bestseller. An inside account of Apple's creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs. 'If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work in a hotbed of innovation, you’ll enjoy this inside view of life at Apple. Ken Kocienda pioneered the iPhone keyboard, and this book gives a play-by-play of their creative process – from ge...
Releasedatum: 2018-09-06 € 5,99
“There is no recipe for passion, no 5-step guide to making your idea real, but there is good, solid advice, and this book is filled with it.“ - Clay Shirky It Will Be Exhilarating presents the story of two designers, Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost, who started a small design company through two successful product launches on Kickstarter, the Glif and the Cosmonaut, and in turn paved the way for a new era of independent hardware manufacturing. This book was written to offer guidance and inspira...
Releasedatum: 2012-09-04 € 3,99
Amanda Rosenbloom, eigenares van kledingboetiek Astor Place Vintage, krijgt van een oude dame een grote kist vol kleding aangeboden. Een routineklus, zo lijkt. Tot ze een ingenaaid dagboek vindt dat het leven onthult van Olive Westcott, een jonge vrouw die in 1907 vanuit de provincie naar New York verhuisde en ervan droomde kledinginkoper bij een groot warenhuis te worden. Naarmate Amanda meer leest over Olive, ontdekt ze dat haar leven en dat van Olive veel meer met elkaar verweven zijn dan ze ...
Releasedatum: 2016-04-04 € 9,99
The first step-by-step guidebook for successful innovation planning Unlike other books on the subject, 101 Design Methods approaches the practice of creating new products, services, and customer experiences as a science, rather than an art, providing a practical set of collaborative tools and methods for planning and defining successful new offerings. Strategists, managers, designers, and researchers who undertake the challenge of innovation, despite a lack of established procedures and a high r...
Releasedatum: 2012-10-11 € 22,99
Is your closet jam-packed and yet you have absolutely nothing to wear? Can you describe your personal style in one sentence? If someone grabbed a random piece from your closet right now, how likely is it that it would be something you love and wear regularly? With so many style and shopping options, it can be difficult to create a streamlined closet of pieces that can be worn easily and confidently. In The Curated Closet , style writer Anuschka Rees presents a fascinatingly strategic approach to...
Releasedatum: 2016-09-20 € 6,99
500 is an experiment in the old adage, practice makes perfect. 500 features a collection of sketches, by product designer Spencer Nugent, produced over a period of 1 Month.
Releasedatum: 2013-01-02 € 5,49
eBook Typography for flowable eBooks by Chris Jennings Designers who work within publishing companies are often frustrated with the results when their beautifully crafted print books are converted to eBooks. Particularly if they are flowable eBooks, that can have their viewing modes and fonts changed by the user. This eBook focuses on revealing some features that can be implemented in flowable eBooks, in order to improve the aesthetic qualities of the juxtaposition of text and image on the page.
Releasedatum: 2012-09-05 € 3,49
The Basic series covers the basic disciplines in graphic design. The first volume is about logos, classified into three categories: Graphics, Typography and Illustration. Basic Logos features nearly 1000 logos developed by designers from around the world, showcasing a broad range of styles that enhance the book and make it both a compendium of visual input and a great source of inspiration.
Releasedatum: 2012-12-12 € 6,99
Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia covering 125 laws, guidelines, human biases, and general considerations important to successful design. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the ideas applied in practice. From the 80/20 Rule to the Weakest Link, every major design concept is defined and illustrated. Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit...
Releasedatum: 2010-01-01 € 17,99
A radical shift in perspective to transform your organization to become more innovative The Design Thinking Playbook is an actionable guide to the future of business. By stepping back and questioning the current mindset, the faults of the status quo stand out in stark relief—and this guide gives you the tools and frameworks you need to kick off a digital transformation. Design Thinking is about approaching things differently with a strong user orientation and fast iterations with multidiscipli...
