Design - Product

Good information gives designers a competitive advantage. Understanding the wishes of a client and the needs and preferences of their audience drives innovation. The ability to gather research, analyze findings, and apply them to project goals is as important to successful design teams as...

A postcard book with 10 original designs (each printed twice) of Carly Beck's acrylic paintings of cats. This book of 20 postcards showcases whimsical, feline portraits. These cool cats are outfitted in fashionable clothing and accessories. Each kitty is striking a pose against a...

Package design is one of the most dynamic and fast-evolving fields of design today. Featuring over 600 creations from more than 35 countries, this compact edition celebrates extraordinary work from the global packaging design community. Showcasing the winners of the Pentawards from the past...

The Material Culture of Tableware is a fascinating and authoritative study of patterned tableware in the USA. This book undertakes a visual analysis of Johnson Brothers patterns of tableware pottery, with reference to comparable designs by other British companies, such as Spode and Adams....

The first international publication dedicated to Nika Zupanc, globally recognized as one of the world's best product and interior designers and also a style icon. Product and interior designer Nika Zupanc became a globally recognized name with the launch of the Lolita lamp. Zupanc...

Rhetoric is a natural choice for UX work."--Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group, author of Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity"I really like the definition of experience architecture. As Potts and Salvo write in their introduction, 'experience architecture requires that we understand ecosystems of...

Networked thermostats, fitness monitors, and door locks show that the Internet of Things can (and will) enable new ways for people to interact with the world around them. But designing connected products for consumers brings new challenges beyond conventional software UI and interaction design....

The most important aspect for developing new ideas about services and subsequently designing it requires a proper methodology, which is generally simple but effective. Every successful company has their set of methods to design the services but the fundamental ideas remain same. This book...

To design a great product the designers need to focus on a specific area of the design process. The specified segments and devices in the book would serve the designers by focusing their attention to each area of the design process. Each device described...

What makes the Apple iPhone cool? Bang & Olufsen and Samsung's televisions beautiful? Any of a wide variety of products and services special? The answer is not simply functionality or technology, for competitors' products are often as good. The Soul of Design explores the...

Following the huge demand in contemporary societies to decorate homes in a green style, this book offers a more environmentally conscious approach to design and production processes by presenting a wide range of eco furniture products made with natural materials as well as using...

Have you ever tried to explain what quality is? Let's say you know perfectly well how to develop a quality product, but your arguments are undermined all the time by fragmented details. Time and again you have to step back to sort out the...

Grounded in extensive research and field testing, Design-Centered Entrepreneurship presents a concise problem-solving approach to developing a unique business concept. Step-by-step guidelines provide insight into exploring market problem spaces, uncovering overlooked opportunities, reframing customer problems, creating business solutions, and sustaining success and an entrepreneurial...

Discover how to build a highly profitable, cash-pulling Shopify store and take the guesswork out of generating passive income with dropshippingAre you looking for the perfect side hustle to supplement your current source of income? Have you been scammed in the past by overpriced...

Sean Hargreaves believes that for artists and designers, images are born from the experiences one observes during the first 10-15 years of their lives. Those images are subconsciously refined over and over in one's life. They may consist of shapes, or places, or films...but...

The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was not caused by BP, but by a contractor, yet BP got the blame. The toxic waste from the production of Apple products dumped in China in 2011 was not dumped by Apple,...

Otto Kuhler was a German American designer, one of the best known industrial designers of the American railroads. According to "Trains" magazine he stream-styled more locomotives and railroad cars than Cret, Dreyfuss and Loewy combined. His extensive concepts for the modernization of the American...

This book provides an introduction to the Human Centred Design of autonomous vehicles for professionals and students. While rapid progress is being made in the field of autonomous road vehicles the majority of actions and the research address the technical challenges, with little attention...

How might we develop products made with and by disabled users rather than for them? Could we change living and working spaces to make them accessible rather than designing products that "fix" disabilities? How can we grow our capabilities to make designs more "bespoke"...

Wiener Werkst舩te: Textiles and their design This book presents new research and archival findings on the textile and fashion designs of the Wiener Werkst舩te movement (1903-1932). Textile specialists, art and design historians offer insights into the most important collections and archives in Austria, Switzerland,...

The SolidWorks 2016 Black Book is third edition of our series on SolidWorks. With lots of additions and thorough review, we present a book to help professionals as well as learners in creating some of the most complex solid models. The book follows a...

A guidebook for product development professionals in technology organizations. A step-by-step guide to creating and managing risks in a development program. Includes an interactive PDF version for global collaboration.Author: José CamposISBN-10: 0981759505ISBN-13: 9780981759500Publisher: Rapidinnovation, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2012Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x...

A comprehensive visual archive of the textile patterns, materials and products produced in the first 15 years of the acclaimed American accessory company BAGGUDesigners Emily Sugihara, her mother Joan Sugihara and Ellen Vanderlaan started BAGGU in 2007 because they wanted a reusable bag that...

A practical antidote to the mindset of disposability and wastefulnessThis volume addresses the widespread tendency to discard broken items rather than to refurbish them. Despite the negative ecological effects of overconsumption, overproduction and waste, the habit of replacing rather than repairing goods has persisted...

More than 50 years of product and furniture design from an iconic French architectThis is the first publication on the product and interior-design oeuvre of French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte (born 1948). After founding his own firm in Paris in 1975, Wilmotte became a highly...

Interior and product designer Caitlin Wilson's Return to Pretty inspires home stylists with how to make a home not just look beautiful but also feel lovely, classic, happy, and comfortable. Caitlin Wilson led the charge on "Grandmillennial" style long before it became a hashtag....

