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Design in steel
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ISBN: 1856693139 Year: 2003 Publisher: London : Arcelor,

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Nature design : from inspiration to innovation
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ISBN: 9783037780985 Year: 2007 Publisher: Zürich : Lars Müller,

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Contents: Passage 1, Discovering Nature. Nature's Architecture: the Quest for the Laws of Form and the Critique of Historicism; Sea; Passage 2, Art Nouveau. Art Nouveau: the Shape of Life Topography Forest; Passage 3, 1930s-1970s. Double Helix and Blue Planet: the Visualisation of Nature in the Twentieth Cantury; Anthropomorphe Zoomorphe; Passage 4, Contemporary. Paradise Lost? Contemporary Strategies of nature Design Scent Climate."Nature has been a constant source of inspiration in the design of the human environment, and its influence on contemporary design is more than evident. The 'model of nature', with its forms, structures, and organizing principles, does not only inspire the widest range of concepts and design processes, but also can be expressed in a broad spectrum of forms and functions. Nature Design addresses this phenomenon from the eighteenth century [to] today, and presents an international selection of objects and projects from the fields of design, architecture, landscape architecture, art, photography, and scientific research that do not simply depict or imitate nature, but use it as a starting point and reservoir of inspiration for eclectic and innovative responses to the relationship between man and his environment."The book is divided into different sections: the historical and theoretical backgrounds of culminating moments in the relationship between nature and design are exemplified in four "passages". They appear alternately with seven 'thematic landscapes' in which the whole spectrum of the inspiration of nature and the concern with its processes can be seen. The thematic landscapes are: the sea, topographic concepts, the forms and materials of forests and of plants, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic approaches, scent, and climate. Nature Design is intended to show the multiple possibilities in the rediscovery and reinvention of nature, and to open up new perspectives." quote Museum fu¨r Gestaltung, Zürich;met register en bibliografie

Sketching. Drawing techniques for product designers
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ISBN: 9789063691714 Year: 2009 Publisher: Amsterdam BIS Publishers

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1. Side view sketches 2. Perspective drawing 3. Simplifyin shape 4. Elementary geometrical shapes 5. Special attention for ellipses 6. Rounding 7. Cross sections 8. Ideation 9. Explanatory drawings 10. Surface and textures 11. Emitting light 12. Context Are designers still making drawings by hand? Isn't it more advanced to use a computer in this computer era? Some may think sketching is a disappearing skill, but if you ever enter a design studio, you will find out differently. Studios still make sketches and drawings by hand • and in most cases, quite a lot of them. They are an integral part of the decision-making process, used in the early stages of design, in brainstorming sessions, in the phase of research and concept exploration, and in presentation. Drawing has proved to be, next to verbal explanation, a powerful tool for communicating not only with fellow designers, engineers or model makers but also with clients, contractors and public offices. This book can be regarded as a standard book on design sketching, useful for students in product design.


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Design en entreprises : les pratiques de gestion du design
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ISBN: 9782804165727 Year: 2012 Volume: *2 Publisher: Bruxelles : De Boeck,


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Active matter
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ISBN: 9780262036801 9780262342469 0262036800 9780262342476 0262342472 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press,

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The past few decades brought a revolution in computer software and hardware ; today we are on the cusp of a materials revolution. If yesterday we programmed computers and other machines, today we program matter itself. This has created new capabilities in design, computing, and fabrication, which allow us to program proteins and bacteria, to generate self-transforming wood products and architectural details, and to create clothing from "intelligent textiles" that grow themselves. This book offers essays and sample projects from the front lines of the emerging field of active matter. Active matter and programmable materials are at the intersection of science, art, design, and engineering, with applications in fields from biology and computer science to architecture and fashion. These essays contextualize current work and explore recent research. Sample projects, generously illustrated in color, show the range of possibilities envisioned by their makers. Contributors explore the design of active material at scales from nano to micro, kilo, and even planetary. They investigate processes of self-assembly at a microscopic level; test new materials that can sense and actuate themselves; and examine the potential of active matter in the built environment and in living and artificial systems. Active Matter is an essential guide to a field that could shape the future of design.


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Avantgarde design : 1880-1930
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ISBN: 3822889385 Year: 1994 Publisher: Köln : Benedikt Taschen,


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Le design européen depuis 1985 : quelles formes pour le XXIe siècle?
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ISBN: 9782850883057 2850883050 Year: 2009 Publisher: Paris : Citadelles et Mazenod,

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Écrit par trois historiens du design de renommée internationale au terme de plusieurs années d'investigation, cet ouvrage de référence nous propose la première grande rétrospective critique sur le design européen. Après une étude approfondie des forces complexes (sociales, politiques, économiques et culturelles) qui ont nourri le design européen depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en s'appuyant sur le travail d'un grand nombre de designers établis et émergents, Le design européen depuis 1985 décrit les principaux mouvements conceptuels et esthétiques apparus depuis le milieu des années 1980 (Design décoratif, expressif, minimal géométrique, biomorphique, néopop, conceptuel, néo-Dada-surréaliste, néodécoratif). Enrichi de centaines de photographies en couleur destinées à illustrer les objets les plus emblématiques de cette période, ce livre exceptionnel fera assurément date dans l'histoire du design. Il nous présente pour la première fois les designers, les mouvements et les objets qui ont contribués à façonner le design européen au cours des vingt dernières années. • Une analyse du design depuis 1985, année déterminante dans l'histoire du design européen. • Une présentation d'une nouvelle génération de designers, tous plus créatifs et passionnants les uns que les autres. • L'étude la plus approfondie jamais publiée en Europe. • Un ouvrage indispensable pour les designers, les historiens du design, les architectes, les étudiants et toutes les personnes intéressées par l'art contemporain.


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Charles Kaisin : design in motion

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The Belgian designer Charles Kaisin is particularly known for his K-Bench, an extendable bench for which he was awarded the Most Innovative Object prize at the Montreal Design Fair. As the young prodigy of Belgian design, he has been commissioned by several well-known brands because of his creativity in the domains of leather-working, accessory and furniture design. His work is particularly imbued with the concepts of 'extension' and 'recycling', like his Hairy Chair and Newspaper Extendable Bench, but he also ventures into other domains. He designed a lecture theatre for Grand Hornu Images, stackable seating/stowing elements for Vange, porcelain for Royal Boch and even chocolate delicacies for Pierre Marcolini Chocolatier.

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