Releasedatum: 2020-08-25 € 25,99
How human behavior brought our world to the brink, and how human behavior can save us. The world is a mess. Our dire predicament, from collapsing social structures to the climate crisis, has been millennia in the making and can be traced back to the erroneous belief that the earth’s resources are infinite. The key to change, says Don Norman, is human behavior, covered in the book’s three major themes: meaning, sustainability, and humanity-centeredness. Emphasize quality of life, not monetary...
Releasedatum: 2023-03-21 € 15,99
One of the seminal texts of graphic design, Paul Rand's Thoughts on Design is now available for the first time since the 1970s. Writing at the height of his career, Rand articulated in his slender volume the pioneering vision that all design should seamlessly integrate form and function. This facsimile edition preserves Rand's original 1947 essay with the adjustments he made to its text and imagery for a revised printing in 1970, and adds only an informative and inspiring new foreword by design ...
Releasedatum: 2014-08-19 € 10,99
INTRODUCTION A Future by Design Are you prepared to design the future? Although many of us feel we can prepare for our future by thinking, acting, and learning using present methods and values, nothing is farther from the truth – especially in today’s rapidly changing world. A newborn child enters a world not of his or her own making. Each succeeding generation inherits the values, accomplishments, hopes, successes, and failings of previous generations. And they inherit the results of the de...
Releasedatum: 2011-11-28 € 1,49
Bij ‘natuur’ denken we eerder aan een bos dan aan een snelweg. Maar hoe natuurlijk is de natuur? We leven in een wereld vol aangelegde natuurgebieden, regenboogtulpen, designerbaby’s en gekweekt vlees. De biologie van een tomaat beheersen we inmiddels zo nauwkeurig dat het weinig meer met natuur te maken heeft en, omgekeerd, over het internet en de financiële markten hebben we zo weinig controle dat ze steeds meer een natuurkracht lijken. Aan de hand van talloze spraakmakende voorbeelden ...
Releasedatum: 2019-07-02 € 14,99
Why attractive things work better and other crucial insights into human-centered design Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don Norman shows how the principles of human psychology apply to the invention and design of new technologies and products. In The Design of Everyday Things, Norman made the definitive case for human-centered design, showing that good design demanded that the user's must take precedence over a designer...
Releasedatum: 2007-03-20 € 10,99
Design thinking is a powerful thinking tool which could drive a brand, business or an individual forward positively. It is also a part and parcel way of thinking that designers go through in their minds in every single design project. Thinking like a designer can transform the way organizations develop products and services on the front end, while improving processes and strategy to the backend. It is a way of simply thinking and ideating on a solution to address a problem or better meet a custo...
Releasedatum: 2015-06-30 € 14,99
By the author of THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS. Insightful and whimsical, profoundly intelligent and easily accessible, Don Norman has been exploring the design of our world for decades, exploring this complex relationship between humans and machines. In this seminal work, fully revised and updated, Norman gives us the first steps towards demanding a person-centered redesign of the machines we use every day. Humans have always worked with objects to extend our cognitive powers, from counting on ...
Releasedatum: 2014-12-02 € 8,99
"Thinking with Type is to typography what Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is to physics."— I Love Typography The best-selling Thinking with Type in a revised and expanded second edition: Thinking with Type is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication. Ellen Lupton provides clear and focused guidance on how letters, words, and paragraphs should be aligned, spaced, ordered, and shaped. The book covers all typography essentials, from typefaces and type families, t...
Releasedatum: 2014-04-15 € 17,99
This comprehensive reference provides a thorough and critical presentation of 100 research methods, synthesis/analysis techniques, and research deliverables for human centered design, delivered in a concise and accessible format perfect for designers, educators, and students. Universal Methods of Design serves as an invaluable compendium of methods that can be easily referenced and used by cross-disciplinary teams in nearly any design project. Methods and techniques are organized a...
Releasedatum: 2012-02-01 € 20,99
How to use the Design Thinking Tools A practical guide to make innovation happen The Design Thinking Toolbox explains the most important tools and methods to put Design Thinking into action. Based on the largest international survey on the use of design thinking, the most popular methods are described in four pages each by an expert from the global Design Thinking community. If you are involved in innovation, leadership, or design, these are tools you need. Simple instructions, expert tips, temp...
