BMW will be holding its centenary celebrations in March 2016. Innovative technology, dynamism and sporting elegance – the vehicles of the world-famous manufacturer with its headquarters in Munich have been writing automobile and motorcycle history since 1916. This volume tells of the fascinating success of the company in lively prose and with numerous photographs.

"SKETCHES BY SEYMOUR" was published in various versions about 1836. The copy used for this Edition has no date and was published by Thomas Fry, London. Some of the 90 plates note only Seymour's name, many are inscribed "Engravings by H. Wallis from sketches by Seymour."

The printed book appears to be a compilation of five smaller volumes. From the confused chapter titles the reader may well suspect the printer mixed up the order of the chapters.

The complete book in this paperback edition is ...

["The Elements of Drawing" was written during the winter of 1856. The First Edition was published in 1857; the Second followed in the same year, with some additions and slight alterations. The Third Edition consisted of sixth thousand, 1859; seventh thousand, 1860; and eighth thousand, 1861.

The work was partly reproduced in "Our Sketching Club," by the Rev. R. St. John Tyrwhitt, M.A., 1874; with new editions in 1875, 1882, and 1886.

Mr. Ruskin meant, during his tenure of the Slade Professors...

MODERN scientific publications, although they may in some or even many cases equal in their scientific quality the memoirs of earlier workers, do not, on the average, reach a high standard as regards illustration. For instance, in Great Britain botany is pre-eminent in its morphological aspects; it should therefore follow that the illustrations, which form so important a part of such papers, should be beyond reproach.

This is not always so, a fact which must be patent to anyone with the sligh...

Ontwerper Maarten Kolk nam het initiatief tot deze publicatie naar aanleiding van zijn afstudeerproject aan de Design Academy Eindhoven.Het concept voor deze publicatie is ontstaan vanuit zijn fascinatie voor groentetuinen en de gedachte dat gewone dagelijkse dingen te vaak als vanzelfsprekend worden beschouwd. Iedereen consumeert elke dag groente, maar de oorsprong en groeiwijze van groente is voor velen een raadsel.Kolk liet zich voor Doorgeschoten simpelweg leiden door de dagelijkse ontwik...

Innovation is highly relevant to every organization. Yet, eighty percent of innovation projects never reach the market. Many have a false start. The Innovation Expedition is written to inspire you with practical tools on HOW to start innovation effectively. It gives you practical and visual tools.The remarkable stories of how great explorers overcame unexpected setbacks will inspire you. How Columbus discovered America, how Hillary reached the summit of Everest and how Neil Armstrong got to b...

Intercultural Design Basics is an intercultural and innovative approach to design education. A unique companion app ensures relevance for a young technology-minded target group.

The book gives intercultural insights when discussing the basic principles of design, typography and color theory. It incorporates contrasting ideas on design and various design teaching methods. Creative voices of well-known and not yet discovered designers from Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia will help expa...

"Type Tricks: Layout Design is the follow-up to Type Tricks and the second book in the trilogy of user manuals about typography related matters. The first book was about type design, the second book is about type layout and the final book will be about type usability. Sometimes you do not have the time to read a book cover to cover, but you simply are looking for some main pointers to help you move forward. This book is precisely for these kinds of situations. 

The book covers both key typog...

Grondslagen van de typografie is een vertaling van Robert Bringhursts wereldwijde bestseller The Elements of Typographic Style (versie 4.1). Een boek voor zowel de professionele vormgever als voor iedereen die te maken heeft met het opmaken van tekst en belangstelling heeft voor typografie.

De gerenommeerde Duitse typograaf Hermann Zapf omschreef Bringhursts boek als “a must for everybody in the graphic arts” en concludeerde “all desktop typographers should study this book … I wish to...