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Design and Crime: And Other Diatribes
by Hal Foster  Synopsis In these diatribes on the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, Hal Foster explores the history of a design led culture and in an attempt to illuminate the conditions for critical culture in the present asks if the new "political economy of...
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Spoon
by Phaidon Synopsis This exhibition-in-a-book presents the work of 100 product designers, selected by 10 critics, educators, designers and entrepreneurs all involved in contemporary design. It provides an overview of the product design world and the most forward-looking and...
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The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman Publisher Comments A popular, entertaining, and insightful analysis of why some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. B & W photographs and illustrations throughout....
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Geometry of Design : Studies in Proportion and Composition (01 Edition)
by Kimbery Elam Publisher Comments At last, a mathematical explanation of how art works presented in a manner we can all understand. Kimberly Elam takes the reader on a geometrical journey, lending insight and coherence to the design process by exploring the visual relationships that have...
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Graphic Style : From Victorian To Digital ((Rev)00 Edition)
by Steven Heller Synopsis The book to consult for an overview of graphic design styles from the industrial era onward. A quick appreciation of every significant trend from Art Nouveau to Neo-Modern. Now, in an expanded edition with over 700 illustrations, this essential design...
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The Big Book of Color in Design
by David Carter Publisher Comments Now available in paperback, The Big Book of Color in Design focuses on color as a tool to create moods and symbolic images.The book is categorized into 30 different sections, such as “classy,” “hot,” “regal,” or “...
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Disruptive Pattern Material: An Encyclopedia of Camouflage
by Hardy Blechman Publisher Comments Deep diving From animal survival to anti-war irony. Raising heavy objects Equipment failure Boat handling before, during and after a dive Camouflage occurs naturally in the wild as a mechanism of protection and illusion. Learning from nature, military...
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Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design
by Henry Petroski 
Powells.com Staff Pick Fear not! Despite the sound of the title, Success through Failure is blissfully free of the latest corporate management philosophies. Instead of business jargon, engineering and design author Henry Petroski focuses on the fascinating cycle of mistakes...
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Good: An Introduction to Ethics in Graphic Design
by Lucienne Roberts Synopsis In a world where awareness of ethics is increasing--but actual ethics themselves may be decreasing--where does graphic design fit in? What is the responsibility of the graphic designer? Is it right to use good design to further evil in the world, merely...
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EcoDesign, REV PB
by Alastair Fuad-luke Publisher Comments For the growing number of people looking to embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle without sacrificing high style, ecoDesign -- now fully revised and updated -- is the ultimate one-stop shopping resource. The latest edition of this definitive sourcebook...
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Bright Minds Beautiful Ideas
by Ed Annink Publisher Comments An essential reference and resource for all designers, no matter what their field of specialisation....
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Scandinavian Design (Taschen 25)
by Charlotte Fiell Synopsis 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...
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Blobjects and Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design
by Steven Skov Holt Publisher Comments Published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art, Blobjects and Beyond is the first comprehensive survey of the new fluidity in contemporary design. Whether hard or soft, cheerful or sinister, practical or conceptual...
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Absolut Sequel: The Absolut Advertising Story Continues with CDROM
by Richard W. Lewis Synopsis The Absolut advertising story continues in this sequel to the "New York Times" bestselling "Absolut Book." Full color....
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Design Literacy
by Steven Heller Synopsis This updated version of the first book to provide explicit case histories of the successful marriage of form and content in graphic design explores more than 125 classic and contemporary works--30 of them brand new--explainting why they are aesthetically...
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She Tried to Be Good: Sirens and Vamps from the Pulp Classics
by Prion Publisher Comments As America slowly relaxed its moral codes in the postwar era, pulp novels offered an initiation to the previously hidden demimondes of sex and hedonistic excess. While the cover blurbs feigned shock and disgust, the cover art reveled in illicit danger...
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Dish: International Design for the Home
by Julie Muller Stahl Synopsis The big design surveys of the past few years tend to have two things in common: a lot of creative design and very few women designers. "Dish" is here to set the record straight. This exciting collection features new work by over forty emerging and...
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Design Encyclopedia
by Mel Byars Publisher Comments The Museum of Modern Art Design Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive design reference guide to date. Compiled by Mel Byars in consultation with an international team of design experts, it features designers from all over the globe, both legendary names...
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Modernism: The Lure of Heresy from Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond
by Peter Gay Publisher Comments Peter Gay's most ambitious endeavor since Freud explores the shocking modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film with its assault on traditional forms. Beginning his epic study with Baudelaire, whose...
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Art of Three-Dimensional Design
by Louis Wolchonok Publisher Comments Profusely illustrated guide (over 1000 illustrations) shows how basic shapes and surfaces—plane, prismatic, cylindric, conical, spherical, etc.—can be adapted and combined to create hundreds of new designs. Applications are endless for...
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