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| Tools for Innovation |
| Researchers across an array of fields are studying innovation, with exciting new findings suggesting that science is beginning to understand how it can be cultivated. It is now more important than ever for seemingly distant fields to share conclusions and, in concert, translate them into viable applications. The authors present research on processes as well as on the evaluation of existing methods. Their lessons drawn are at the forefront of the interdisciplinary movement to use science to help organizations thrive. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/0195381637 - September 6, 2009 - details
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| Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People |
| Featuring more than 100 contemporary design products and systems - safer baby bottles, a high-tech waterless washing machine, low-cost prosthetics for landmine victims, Braille-based Lego-style building blocks for blind children, wheelchairs for rugged conditions, sugarcane charcoal, universal composting systems, DIY soccer balls - that are as fascinating as they are revolutionary, this exceptionally smart, friendly and well-designed volume makes the case for design as a tool to solve some of the world's biggest social problems in beautiful, sustainable and engaging ways--for global citizens in the developing world and in more developed economies alike. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/1933045957 - August 16, 2009 - details
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| A Fine Line: How Design Strategies Are Shaping the Future of Business |
| For the first time, Hartmut Esslinger, internationally acclaimed designer and founder of frog design, inc., reveals the secrets to better business through better design. Having spent forty years helping build the world's most recognizable brands, Esslinger shows how business leaders and designers can join forces to build creative strategies that will ensure a more profitable and sustainable future. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/0470451025 - July 3, 2009 - details
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| Scandinavian Design |
| Scandtastic! (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Scandinavians are exceptionally gifted in design. They are world-famous for their inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between crafts and industrial production. The marriage of beautiful, organic forms with everyday functionality is one of the primary strengths of Scandinavian design and one of the reasons why Scandinavian creations are so cherished and sought after. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/3822841188 - March 15, 2009 - details
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| Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design |
| Available now as a softcover edition, Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design contains a new preface by Ellen Lupton describing new products and projects that have been produced since the book’s initial publication. Skin presents products, furniture, fashion, architecture, and media that are expanding the limits of what we understand as surface. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/1568987110 - March 4, 2009 - details
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| Edexcel A Level Design and Technology for Product Design: Graphic Products |
| This is a new edition of "Advanced Design and Technology for Edexcel Product Design: Graphics with Materials Technology", fully revised and updated to support Edexcel's new Product Design specification for 2008. Now in full-colour, the student book is completely matched to the new requirements, ensuring students develop all the skills and understanding they need to succeed at A level. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/0435757792 - March 4, 2009 - details
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| Nowhere/Now/Here |
| This book explores contemporary creative practice by identifying product designers whose work has changed preconceived ideas about the nature of design. Featuring interviews with Ron Arad, Javier Mariscal, Gaetano Pesce and Daniel Weil, for their importance at the forefront of contemporary design and for continuing to produce uncompromising projects. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/8461266749 - March 2, 2009 - details
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| Marcel Wanders: Behind the Ceiling |
| Marcel Wanders is the highly anticipated first monograph on one of the most influential, prolific and celebrated international designers today. This book showcases his body of work and stellar career through stunning photography, sketches, copious texts and quotes from the designer himself, offering a first-hand account of Wanders' irresistible universe. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/3899552342 - February 4, 2009 - details
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| Do You Matter? |
| You'll learn what it really means to be "design-driven" and how that translates into action at Nike, Apple, BMW and IKEA. You'll learn design-driven techniques for managing your entire experience chain; define effective design strategies and languages; and learn how to manage design from the top, encouraging "risky" design innovations that lead to entirely new markets. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/0137142447 - September 7, 2008 - details
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| Designline |
| Designline enables the significance and even the aura of products to be seen and understood. In the interplay with graphic design, architecture and selected cultural and technical milestones, it becomes clear why products had their specific look at respective times. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/3899860993 - July 26, 2008 - details
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| Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals |
| Today's product designers are presented with a myriad of choices when creating their work and preparing it for manufacture. They have to be knowledgeable about a vast repertoire of processes, ranging from what used to be known as traditional "crafts" to the latest technology, to enable their designs to be manufactured effectively and efficiently. Information on the internet about such processes is often unreliable, and search engines do not usefully organize material for designers. This fundamental new resource explores innovative production techniques and materials that are having an impact on the design industry worldwide. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/0500513759 - March 3, 2008 - details
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| Plastics Handbook |
| From plastics with the strength and durability of metal, to mass-produced skins, sensuous plastics, and rental DVDs that expire 48 hours after you've opened the packaging, The Plastics Handbook offers a fascinating insight into the most innovative and unusual plastics for designers and manufacturers throughout the world. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/2888930021 - March 2, 2008 - details
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| Product Experience |
| Product Experience summarizes research on the emotional and cognitive experience of using products. The book explores product experience in terms of aesthetics and design, ergonomics and usability, product facilitation of human capacities and skills, entertainment value, and how product experience extends beyond the product itself to brand association, the shopping experience, and product packaging. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/008045089X - February 17, 2008 - details
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| Ultra Materials |
| Smart substances, intelligent interfaces, and sensory surfaces are redefining the world we live in, from self-cleaning materials based on the surface morphology of a lotus leaf to outdoor pavilions made from inflatable membrane exteriors to temperature regulated clothing. The book includes a classified presentation of the four hundred most recent significant materials; a directory of designers, design conferences, trade shows, and professional organizations; and details of degree programs, grants, scholarships, internships, research labs, and competitions. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/0500513821 - January 29, 2008 - details
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| Design Inspirations |
| This 700 page volume offers a comprehensive overview of projects and products of international designers. Technological developments and social and global trends influence projects and the work approach of designers as do materials and production methods. |
astore.amazon.com/detail/386654037X - January 24, 2008 - details
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