Whether a website, marketing campaign, museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Now, there's a handy travel companion for any designer, so that you always have the essentials at your fingertips. Portable, condensed, and armed with 150 principles, Universal Principles of Design, Pocket Edition is like a Swiss Army knife of design knowledge. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it pairs critical need-to-know design knowledge with visual examples of the principles applied in practice. An indispensable field reference for designers of all types, this pocket edition of the best-selling Universal Principles of Design will sharpen your design thinking and expand your sense of the possible.
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• LA SILLA: ESE OBJETO DE DISEÑO; PÁGINA LEGAL; ÍNDICE; RECONOCIMIENTOS; PREFACIO; LA SILLA, ESE DISEÑO TAN DESEADO; INTRODUCCIÓN; Acerca del diseño de asientos; El diseño; La silla; El diseño de sillas; PRIMERA PARTE; Hacia una metodología del diseño de sillas; Capítulo 1
• Hipótesis metodológica; Aspectos funcionales; Aspectos técnicos; Aspectos tipológicos; Propuesta; El concepto de grillas; Grillas Taxonómicas; El uso y la función de la silla; Grillas taxonómicas n° 1 a 3; Capítulo 2
• Estructuras morfológicas; Configuraciones lineales; Configuraciones laminares

• Configuraciones volumétricasGrillas Analíticas; Estructuras mixtas; Estructuras de elementos construidos; Grillas analíticas n° 4 a 8; Grillas Relacionales; Relaciones entre las partes; Grillas de respaldos; Grillas relacionales n° 9 a 19; Capítulo 3
• Funciones complementarias; Grillas Funcionales; Consideraciones de proyecto; Tipos de plegabilidad; Los sistemas; Grillas funcionales n° 20 a 33; Capítulo 4
• Operaciones proyectuales; Conformación de los perfiles; Ejemplos; Operaciones secuenciales; Grillas Operacionales; Operaciones Generativas; Grillas operacionales n° 34 a 42

• Grillas generativas n° 43 a 51Otras operaciones. Las influencias y el rediseño; Operaciones de rediseño; El rediseño; La influencia; Grillas de rediseño n° 52 a 62; SEGUNDA PARTE; Diseño semántico; Más allá de la morfología; El asiento y el significado; La forma como significante; Metodología para un diseño samántico de los asientos; Propuesta; Grillas semánticas n° 63 a 66; TERCERA PARTE; Requisitos y condicionantes; Capítulo 1
• Requisitos; Requisitos. Las relaciones con el cuerpo;
• 1. Asiento;
• 2. Respaldo;
• 3. Apoyabrazos;
• 4. Acolchado;
• 5. Ángulo libre debajo del asiento

• Esquemas dimensionalesGrillas ergonómicas n° 67 a 69; Capítulo 2
• Condicionantes; Condicionantes. Las relaciones tecnológicas; Relación entre la configuración y la tecnología; Síntesis de requisitos y condicionantes; Recomendaciones para el diseño de sillas; CUARTA PARTE; La silla en el tiempo y en el lugar; Un breve recorrido histórico; Diseño y región; Diseño argentino: sus invariantes; El diseño de sillas en la Argentina; Grillas históricas n° 70 a 72; SOBRE EL AUTOR; ACERCA DE LOS DIBUJOS; BIBLIOGRAFÍA

