Author : Jake Morrissey
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 2005-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0060525339
Following the success of such bestsellers as "Brunelleschi's Dome" and "Longitude" comes the intriguing, true story of two legendary Baroque architects who would change 17th-century Rome and the world. 12 photos.
Author : Penny Sparke
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781590204337
Revealing how design gives our life meaning and helps us understand what it is to be human, 'The Genius of Design' examines design both as a process and as a product--
Author : Per Mollerup
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 35,92 MB
Release : 2001-11
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780811832366
Collapsibles are objects that fold out for use and then fold back in again to save space. They include anything from sofabeds to Swiss army knives. Per Mollerup identifies 12 essential principles of collapsibility and looks at examples of each.
Author : Justin Martin
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0306818817
This definitive, first full-scale biography of Olmsted--famed designer of New York's Central Park--reveals him also as a brilliant political and social reformer.
Author : Giuliano Molineri
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Automobile engineers
ISBN : 9780847845316
The definitive monograph on the work of one of the world's most celebrated car designers. This is the first monograph published on one of the most renowned automotive designers of our time, Giorgetto Giugiaro, who was named Car Designer of the Century in December 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002. The book explores Giugiaro's creative background--he comes from a family of painters and musicians--and the technical and engineering skills he cultivated with his partner Aldo Mantovani, cofounder of his company, Italdesign. He is noted for such iconic concept cars as the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta, De Tomaso Mangusta, Maserati Ghibli, Iso Grifo, Lamborghini Calà, and Ferrari GG50.
Author : Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 38,69 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Aesthetics, French
ISBN : 9780892362356
This series offers a range of heretofore unavailable writings in English translation on the subjects of art, architecture, and aesthetics. Camus's description of the French hotel argues that architecture should please the senses and the mind.
Author : Daud Sutton
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1912706032
Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man. In this excellent little book, geometer Daud Sutton unravels the mystery of Islamic patterns, explaining where they come from, how to draw them, and hinting at the Divine messages they encode. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "e;Fascinating"e; FINANCIAL TIMES. "e;Beautiful"e; LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "e;Rich and Artful"e; THE LANCET. "e;Genuinely mind-expanding"e; FORTEAN TIMES. "e;Excellent"e; NEW SCIENTIST. "e;Stunning"e; NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
Author : John Silber
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
"In his twenty-five years as President of Boston University, Dr. Silber oversaw a building program totaling more than 13 million square feet. Here he constructs an unflinching case, beautifully illustrated, against the worst trends in contemporary architecture. He challenges architects to derive creative satisfaction from meeting the practical needs of clients and the public. He urges the directors of our universities, symphony orchestras, museums, and corporations to stop financing inefficient, overpriced architecture, and calls on clients and the public to tell the emperors of our skylines that their pretensions cannot hide the naked absurdity of their designs."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Leander Kahney
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101614846
“An adulating biography of Apple’s left-brained wunderkind, whose work continues to revolutionize modern technology.” —Kirkus Reviews In 1997, Steve Jobs discovered a scruffy British designer toiling away at Apple’s headquarters, surrounded by hundreds of sketches and prototypes. Jony Ive’s collaboration with Jobs would produce some of the world’s most iconic technology products, including the iMac, iPod, iPad, and iPhone. Ive’s work helped reverse Apple’s long decline, overturned entire industries, and created a huge global fan base. Yet little is known about the shy, soft-spoken whiz whom Jobs referred to as his “spiritual partner.” Leander Kahney offers a detailed portrait of the English art school student with dyslexia who became the most acclaimed tech designer of his generation. Drawing on interviews with Ive’s former colleagues and Apple insiders, Kahney “takes us inside the creation of these memorable objects.” (The Wall Street Journal)
Author : Jason Quinn
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,30 MB
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9380028768
iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iCon! Steve Jobs and his inventions changed the world we live in. His extraordinary life story is brimming with passion, innovation and creative genius. Share his triumphs and failures, as we journey from his birth and his adoption, through the advent of the computer age and on into the digital age. Forced out of the company he created, his indomitable vision allowed him to change the world of computers, movies, music and telecommunications. Prepare to be inspired, by a man who dared to think different...
