Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Product Design offers a broad and comprehensive introduction to the field of product design and the key role of product designers. Following through all the stages and activities involved in the creation of a new product from concept design to manufacture, prototyping to marketing this book also explores the diverse nature of product design, including new and emerging forms of practice. A rich…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Celebrates a major retrospective of the designer’s work at the Musée des ArtsDécoratifs in Paris. Jean-Paul Goude is one of the world’s most brilliant and unorthodox image makers. This book assembles the biggest collection of his work ever seen: sketches, paintings, magazine spreads, storyboards, art-directed and elaborately staged photography, and photographic documentation (as well as…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Pharmacies constitute a special form of commercial architecture. The market for medicines, which is heavily regulated in most countries, has led to a veritable competition of the “atmosphere of space“, since where product and price can no longer provide a competitive advantage, customer loyalty must be created with other means. In addition to professional competence and familiarity with the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: In the 18th and 19th centuries, architects and decorative artists were constantly seeking new sources of inspiration to satisfy the demands of their rich patrons. While some revisited the canons of the classical world, others began to turn their eyes towards the East, and the 'Oriental' became a byword for spectacle and sensuality. The result was a wave of creative expression that encompassed…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This title offers an invitation to escape the everyday to explore the world of Alberto Pinto where elegance, refinement, and luxury combine with his eclectic style to create innovative and original interiors. This sumptuous and richly illustrated book features celebrated designer Alberto Pinto's most recent interiors. Bringing fresh inspiration to established design principles, Pinto excels at…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: An homage to the beauty of two wheels, Cyclepedia is a celebration of the best bicycles designed over the past 90 years. Among this unique selection of exemplary bicycles are classic racing bikes that been in such events as the Tour de France, high-tech machines that use the latest in material science and aerodynamics, eccentric bikes designed for specific purposes such as cycling on ice, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: The nude figure was critical to the art of Edgar Degas throughout his life, and yet his expansive body of work on this subject has been overshadowed by his celebrated portraits and dancers. Degas and the Nude is the first book in a generation to explore the artist's treatment of the nude from his early years in the 1850s and 1860s, through his triumphs in the 1880s and 1890s, all the way to his…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Following the success of the earlier titles in this series, Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern glass architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 50 of the most recently completed and influential glass designs for residential, public and commercial…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Fashion Drawing is a comprehensive, practical guide to fashion drawing for students. The author covers men, women and children, starting with how to draw the fashion figure and continuing with garments and garment details, before teaching the reader how to render various types of fabric. Contemporary in its approach and offering step-by-step guidance, the book emphasizes drawing as an integral…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This book is a revised and enlarged version of the original maquette for Josef Koudelkas book Cikani (Czech for Gypsies), prepared by Koudelka and graphic designer Milan Kopriva in 1968, and intended for publication in Prague in 1970. However, Koudelka left Czechoslovakia in 1970, and the book was never published in that original form. Koudelkas stark images depict the poverty and clannishness of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Whether they are of Abu Dhabi, California, Egypt or Emilia, all of the images he produces are lit with a constant physical light and sentiment; elements that this photographer seems to always have with him the way he does with his camera bag, and through which all he wants to do is observe the world. I find such an aesthetic to be more that of a painter than a photographer somehow. Better yet,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Forty examples of advanced, ingenious, and responsible homes—each with fewer than 650 square feet of living space. Space is at a premium in growing cities. In the countryside, we want to preserve nature and the landscape. In impoverished parts of the world, the necessity for sustainable and economical shelter is stronger than ever. Lifestyles and daily routines are also changing. We live in an…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: A new interactive colouring book for fashionistas of all ages, My Even More Wonderful World of Fashion is packed with more beautiful and sophisticated illustrations specially created by illustrator Nina Chakrabarti. The book encourages creativity, with illustrations to colour in and designs to finish off, as well as simple ideas for making and doing (how to make a sari, turn a napkin into a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This is not a cookbook; this is an entirely fresh and idiosyncratic look at the world's most popular food. Architect George L. Legrande has compiled and profiled 92 different kinds of pasta, classifying them into types using the science of phylogeny (the study of relatedness among natural forms). Opening the book is a pasta family tree, revealing unexpected relationships between pasta shapes,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: A great introduction for retail students, this book offers a user-friendly reference guide to all aspects of visual merchandising and covers both window dressing and in-store areas. Using examples from a range of shops, from fashion emporia to small outlets, the book offers practical advice on the subject, supported by hints and tips from established visual merchandisers. It reveals the secrets…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This essential publication features a wide selection of the most eye-catching and iconic examples from the internationally renowned poster collection at the Imperial War Museum in London. More than 300 superb full-color illustrations of hard-hitting propaganda and groundbreaking graphic art encompass unforgettable images such as Alfred Leete's Your Country Needs You as well as documentary…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The Crown Jewels have often been called the finest jewelry collection in the world. This book provides a dazzling mix of art and photography with entirely new views plus spectacular details. Individual pieces, gems, and carefully selected groups of objects: the royal jewels can be seen here as never before.The priceless objects in the collection were created to be the physical embodiment of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Some looks come and go, but this collection of 472 images as tutely edited by a seasoned fashion expert and grouped into a dozen themes with staying power will inspire your personal style. True style transcends fashion. With her sharp eye and clever pen, long-time fashion editor and style maven Elizabeth Walker navigates fashion devotees through the recurring themes that define the essence of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This pioneering book has now been expanded with a new chapter that brings it into the second decade of the twenty-first century, mapping the global rise of performance to the present day. RoseLee Goldberg explores contemporary artists approaches to politics, tradition, social engagement, and the art world itself, while evaluating the changing status of performance and its ever-increasing…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Taking font creation back to basics, this comprehensive book explores innovative ways to design contemporary lettering of all kinds, examining everything from classic design examples to 3D and illustrated fonts, digital lettering and radical conceptual alphabets. Handmade Type Workshop is ideal for anyone looking to move beyond existing typography and fonts to create, explore and use original or…