• 1. Basics 1.1 Divisions 1.2 Symmetrical Repeats 1.3 Stretch and Skew 1.4 Using Different Polygons
• 2. Basic Pleats 2.1 Accordion Pleats 2.2 Knife Pleats 2.3 Box Pleats 2.4 Progressive Pleats
• 3. Other Pleats 3.1 Spiral Pleats 3.2 Closed Pleats 3.3 Twisted Pleats
• 4. V-Pleats 4.1 Making By Hand 4.2 Variations 4.3 Multiple Vs 4.4 Grid Vs 4.5 Cylindrical Vs 4.6 Complex Surfaces
• 5. Spans and Parabolas 5.1 X-form Spans 5.2 V-fold Spans 5.3 Parabolas
• 6. Boxes and Bowls 6.1 Boxes: Flat Box, Gusset Box, Square Gusset Box, Hemmed Box, Hemmed Box Variations, Masu Box, Masu Box Variations, Facted Box 6.2 Bowl Forms
• 7. No Crease, One Crease 7.1 No Crease 7.2 One Crease
• 8. Crumpling 8.1 The Basic Technique 8.2 Parallel Crumples 8.3 Rotational Crumpling 8.4 Crumpling Pre-made 3D Forms
• 9. How to Develop Your Own Folding.
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Many designers use folding techniques in their work to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal and many other materials. This unique book explains the key techniques of folding, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding and crumpling. It has applications for architects, product designers, and jewellery and fashion designers An elegant, practical handbook, Folding for Designers explains over 70 techniques explained with clear step-by-step drawings, crease pattern drawings, and specially commissioned photography. The book is accompanied by a CD containing all the crease pattern drawings.
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Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work-until now. Universal Principles of Design is the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of design. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the concepts applied in practice. From the "80/20" rule to chunking, from baby-face bias to Occam's razor, and from self-similarity to storytelling, every major design concept is defined and illustrated for readers to expand their knowledge. This landmark reference will become the standard for designers, engineers, architects, and students who seek to broaden and improve their design expertise.
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Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work-until now. Universal Principles of Design is the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of design. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the concepts applied in practice. From the "80/20" rule to chunking, from baby-face bias to Occam's razor, and from self-similarity to storytelling, every major design concept is defined and illustrated for readers to expand their knowledge. This landmark reference will become the standard for designers, engineers, architects, and students who seek to broaden and improve their design expertise.
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• Preface / Gerrit Terstiege
• Interview with Dieter Rams
• Interview with Konstantin Grcic
• Chairs
• Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: growing complexity
• Aranda / Lasch: Rococo rocks!
• Louise Campbell: very round, indeed
• Konstantin Grcic: sturdy & stackable
• Oskar Zieta: under pressure
• Interiors
• Hella Joungerius: once upon a wall
• Patricia Urquiola: the power of patterns
• Stefan Diez: a bag of tricks
• Roland Ullmann: the new sound of Braun
• Candio & Buttler: neo-espressonism
• Signce: watching a sculpture
• Michael Schmidt: water on wheels
• Transportations
• FHNW: boating beauty
• Norman Foster: ready for take-off
• GRO design: the model with a cause
• Peter Naumann: a clever concept
• Experiments
• Random international: rolling, rolling, rolling!
• Schar & Heinrich: a well-tempered project
• Jerszy Seymour: Jerzy the dripper
• Max Lamb: an exercise in seating
• Tokujin Yoshioka: crystallized message
• Index of designers and companies
• Imprint.

