Design
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An Introduction to Design and Culture
1900 to the Present, 3rd Edition
This third edition of An Introduction to Design and Culture has been revised and updated throughout to include issues of globalization, sustainability and digital/interactive design. New for this edition is a chapter which covers key changes in design culture. Design culture has changed...
Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
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The Graphic Communication Handbook
Series: Media Practice
The Graphic Communication Handbook is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the graphics industry. It traces the history and development of graphic design, explores issues that affect the industry, examines its analysis through communications theory, explains...
Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
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Design at Home
Domestic Advice Books in Britain and the USA since 1945
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Filmcraft: Production Design
Production Design, the fifth title in the FilmCraft series, addresses one of the most important roles in cinema. Production designers do nothing short of creating whole new worlds, turning the bare bones of the script into a physical 3D environment that can be filmed. This book introduces...
Published September 30th 2012 by Focal Press
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Filmcraft: Costume Design
Actors often say they only really assume the identity of their character when they have donned the costumes painstakingly created for them by the costume designer. In this volume of the FilmCraft series of books, sixteen of the world's leading costume designers come together to share their...
Published May 17th 2012 by Focal Press
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The Design Culture Reader
Design is part of ordinary, everyday life, to be found in every room in every building in the world. While we may tend to think of design in terms of highly desirable objects, this book encourages us to think about design as ubiquitous (from plumbing to television) and as an agent of social change...
Published August 7th 2008 by Routledge
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Global Design History
Globalism is often discussed using abstract terms, such as ‘networks’ or ‘flows’ and usually in relation to recent history. Global Design History moves us past this limited view of globalism, broadening our sense of this key term in history and theory. Individual chapters focus our attention on...
Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge
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Design: The Key Concepts
Series: Routledge Key Guides
This is the essential student’s guide to Design – its practice, its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples, respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including: international design – from Europe to Africa design history – from...
Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge