This expanded and revised version of the best-selling Universal Methods of Design is a comprehensive reference that provides a thorough and critical presentation of 125 research methods, synthesis/analysis techniques, and research deliverables for human-centered design. The text and accompanying photos and graphics of this classic resource are delivered in a concise and accessible format perfect for designers, educators, and students. This new, expanded edition includes updated information on...

Grafisch ontwerpen biedt praktische informatie voor iedereen die zich bezighoudt met grafische vormgeving op de computer.

Deze herziene editie bevat tips en advies over hoe je verschillende soorten projecten ontwerpt en hoe je afbeeldingen en animaties digitaal bewerkt. Daarnaast leer je apps voor tablets en smartphones maken, en ontwerpen voor het web.

• Boordevol praktische tips voor alle aspecten van het grafisch ontwerpen. Van het opdoen van basiskennis tot het ontwikkelen van een origi...

An invaluable introduction for designers and creatives on how to create digital interfaces for users.

The book introduces an emerging domain of design that is of immense interest today not only to the academic design research community but also to those in the business community charged with the development of human-cantered products, systems, services and/or environments. All the information is new. There are no other books with this focus and coverage currently available.The book is written by two design professors from the USA and Holland and will be the perfect text book to use in educati...

De Boekenwereld is een boeiend en gevarieerd tijdschrift voor iedereen die interesse heeft in het oude en moderne boek en de prentkunst. Zowel liefhebbers en antiquaren, als wetenschappers en verzamelaars worden op hun wenken bediend door de talrijke artikelen, die bovendien prachtig geïllustreerd zijn. De diverse onderwerpen, zoals de geschiedenis van de boekhandel en uitgeverij, typografie, bibliografie en leescultuur, geven u een volledig beeld van de wereld van boek en prent.

Het tijdsch...

Delft Design Guide provides an overview of the perspectives, models, approaches, and methods used in the bachelor's and master's curriculum of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Some of these are unique to the university, others are well known and are used by designers worldwide. Designing products and services at this faculty is considered a systematic and structured activity, deliberately and purposefully, and with moments of increased creativity.

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75 Tools For Creative Thinking is a brand new card set that stimulates your creative thinking in various stages of any process or situation where new ideas are desired. Being applicable to a diverse range of professions and situations, 75 Tools For Creative Thinking suits anyone who is interested in exercising and improving his or her creativity.

The toolbox consists of 5 card decks:

1. Get Started

2. Check Around

3. Break It Down

4. Break Free

5. Evaluate & Select.

The individual tools within ...

Design Journeys through Complex Systems combines systemic design, leading thinking practices, and years of the combined authors’ experiences into a practitioner’s handbook for design thinking. By drawing upon the authors’ Systemic Design Toolkit, this book provides detailed knowledge of systems science, expanding upon essential systemic design texts in order to demonstrate the power of visual sensemaking.

No matter if you’re a design professional or have never come across design syste...

Designing Type is a comprehensive guide to type design is hailed as a 'must-have' for typographers, graphic designers and students and has been fully refreshed and updated with the introduction of more contemporary typefaces, more explanatory diagrams and a closer connection between text and corresponding image.

The new edition of Designing Type also features more in-depth discussion of the processes behind developing typefaces and the basic issues that need to be taken into consideration suc...

Many designs that appear in today's society will circulate and encounter audiences of many different cultures and languages. With communication comes responsibility; are designers aware of the meaning and impact of their work? An image or symbol that is acceptable in one culture can be offensive or even harmful in the next. A typeface or colour in a design might appear to be neutral, but its meaning is always culturally dependent. If designers learn to be aware of global cultural contexts, we...