This book takes an in-depth look at design processes, with twenty-five depictions of "the making of" products from a wide variety of industries. Its primary focuses are furniture design, transportation design, and household appliances. Renowned designers like Konstantin Grcic, the Bouroullecs, Stefan Diez, Hella Jongerius, and Sir Norman Foster offer step by step accounts of how they go about designing products for Vitra, Grundig, Jura, and Authentics - the tools they use for visualization and how projects change during the model phase. Plus: an interview with design legend Dieter Rams on realized and unrealized products for Braun.
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• Advanced polymer cantilever chair, PearsonLloyd, Luke Pearson, Tom Lloyd
• Boson chair, Studio Patrick Norguet, Patrick Norguet
• Buttercup chair, Blu Dot Design and Manufacturing, John Christakos, Maurice Blanks, Charles Lazor
• Cikrak chair, Adrien Gardère
• Corallo chair, Estudio Campana, Fernando Campana, Humberto Campana
• Decompression space chair, Matali Crasset Productions, Matali Crasset
• Dora chair, Palomba Serafini Associati, Roberto Palomba, Ludovica Palomba
• Facett chair, Ronan Bouroullec, Erwan Bouroullec
• Flow chair, Monica Förster Design Studio, Monica Förster
• Flower offering chair, Atelier Satyendra Pakhalé, Satyendra Pakhalé
• Fresh fat chair, Tom Dixon
• Glide chair, CCD, Christopher Deam
• Lazy chair, Studio Urquiola, Patricia Urquiola
• MT series, Ron Arad Associates, Ron Arad
• Muu chair, Friends of Industry, Harri Koskinen
• Osorom, Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design, Konstantin Grcic
• Sfera chair, Claesson Koivisto Rune Arkitektkontor, Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto, Ola Rune
• Stradivarius chair, Matt Sindall Design, Matt Sindall
• Supernatural chair, Lovegrove Studio, Ross Lovegrove
• Tilt resin chair, em, Emmanuel Cobbet, Mark Yeber
• Topografi, Jonas Wannfors Designs DSDB, Jonas Wannfors
• Calder's table, Parallel Design, Ali Tayar
• Float table, Ana Franco
• Low down table, Jenkins Design and Development, Jeff Jenkins
• Not so soft table and chairs, Readymade Projects, Inc., Stephen Burks
• Origami table, Michael Wolfson Design, Michael Wolfson
• Shell table, Barber Osgerby, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
• Solid series, Agence Patrick Jouin, Patrick Jouin
• Laurel bench, TZ Design, Mark Goetz
• Park Lane bench, Dahlstrom Design, Björn Dahlstrom
• Rocks, L Design, Arik Levy
• Swiss benches, or Los Bancos Suizos, Alfredo Häberli Design and Development, Alfredo Häberli
• Aspen sofa, Studio Massaud, Jean-Marie Massaud
• Comet sofa, Vladimir Kagan Design Group, Inc., Vladimir Kagan
• Crescent moon sofa, Andrée Putman
• Fritz sofa, Fels Design, Sarah Fels
• Iso sofa system, Michael Sodeau Partnership, Michael Sodeau
• Trix sofa, Lissoni Associati, Piero Lissoni
• Vero sofa, Christian Biecher & Associates
• Marshmellow, Lebello USA, Lars Dahmann
• Sputnik desk, Orange 22 Design Lab, LLC, Dario Antonini
• Lo-borg cabinet, Dine Murphy Wood, Nick Dine
• Boogie woogie shelving system, Giovanni Design, Stefano Giovannoni
• Exploding log shelving unit, Chris Lehrecke Furniture
• Layout bookcase, aMDL Srl, Michele De Lucchi
• Three: a shelving project, Jakob+Macfarlane, Dominique Jakob, Brendan MacFarlane
• Paper softwall, Molo Design, Stephanie Forsythe, Todd MacAllen
• Davos bed, Theo Williams
• Lublin daybed, Mebel Furniture, Jacek Ostoya
• Landscape 05 chaise, CDS/Consultants for Design Strategy, Jeffrey Bernett
• Directory of contributors.

