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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “manuel kretzer”
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  • Materiability

    Material Research and Education in Architecture and Design

    by Manuel Kretzer ...
    Materiability is design by making, an understanding of actively learning from and about the world by physically engaging in it. The immediate connection between matter and human senses, such as touch, smell, sound or visuals, forms the basis for bodily explorations, engagements, and experiences. Materiability is a call to take action, to cease accepting the status-quo as given but instead ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Information Materials

    Smart Materials for Adaptive Architecture

    by Manuel Kretzer ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book considers the potential of new, smart materials and their use in architecture. It begins with an overview of current global tendencies (technological, demographic, and socio-anthropological) and their relevance for architectural design. Expanding upon approaches for flexible design solutions to address change and uncertainty, Dr. Kretzer begins by exploring adaptive architecture and ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

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  • Subtract

    The Untapped Science of Less

    by Leidy Klotz ...
    "You need to read this book." —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author“A great book changes the world you live in, revealing mysteries you didn't even know were there. This is a great book." —Sendhil Mullainathan, MacArthur fellow and author of Scarcity“Klotz shows us how deleting things from our lives can lead us to exciting new places.”—Carol Dweck, author of MindsetWe pile on “... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Age of Earthquakes

    A Guide to the Extreme Present

    by Douglas Coupland, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Shumon Basar ...
    A highly provocative, mindbending, beautifully designed, and visionary look at the landscape of our rapidly evolving digital era.50 years after Marshall McLuhan's ground breaking book on the influence of technology on culture in The Medium is the Massage, Basar, Coupland and Obrist extend the analysis to today, touring the world that’s redefined by the Internet, decoding and explaining what they ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • How Design Makes Us Think

    And Feel and Do Things

    by Sean Adams ...
    From posters to cars, design is everywhere. While we often discuss the aesthetics of design, we don't always dig deeper to unearth the ways design can overtly, and covertly, convince us of a certain way of thinking. How Design Makes Us Think collects hundreds of examples across graphic design, product design, industrial design, and architecture to illustrate how design can inspire, provoke, amuse, ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Products that Last

    Product Design for Circular Business Models

    by Conny Bakker, Marcel den Hollander, Ed van Hinte ...
    Products that Flow offers an insight in the short lives of different products with a quickly dropping value. A wide range of practical examples point the way to managing the flows that currently often are out of control. It is a field of interest that many share and for that reason is destined to turn into fertile soil for improvement. Products that Flow will change the way we deal with waste and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • IELTS Academic Training Reading Practice Test #1. An Example Exam for You to Practise in Your Spare Time

    IELTS Academic Training Reading Practice Tests, #1

    by Jason Hogan ...
    Series Book 1 - IELTS Academic Training Reading Practice Tests
    The IELTS Academic Training Reading Practice Tests series has been developed to help students to have more tests to practise with.It has been recommended by a number of IELTS academics that students engage in practicing for the IELTS exam daily, at least six months in advance, to give them a better chance at getting the score they need.Of course, that means you're going to need LOTS of IELTS ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Drawing Still Life

    by PROSENJIT SAHA, ARUNDHATI SAHA ...
    Nature provides a myriad of beautiful objects. Both landscape and still life drawings give the opportunity to present diversities of nature like tree, mountain, sea, etc. This book Drawing Still Life teaches you how to master the art of drawing various still life objects. The book helps you in learning how to use various light source and perspectives to present the most beautiful elements in ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Book of Circles

    Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge

    by Manuel Lima ...
    In this follow-up to his hugely popular The Book of Trees and Visual Complexity, Manuel Lima takes us on a lively tour through millennia of circular information design. Three hundred detailed and colorful illustrations from around the world cover an encyclopedic array of subjects—architecture, urban planning, fine art, design, fashion, technology, religion, cartography, biology, astronomy, and ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Shape of Green

    Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

    by Lance Hosey ...
    Does going green change the face of design or only its content? The first book to outline principles for the aesthetics of sustainable design, The Shape of Green argues that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they’re made.In addition to examining what makes something attractive or emotionally pleasing, Hosey connects these questions with ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Learn How To Create Origami

    Ultimate Origami Guide

    by Ion Robert ...
    Over 1000 pages of origami models to learn! You wil find everything about origami. A fun and creative book. ... Read more

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  • Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production

    Edited by Gail Peter Borden, Michael Meredith ...
    Beginning with material, this book revolves around physical material making and design decisions that emerge from material interaction.Combining essays from both practice and academia, this book presents some of the most significant projects and thoughts on materiality from the last decade. Beautifully illustrated with a great deal of technical information throughout, it shows work, technical ... Read more

    $75.99 USD