Product DescriptionFor undergraduate Modern Design and Industrial Design History and Theory courses. Filling the gap for an extensively illustrated history of modern design, this introduction provides a balanced chronological survey of decorative arts, industrial design and graphic design from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the appreciation of design as a creative activity, [...]
Jun 20
Product DescriptionThe first edition of this major survey on interior design by John Pile won the 2001 ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Educational Foundation/Joel Polsky Prize. Now this standard history has been updated to reflect greater coverage of non-Western design, as well as vernacular and residential interiors. A deeper exploration of sustainable design and [...]
Jun 17
Product DescriptionThis exciting new history of graphic design explores its evolution from the late 19th century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the book illuminates the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing as well as the roles of technology, social change, and commercial forces on the course of design history. The layout of each chapter [...]
Jun 11
Product DescriptionGRAPHIC DESIGN BASICS combines design principles, history, and current technology to present students a comprehensive introduction to the field of graphic design. Keeping pace with rapid changes in the field of design, while maintaining a consistently high academic quality, the text emphasizes design structure and visual perception with a wide range of visuals from [...]
Jun 02
Product DescriptionFor courses in History of Architecture, Interior Design, Furnishings, and Decorative Arts. Exceptionally comprehensive, this single-source text/reference allows students to compare and contrast architecture, interior design, interior architectural features, design details, motifs, furniture, space planning, color, lighting, textiles, interior surface treatments, and decorative accessories through many centuries–from antiquity to the 18th century–from the [...]
Apr 30
Print Size: Approximately 14 x 17″.
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Product DescriptionThis is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. Date: c. 1885. Print Info: Created by What Cheer Show Print 129 & 131 Eddy Street between Broad & Pine Providence R.I. [...]
Apr 03
ISBN13: 9780500203477
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product DescriptionFrom its roots in the development of printing, graphic design has evolved as a means of identification, information, and promotion to become a profession and discipline in its own right. This authoritative documentary history begins with the poster and goes on to chart the development [...]
Mar 22
Product DescriptionFrom history to theory to technology: a comprehensive survey of furniture design. Designing furniture is both an art and a science that draws upon a broad range of knowledge and disciplines. It is helpful for today’s furniture designers to have a working knowledge of furniture history, technology, [...]
Mar 19
Product DescriptionA comprehensive survey of the major historical periods of interior architecture and decorative styles, History of Interior Design & Furniture, Second Edition features more than 175 new illustrations, including over 150 full colour photographs. From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles that characterise the Victorian age, furniture and design are placed within the broader [...]
Mar 14
DescriptionTour the towers that made history and altered the future. Why was New York’s most famous skyscraper dubbed the “Empty State Building?” How big is Japan’s planned “supertower?” Tour the world’s most incredible skylines with award-winning author-illustrator—and captivating storyteller—David Macaulay (The Way Things Work) and trace the amazing stories of skyscrapers. From France’s Gothic [...]