Releasedatum: 2020-04-09 € 25,99
Heb je je ooit afgevraagd waarom iedereen omhoogkijkt zodra er een regenboog verschijnt, of waarom we in de lente popelen om naar buiten te gaan om bomen en bloemen in bloei te zien? Is er een reden dat ieder mens – ongeacht geslacht, afkomst of leeftijd – moet glimlachen als hij een bos felgekleurde ballonnen ziet? In Vrolijkheid onderzoekt de gerenommeerde ontwerper Ingrid Fetell Lee hoe het komt dat omgevingen en objecten waarmee we dagelijks in aanraking komen soms verrassende en krachti...
Releasedatum: 2019-03-26 € 12,99
The fast and easy way to learn the art of fashion drawing This fun guide gives you dozens of step-by-step diagrams that walk you through the process of preparing creative illustrations that you can later develop into dynamic presentations for your design portfolio. Plus, you'll not only learn how to draw clothes and fabric, but also how to show details that make up the total look: faces and hairstyles, fashion accents, and a wide variety of textures. If you're an aspiring fashion designer, you k...
Releasedatum: 2012-04-06 € 19,99
Move over Color Me Beautiful , an Emmy Award-winning costume designer shows women how to find their authentic style archetype. David Zyla has made women look sensational on the runway, television, and Broadway for twenty years. In Color Your Style ,David shows how every woman can unlock her authentic style based on a combination of her personality, her eight true colors, and one of twenty-four color-palette archetypes-from the Wholesome Flirt to the Romantic Poetess to The Maverick. Through quiz...
Releasedatum: 2010-02-04 € 11,99
Celtic Line Drawing - Simplified Instructions leads you step by step into the fascinating world of creating Celtic knots. Replete with sample drawings, templates and illustrated instructions, this simple but powerful and flexible approach will have you creating intricate plaitwork designs on paper in just minutes. 231 pages of instruction, eight fun and beautiful tutorials will help you quickly progress from elegant plaitwork to more spectacular designs that utilize Cutwork, Circles, Spirals and...
Releasedatum: 2019-02-18 € 3,99
Our bestselling introduction to graphic design is now available in a revised and updated edition. In Graphic Design: The New Basics (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded), bestselling author Ellen Lupton (Thinking with Type, Type on Screen) and design educator Jennifer Cole Phillips explain the key concepts of visual language that inform any work of design, from logo or letterhead to a complex website. Through visual demonstrations and concise commentary, students and professionals explore the f...
Releasedatum: 2015-07-14 € 18,99
A monograph, manual and manifesto by one of the world's leading graphic designers. Protégé of design legend Massimo Vignelli and partner in the New York office of the international design firm Pentagram, Michael Bierut has had one of the most varied careers of any living graphic designer. The 35 projects Bierut presents in this book illustrate the breadth of activity that graphic design encompasses today, his goal being to demonstrate not a single ideology, but the enthusiastically eclectic ap...
Releasedatum: 2016-01-11 € 19,99
Fashion is a multi-billion-dollar industry. It is not just about sketching an outfit, it is about selecting fabric, developing buttons, sourcing a factory, negotiating prices, making patterns, seeing to the final launch, and selling garments. With many fashion schools now recognising the importance of including technical modules to their degrees, this guide is the perfect accompaniment to the relevant modules with its vocational a to z approach of what happens in the workplace, including how to ...
Releasedatum: 2014-05-02 € 22,99
Compiled for aspiring car designers & creators everywhere, H-Point provides a unique and comprehensive introduction to advanced vehicle packaging and design. Written and illustrated by Stuart Macey with Geoff Wardle, this book demystifies the automotive design process and allows designers access to an illustrious careers worth of knowledge. Stuart currently works as a senior studio engineer in Southern California and teaches vehicle architecture part time at Art Center College of...
