• The Ten Essentials of Enduring Home Design
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In this groundbreaking work, internationally respected architects Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson,  Barbara Winslow present the ten essential patterns that shape and define a well-crafted home. The key to creating a house that is memorable, satisfying, and enduring is to apply a group of design concepts—or patterns—that focus on the experience of being in a home. Patterns explore the presence of light, the relationship between indoors and out, the flow through rooms, and the feel of one

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Not every home owner or apartment dweller can afford to hire an interior decorator, but this book and a bit of do-it-yourself spirit are all that’s needed to give living interiors an elegant, professionally finished look. Presenting all the design principles and techniques needed for creating beautiful rooms, Interior Design Course advises readers on how to think visually and develop distinctive, personal styles of their own. The book is organized into units that reflect interior design courses

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• 200 carefully designed color scheme ideas
• Range of hues from bright primary colors to pale pastels

A practical guide to using color successfully. The power of color is its ability to influence mood, create atmosphere, and enhance perception. As a result, one of the most effective ways to transform any room is by changing its color. Which colors to use is the challenge. The Color Scheme Bible is a practical, yet inspiring reference for those who want to take advantage of different colors without clashing. It contains 150 color scheme ideas for home decorators and interior designers.

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Winner of the 2008 National Best Books Award in the Home: Reference Category

Your Architect in a Book

If you ve ever considered building your dream home, here is a step-by-step guidebook that will take you through the design process. Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect concerns the thought process of planning and creating a house, the methodology of the design, and how to get everything right.

Reading this book, you will gain insights about how to:

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There are many different ways in which a product can be manufactured but most designers probably know only a handful of techniques in any detail. Both informative and inspirational, Making It covers a broad range of almost 90 production methods. As well as describing each process, the text offers guidance on its pros and cons and on suitable production volumes, the costs involved, speed of production, relevant materials and typical applications.

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Chris Lefteri is Senior Lecturer in Product Design at Central Saint Martins College of Design, London. He also runs his own packaging, furniture and product-design business in London. His previous books include five titles in the Materials for (more…)

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Subtitled Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice, this book is for anyone who has to design a newsletter, job ad, flyer, business card, memo, report or whatever, but has no idea what separates good design from bad. Except, of course, that the first looks clear, professional, sophisticated and right, and the second is an ugly, unreadable mess.Robin Williams has an easily readable style and manages to communicate sometimes complex and sophisticated concepts simply and directly. She rightly assumes that, though most people can recognise bad design when they see it, they don’t know why it’s bad and are therefore powerless to fix the same problems in their own work.The bulk of the book is give (more…)

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Packed with practical guidance and beautifully illustrated throughout, Graphic Design School provides a solid foundation for the design student as well as offering a back-to-basics tool for more advanced designers in search of solutions to graphic problems. The book is divided into three clear sections, beginning with ‘The Language of Design’, which introduces the basic design skills, giving encouragement and advice on thinking up ideas and expressing them visually. I n ‘Principles and Techniques’, the reader is shown how to start developing these ideas and learns new methods of giving form to their vision by experimentation with colour, typography and computer techniques. Finally, ‘Commercial Practice’ shows how these skil (more…)

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“Chronologically ordered into five chapters, The Genius of Design…ceelbartes not only ‘design heroes’ of the last 200 years but also the democratic forces of machine production and mass consumption. An insightful and provaocative read, this book is perfect for anyone with an interest in design.” –Concept For Living magazine, February 2010″Traces the history of modern design and the role of political, cultural and economic forces shaping it.” –The Bookseller, 8th January 2010″Penny Sparke explores design classics that have shaped our world , from snuff boxes and inflatable chairs to the creation of tupperware and the rise of the Scandinavian aesthetic.” –Psychologies, January 2010″Based onm the BBC Televison seri (more…)

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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 plays in the objects we use everyday. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children’s books, advertising, cars and chairs – these are just some of the subjects to which he turns his illuminating gaze.

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“This informative and attractive book will provide education and inspiration for design professionals and students alike.”

Grand Designs, January 2007

“A brilliant combination of entertainment and information, this glossy and colourful book packs a powerful factual punch.”

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