The complete Rossi design works, from his Alesssi kettle to a coffee pot based on a floating theaterOver the course of four decades, the Italian architect and designer Aldo Rossi (1931-97) won international recognition in four distinct areas: architecture, drawing, urban design theory and...

An inspiring selection of what is happening in the world of auteur jewellery right now, particularly with regard to brooches.Edited by Nicol疽 Estrada, New Brooches, now in paperback, focuses on brooches within an exploration of current innovative trends in contemporary jewelry. With a selection...

In a world where corporate identity is of utmost importance and hotels are at the forefront of global mobility, graphics and visuals are a key element of shaping a hotel's brand. This book introduces the visual identities that are formed through the use of...

""I found it! Little treasures of the world"" was originally a popular column in the Japan Air Lines in-flight magazine Skyward. The column ran for 4 years, and has now been reedited for publishing as a book. Interior stylist Chinatsu Kambayashi, who also directs...

This updated edition of Vitra's 2017 publication presents recent developments in robotics and digitizationThis volume investigates how robotics has become an integral part of life: in industry, in the military and in everyday settings; at nurseries and retirement homes; in our bodies; when shopping...

The complex life of plastic, from global success story to ecological conundrum and beyondPlastic has shaped our daily lives like no other material. Originally associated with convenience, progress and even revolution, today plastic seems to have lost its utopian appeal. Plastic is everywhere, yet...

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....

'There have been many books about Herman Miller, its ethos, designers, and furniture, but none as comprehensive as this.' - Interior DesignThe acclaimed chronicle of the rich history of this innovative furniture company, from its founding in the early twentieth century to todayFor more...

'Jens Quistgaard is a designer's book, tightly focused on materials and construction details. This is apparent from the moment you pick it up.' - The New YorkerThe first authoritative monograph on the life and work of the celebrated Danish-American designer Jens Quistgaard - an...

The Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colorful, quality wooden items that reflect Scandinavian design and craft traditions. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 200 years of Swedish toys, from historic dollhouses to the latest designs...

In our haste to consume the things we love, we often disregard or discard packaging without a second thought. While many would argue that they bear no significance or should be done away with in our quest to save the environment, there is a...

In our haste to consume the things we love, we often disregard or discard packaging without a second thought. While many would argue that they bear no significance or should be done away with in our quest to save the environment, there is a...

Design for Sustainability Survival Guide concerns all the details on applying sustainability requirements in design. It is a critical and concise overview of the important facts from all imaginable angles. The book is written and illustrated to inform, support and inspire future designers. The...

A scenic introduction to the new Ducati Multistrada V4 motorbikePut the new Ducati Multistrada V4 through its paces across 1,800 miles of some of the most beautiful parts of Italy with this breathtaking book. Documented in thrilling color images, this new feat of engineering...

This is Dieter Rams's 808-page book about his work, back in print in its original form with a PVC softcover and slipcase. The relevance of famous Braun designer Dieter Rams in -modern design remains unbroken.In his more than 40 years at Braun, Rams established...

What do the questions of the modernist era mean to today's designers, artists and photographers? Since 2000, the International Marianne Brandt Contest in Chemnitz has been asking how the design debates that influenced the historical Bauhaus and the Bauhaus artist/designer Marianne Brandt can be...

Wie macht Design den unverwüstlichen Charakter einer Bohrmaschine erlebbar? Warum wird eine Marke zur vertrauten Freundin? Und welche Emotionen sollten eigentlich intelligente Gartengeräte ausstrahlen? Die treffsichere Kommunikation und Gestaltung von Gefühlswelten bleiben eine der grö ten Herausforderungen für Unternehmen und die professionelle Gestaltung. Das...

As design has gone through change, growth, and expansion of meaning and interpretation in practice and education, so has design research. The traditional boundaries of design are dissolving, and connections are being established with other fields at an exponential rate. Based on the proceedings...

Create, manage, and measure innovation In Design Thinking and Innovation Metrics: Powerful Tools to Manage Creativity, OKRs, Product, and Business Success, bestselling author Michael Lewrick delivers a simple and straightforward playbook to manage and measure innovation. In the book, you'll learn how to utilize...

98% EVERY GOOD DESCRIPTION PALACE HAVE EVER DONE IN ONE ROWDY HARDBACK 2% SOME RUBBISH ONES ALSO Phaidon presentsPalace Product Descriptions: The Selected Archive, the official printed archive of Palace Skateboard's online product descriptions. Since their debut in 2013, Palace's unconventional descriptors - which...

Phaidon's much-loved monograph on the legendary Italian designer and architect, Ettore Sottsass The re-release of this highly acclaimed title demonstrates the continual fascination, from both fans and collectors, with the life and work of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass. The designer's work is...

Welcome to HAY's universe of irresistible, affordable, everyday design.'HAY is destined to be an important part of the modern design canon - not as the result of design theory or design thinking, but as a result of design doing.' - John Hoke III, Chief...

As featured in Wallpaper*, The Wall Street Journal, Monocle, and New York Magazine's, The StrategistThe design, history, and cultural impact of turntables and vinyl technology: the twin powerhouses of the 'vinyl revival' phenomenon Interest in turntables and records is enjoying a renaissance as analog...

As seen in Harper's Bazaar UK, Guitar World, and Design WeekThe 100 most iconic guitars from around the globe, from early modern beginnings to cutting-edge electric modelsThe guitar is the iconic instrument at the heart of all popular music. From Delta blues on acoustics...