Releasedatum: 2013-08-20 € 19,99
De Amsterdame: een vrouw met klasse, maar wel op sneakers. Waarom zou je een Parisienne willen zijn als je het leven tegemoet kunt gaan als een Amsterdame? En daarvoor hoef je echt niet in onze hoofdstad te wonen, in iedere vrouw schuilt een Amsterdame. Dit is een handboek voor alle vrouwen die het leven met charme en een dikke vette knipoog tegemoet willen gaan. Op sneakers in plaats van hoge hakken en met bitterballen in plaats van crudité. Na het succes van How to be Parisian vonden Mirjam D...
Releasedatum: 2018-09-12 € 12,99
This inspirational subject-based directory presents the very best in modern as well as traditional tattoo art, and will appeal to both seasoned tattoo enthusiasts and those wanting to acquire a tattoo but unsure of the creative possibilities. Tattoo Art features an extensive gallery of superlative imagery, arranged in imaginative sections and including famous faces, fantasy, nature, love objects (such as pin-ups, and romantic symbols), cartoon characters and humorous scenes, personal narratives ...
Releasedatum: 2013-05-23 € 3,99
Your full-color guide to building a fun, functional wardrobe Fashion For Dummies takes the guess out of dress, giving you the confidence and know-how you need to dress for every occasion. This full-color guide is packed with tips on creating a confusion-free wardrobe that works with your body type and personal style, as well as navigating the worlds of color, pattern, and texture. Reveals how to put together outfits that work without overextending your budget Features a section dedicated to mens...
Releasedatum: 2009-10-29 € 17,99
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as ‘the new Leonardo’. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it pla...
Releasedatum: 2008-09-25 € 9,49
Het intrigerende verhaal over de rol die textiel heeft gespeeld in de geschiedenis van de mens: van de Egyptische mummies en de zijderoutes tot astronautenpakken Textiel – natuurlijk en door mensenhanden gemaakt – heeft de wereld waarin we leven veranderd, bepaald en vormgegeven. We zijn omringd door stoffen. Bij onze geboorte worden we erin gewikkeld, we slapen tussen de lakens, en elke ochtend kleden we ons aan om de wereld tegemoet te treden. De gouden draad onthult het verborgen rijke le...
Releasedatum: 2019-04-23 € 14,99
A comprehensive and accessible illustrated guide to lingerie from intimates expert Cora Harrington, founder of The Lingerie Addict , the internet's top intimate apparel blog. While many love the idea of wearing special underthings, lingerie can be intimidating. How is it supposed to fit? How do you take care of it all? Is lingerie really for me? In this beautiful and empowering guide, lingerie expert Cora Harrington demystifies intimate apparel, making it accessible to all sizes, ages, and budge...
Releasedatum: 2018-08-28 € 9,49
What is the new normal? Something has shifted, it seems. We are making new worlds faster than we can keep track of them, and the pace is unlikely to slow. If our technologies have advanced beyond our ability to conceptualize their implications, such gaps can be perilous. In response, one impulse is to pull the emergency brake and to try put all the genies back in all the bottles. This is ill-advised (and hopeless). Better instead to invest in emergence, in contingency: to map the new normal for ...
Releasedatum: 2017-04-27 € 1,99
Of je hem nu ontwerprecensent of innovatie-expert noemt: Jasper van Kuijk fileert denkfouten in hedendaags ontwerp. Met een aanstekelijke mix van ironie en absurdisme verwoordt Van Kuijk herkenbare frustraties én hoe groot het genot kan zijn van goed ontworpen voorwerpen. Hij laat de onderliggende ontwerpprincipes zien en wijst ons de weg naar een gebruiksvriendelijkere, intuïtievere en beter ontworpen wereld. Waarom worden Spaanse pepers bijvoorbeeld per drie verpakt, terwijl je er zelden mee...
Releasedatum: 2016-10-14 € 14,99
The Business Skills Every Creative Needs! Remaining relevant as a creative professional takes more than creativity--you need to understand the language of business. The problem is that design school doesn't teach the strategic language that is now essential to getting your job done. Creative Strategy and the Business of Design fills that void and teaches left-brain business skills to right-brain creative thinkers. Inside, you'll learn about the business objectives and marketing decisions ...
