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Objekt eBook Series

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  • Chair

    by Anne Massey ...
    Series series Objekt
    The chair: we sit on one every day in our homes, schools or offices. Yet how often do we think about the origins of the chair and its place in the world? After all, the human body is more suited to sitting on the ground than on a chair, and some chairs even cause back problems. Yet the chair is arguably an object that marks our place in the modern world: it holds our bodies above the floor and in ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

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  • Fifty Chairs that Changed the World

    Design Museum Fifty

    by DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD ...
    Series series Design Museum Fifty
    Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Chairs That Changed the World imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 chairs that have made a substantial impact in the world of British design today. From Thonet's 1870 Side Chair to Konstantin Grcic's Chair_One, each entry offers a short appraisal to ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Exovest

    by Beam Vanwaardenberg ...
    The project is a hand felted vest having LED's and displays on its surface.The fabric of the vest is "folded" and the way one makes felt from wool ( the way of making layers and using patches) is for me a metaphor for "the fabric of space-time".To give the vest a purpose, i created the possibility of "adopting" an exoplanet. The idea of this was that if people relate to the wonders of the universe ... Read more

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  • Women & Recovery: Sex, Sobriety, & Stepping Up

    Practical Suggestions for Quality Living in Recovery

    by Ann D. Clark PhD ...
    In Women and Recovery: Sex, Sobriety and Stepping Up, Ann D. Clark, Ph.D, provides readers with a no-nonsense, step-by-step guide to giving up anything. Clark explains how to conquer addictions using a lighthearted approach. Addressing such problems as substance abuse, overeating, shopping, or simply patterns in relationships, she gives her practical tips from a very relatable and realistic ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • A Theory of Craft

    Function and Aesthetic Expression

    by Howard Risatti ...
    What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? In A Theory of Craft, Howard Risatti examines these issues by comparing handmade ceramics, glass, metalwork, weaving, and furniture to painting, sculpture, photography, and machine-made design from Bauhaus to the Memphis Group. He describes craft as uniquely blending function with a deeper expression of human values that transcend culture ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Above the Fold

    Understanding the Principles of Successful Web Site Design

    by Brian D Miller ...
    This is a different kind of web design book. Above the Fold is not about timely design or technology trends; instead, this book is about the timeless fundamentals of effective communication within the context of web design. It is intended to help you, the reader, understand the considerations that web designers make when developing successful websites.Above the Fold is divided into three sections ... Read more

    $3.00 USD

  • Your Creative Work Space

    The Sweet Spot Style Guide to Home Office + Studio Decor

    by Desha Peacock ...
    We are all born with an innate desire to creatively express the essence of who we are. This desire is embedded into our soul, a gift at birth, our own Northern Star in a galaxy full of the unknown.Your physical setting can either hamper or inspire this creative calling.Known for her eclectic style and helping others see the possibility within themselves, their homes, and personal style, Desha ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Educating Artists for the Future

    Learning at the Intersections of Art, Science, Technology, and Culture

    by Mel Alexenberg ...
    In Educating Artists for the Future, some of the world’s most innovative thinkers in higher education in art and design offer fresh directions for educating artists for a rapidly evolving post-digital future. Their creative redefinition of art at the interdisciplinary interface where scientific enquiry and new technologies shape aesthetic and cultural values offers groundbreaking guidelines for ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Design by IKEA

    A Cultural History

    by Sara Kristoffersson ...
    Sara Kristoffersson's compelling study provides the first sustained critical history of IKEA. Kristoffersson argues that the company's commercial success has been founded on a neat alignment of the brand with a particular image of Swedish national identity – one that is bound up with ideas of social democracy and egalitarianism - and its material expression in a pared-down, functional design ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Craft of Use

    Post-Growth Fashion

    by Kate Fletcher ...
    This book explores the ‘craft of use’, the cultivated, ordinary and ingenious ideas and practices that promote satisfying and resourceful use of garments, presenting them as an alternative, dynamic, experiential frame with which to articulate and foster sustainability in the fashion sector.Here Kate Fletcher provides a broad imagining of sustainability in fashion that gives attention to tending ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • In the Neighbourhood

    Spatial Design and Urban Activation

    by AA. VV. ...
    Neighbourhoods of contemporary cities are ‘hypersensitive’ and ‘fragile’ areas where dismantling and transformation processes generate fragmentation and displacement. Reconstruction and re-occupation of urban spaces guided by residents are becoming increasingly frequent in these places. This book presents some reflections on the role of design discipline in this fertile and proactive context, ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design

    by Jonathan Chapman ...
    As a cultivated form of invention, product design is a deeply human phenomenon that enables us to shape, modify and alter the world around us – for better or worse. The recent emergence of the sustainability imperative in product design compels us to recalibrate the parameters of good design in an unsustainable age. Written by designers, for designers, the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product ... Read more

    $67.99 USD