A comprehensive introduction to designing services according to the needs of the customer or participants, this book addresses a new and emerging field of design and the disciplines that feed and result from it. Despite its intrinsic multidisciplinarity, service design is a new specialization of design in its own right. Responding to the challenges of and providing holisitic, creative and innovative solutions to increasingly complex contemporary societies, service design now represents an int...

This straight-talking, fun book is aimed at fresh graduates planning a career in the creative industries

'Type Tricks' is about typographical rules and the underlying structure of the work process in the design of new typefaces. In that way, it is both a reference book and a user manual. In an illustrative format, it presents the different stages of type design in an easily accessible manner.

Being an expert as a typography professor, Sofie Beier knows exactly what the students need to know and how they can improve their skills. 'Type Tricks' is not only perfect for students, it also comes in h...

PRODUCTS THAT FLOW is an unusual book about common things that surround us every day. Fast-moving consumer goods, such as food, packaging, disposables, fashion, cheap gifts and gadgets. How can we deal with this huge amount of products in a more sustainable way? Our main challenge is to slow down and make our products last longer. Then we have to organize the flow and design our products in such a way that they can be easily transported and recycled or to render it harmless.

This book offers ...

My Icon Library is an essential collection of impactful images that will empower you to embark on your own journey of visual thinking and storytelling. The collection consist of the most common, interesting, weird and wonderful concepts created during the author’s visual thinking workshops.

The concepts are grouped into categories that regularly crop up at the workshops: ‘finance’, ‘technology’, ‘innovation’, ‘agile’ and ‘sales’, as well as broader themes such as ‘team...

Collector's Edition bevat alle Vlambeer games via Steam product code.

De Nederlandse indie games studio Vlambeer werkte zich met titels als UltraBugs, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, LUFTRAUSERS en Super Crate Box snel op tot niet-te-missen producent van arcade-achtige actiegames.

Dit officiële, 178 pagina’s tellende Vlambeer design- en geschiedenisboek behandelt de snelle opkomst van de studio van Rami Ismail en Jan Willem Nijman en de kleine groep game artists, programmeurs en muzika...

The scarcity of resources, climate change, and the digitalization of everyday life are fuelling the economy of swapping, sharing, and lending—all of which are in some way linked to a culture of commoning. In this context, we understand commons as community-based processes that use, collectively manage, and organize generally accessible resources—referring to both goods and knowledge. Commons in Design explores the meaning and impact of commons—especially knowledge-based peer commons—a...

Comprehensive guide and resource for student and professional furniture designers.

The role of design professionals' in innovation is growing towards a more strategic one. They are no longer just executors of new product and/or service design briefs but are increasingly involved in the crafting of these briefs and in the strategic decisions leading to these briefs. In order to effectively play this role, design professionals need to master a set of strategic practices - i.e., routinized actions and ways of working. However, since the strategic role of designers is a relativ...

h220430 is the design label of the Japanese designer Satoshi Itasaka. This book shows an overview of the various designs and products that the label has made over the past 10 years. From lighting and furniture, to solutions for Corona measures in the public space. h220430 is based in Tokyo and is making the step to Europe with this book. The label will be presented at the Dutch Design Week 2022 in Eindhoven.