Releasedatum: 2016-06-14 € 16,99
Do books need to change as they move from paper to screen? I’ve written Breaking the Page to answer that question. My investigation isn’t a blank survey of what technology makes possible. It’s a study conducted on behalf of those who care most about books: writers and readers. I cover the fundamental aspects of the reading experience. How we become aware of books and what’s inside them; how we comprehend, retain, and recall what we have read; how we share with others the parts we l...
Releasedatum: 2014-12-01 € 4,49
We're all creative, but only some of us will be lucky enough to earn our living by it. Creativity isn't an occupation. It's a preoccupation. It invents, perfects and defines our world. It explains and entertains us. But what drives creativity? Inspires it? Sustains it? Written and delightfully illustrated by one of the leaders in creative thinking, 'Hegarty on Creativity' is insightful, stimulating, amusing and radical. This is one of the few books that can change your life.
Releasedatum: 2014-03-24 € 11,99
This stylish introduction to fashion drawing is aimed both at practicing designers who want to brush up their skills, and at wannabe designers and fashion enthusiasts who want to learn how to design, draw and illustrate fashion from scratch. User-friendly, accessible and stylish, this book is an ideal guide to the world of fashion illustration and design. Fully illustrated throughout, this book contains examples from a range of practising fashion designers and illustrators, and step-by-step illu...
Releasedatum: 2013-10-10 € 3,99
A primer for design professionals across all disciplines that helps them create compelling and original concept designs by hand--as opposed to on the computer--in order to foster collaboration and win clients. In today's design world, technology for expressing ideas is pervasive; CAD models and renderings created with computer software provide an easy option for creating highly rendered pieces. However, the accessibility of this technology means that fewer designers know how to draw by han...
Releasedatum: 2013-11-19 € 11,99
Basic is book a series about the basic disciplines in graphic design. The first volume in the series is about logos; the second, about packaging and the third is about corporate identity. Contents are classified by the type of entity - arts & culture, business services, retail, lifestyle and manufacturing. Basic Identity features different corporate identity projects developed by designers from around the world, showcasing a broad range of styles which enhance the book and make it both a com...
Releasedatum: 2012-01-27 € 6,99
For over thirty years, besides making music, David Byrne has focused his unique genius upon forms as diverse as the archaeology of music as we know it, architectural photography and the uses of PowerPoint. Now he presents his most personal work to date, a collection of drawings exploring the form of the tree diagram. Arboretum is an eclectic blend of science, automatic writing, self-analysis and satire. A journey through irrational logic - the application of scientific rigour and form to irratio...
Releasedatum: 2019-12-05 € 16,99
A classic and essential text for designers since 2009, Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids just got better with a fresh exploration of its design principles, updated text, and new photos and international graphics. Grids are the basis for all design projects, and learning how to work with them is fundamental for all graphic designers. From working with multi-column formats to using type, color, images, and more, Layout Essentials not only demonstrat...
Releasedatum: 2019-02-05 € 13,99
Ideal for students of design, independent designers, and entrepreneurs who want to expand their understanding of effective design in business, Identity Designed is the definitive guide to visual branding. Written by best-selling writer and renowned designer David Airey , Identity Designed formalizes the process and the benefits of brand identity design and includes a substantial collection of high-caliber projects from a variety of the world’s most talented design studios . You...
Releasedatum: 2019-01-01 € 20,99
Pattern Design: Fundamentals is an ideal book for beginners to the field of fashion design as well as self-guided learners. Pattern Design: Fundamentals covers the basics of pattern making, terminology and drafting concepts. This book is different than all other drafting books of its kind. This drafting book combines knowledge of drafting with sewing and construction. The best way to understand how patterns are drafted is to understand how the drafts are constructed, why certain pattern markings...
Releasedatum: 2018-10-31 € 8,99