Furniture design is a complex art. Traditionally, techniques of the craft have been passed down from master to apprentice, but these days that is less and less the case in contemporary design. Students are now required to take courses and figure out much of it themselves. This book, as with others in the Design Secrets series, takes readers into the studio and reveals tips and techniques as well as the inspiration that brought the concept to life.Many graphic and product designers are crossing into furniture design, including Karim Rashid, a designer of product, space, light, and fashion, and Todd Oldham, a photographer, graphic designer, product designer, interior designer, and influence in film/video and TV. Oldham is now the star designer at Lazy Boy--a company that has experienced a remarkable rebirth and revamp.Design Secrets: Furniture shadows similar success stories by showcasing award-winning furniture designs from around the world. Each profile is complete with sketches, notes, and interim iterations revealing how the final piece came to be.
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• Advanced polymer cantilever chair, PearsonLloyd, Luke Pearson, Tom Lloyd
• Boson chair, Studio Patrick Norguet, Patrick Norguet
• Buttercup chair, Blu Dot Design and Manufacturing, John Christakos, Maurice Blanks, Charles Lazor
• Cikrak chair, Adrien Gardère
• Corallo chair, Estudio Campana, Fernando Campana, Humberto Campana
• Decompression space chair, Matali Crasset Productions, Matali Crasset
• Dora chair, Palomba Serafini Associati, Roberto Palomba, Ludovica Palomba
• Facett chair, Ronan Bouroullec, Erwan Bouroullec
• Flow chair, Monica Förster Design Studio, Monica Förster
• Flower offering chair, Atelier Satyendra Pakhalé, Satyendra Pakhalé
• Fresh fat chair, Tom Dixon
• Glide chair, CCD, Christopher Deam
• Lazy chair, Studio Urquiola, Patricia Urquiola
• MT series, Ron Arad Associates, Ron Arad
• Muu chair, Friends of Industry, Harri Koskinen
• Osorom, Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design, Konstantin Grcic
• Sfera chair, Claesson Koivisto Rune Arkitektkontor, Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto, Ola Rune
• Stradivarius chair, Matt Sindall Design, Matt Sindall
• Supernatural chair, Lovegrove Studio, Ross Lovegrove
• Tilt resin chair, em, Emmanuel Cobbet, Mark Yeber
• Topografi, Jonas Wannfors Designs DSDB, Jonas Wannfors
• Calder's table, Parallel Design, Ali Tayar
• Float table, Ana Franco
• Low down table, Jenkins Design and Development, Jeff Jenkins
• Not so soft table and chairs, Readymade Projects, Inc., Stephen Burks
• Origami table, Michael Wolfson Design, Michael Wolfson
• Shell table, Barber Osgerby, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
• Solid series, Agence Patrick Jouin, Patrick Jouin
• Laurel bench, TZ Design, Mark Goetz
• Park Lane bench, Dahlstrom Design, Björn Dahlstrom
• Rocks, L Design, Arik Levy
• Swiss benches, or Los Bancos Suizos, Alfredo Häberli Design and Development, Alfredo Häberli
• Aspen sofa, Studio Massaud, Jean-Marie Massaud
• Comet sofa, Vladimir Kagan Design Group, Inc., Vladimir Kagan
• Crescent moon sofa, Andrée Putman
• Fritz sofa, Fels Design, Sarah Fels
• Iso sofa system, Michael Sodeau Partnership, Michael Sodeau
• Trix sofa, Lissoni Associati, Piero Lissoni
• Vero sofa, Christian Biecher & Associates
• Marshmellow, Lebello USA, Lars Dahmann
• Sputnik desk, Orange 22 Design Lab, LLC, Dario Antonini
• Lo-borg cabinet, Dine Murphy Wood, Nick Dine
• Boogie woogie shelving system, Giovanni Design, Stefano Giovannoni
• Exploding log shelving unit, Chris Lehrecke Furniture
• Layout bookcase, aMDL Srl, Michele De Lucchi
• Three: a shelving project, Jakob+Macfarlane, Dominique Jakob, Brendan MacFarlane
• Paper softwall, Molo Design, Stephanie Forsythe, Todd MacAllen
• Davos bed, Theo Williams
• Lublin daybed, Mebel Furniture, Jacek Ostoya
• Landscape 05 chaise, CDS/Consultants for Design Strategy, Jeffrey Bernett
• Directory of contributors.

Furniture design is a complex art. Traditionally, techniques of the craft have been passed down from master to apprentice, but these days that is less and less the case in contemporary design. Students are now required to take courses and figure out much of it themselves. This book, as with others in the Design Secrets series, takes readers into the studio and reveals tips and techniques as well as the inspiration that brought the concept to life.Many graphic and product designers are crossing into furniture design, including Karim Rashid, a designer of product, space, light, and fashion, and Todd Oldham, a photographer, graphic designer, product designer, interior designer, and influence in film/video and TV. Oldham is now the star designer at Lazy Boy--a company that has experienced a remarkable rebirth and revamp.Design Secrets: Furniture shadows similar success stories by showcasing award-winning furniture designs from around the world. Each profile is complete with sketches, notes, and interim iterations revealing how the final piece came to be.
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• Introduction
• Life and times
• Foundation
• Advanced studies in form
• Studies in space
• Development
• Professional work

A hands-on book design students and designers alike will welcome.Elements of Design is a tribute to an exceptional teacher and a study of the abstract visual relationships that were her lifelong pursuit. Rowena Reed Kiostellow taught industrial design at Pratt Institute for more than fifty years and the designers she trained-and the designers they're training today-have changed the face of American design. This succinct, instructive, invaluable book reconstructs the series of exercisesthat led Kostellow's students from the manipulation of simple forms to the creation of complex solutions to difficult design problems. It includes her exercises and commentary along with selected student solutions, and concludes with examples of work from former students who became leaders in the field, including such well-known figures as Tucker Viemeisater, Ralph Applebaum, Ted Muehling, and many others.
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Danish Chairs is the only book to survey the innovative, prolific output of Denmark''s design elite durin g the years when they turned again and again to the chair. E ach style is shown, accompanied by technical details and not es about the designer. '.
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This is a comprehensive and up-to-date history of the chair. Each chair explored is illustrated with explanatory notes giving details of the manufacturer. The volume covers 200 years of chair design represented by 1000 chairs created by some 400 international designers.
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