Introduces us to 40 influential designers who have shaped our interaction with technology. This book tells the story of the author's own design process and explains the focus on people and prototypes that has been successful at IDEO - how the needs and desires of people can inspire innovative designs. It is illustrated with more than 700 images.

A cult read amongst designers for more than half a century, this text is the manifesto of America's greatest industrial designer and the pioneer of a design approach that put people first. Dreyfuss was the designer of the first answering machine, the Hoover vacuum cleaner, the Bell telephone, and much more.

From toothbrushes to cars, this work, written by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, features everyday products designed by luminaries.

Features 100 masterpieces of design, those small objects we use daily from tea bags to paperclips to hairpins. This book portrays each object in detail with an informative text on its origin and special design features, as well as a silhouette image of the object as we usually see it. It celebrates our everyday lives in a different way.

This book celebrates streamlining as epitomized by the work of Raymond Loewy, Donald Deskey, Henri Dreyfuss, Russel Wight and Norman Bel Geddes.

Guides the reader through the process of selecting materials on the basis of their design suitability. This book addresses the problem of selecting materials for industrial design from a different viewpoint. It offers easy to use systematic approach to the selection and uses of materials.

Scandtastic! (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Scandinavians are exceptionally gifted in design. They are world-famous for their inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between crafts and industrial production. The marriage of beautiful, organic forms with everyday functionality is one of the primary strengths of Scandinavian design and one of the reasons why Scandinavian ..

An essential book for anyone interested in these machines and the origins of the present-day PC.

Contains work by around 50 young designers from every region of north and south America.

Explores various aspects of the printed form, from single page to commercial package. This book features projects that combine an awareness of process, materials, and creativity. It looks at proportions, materials, printing, folding, and binding, and explores tear-proof plastic paper, gelling agents, luminescent inks, and single-screw bindings.

Presenting an exploration of contemporary design practice, this book calls for a sustainable approach to product design of various types. It illustrates the work by 90 of the world's leading designers and design-led manufacturing companies, while also featuring their statements that give an insight into the nature of 3-dimensional design.

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Covers a range of production methods. As well as describing each process, this work offers guidance on its pros and cons and on suitable production volumes, the costs involved, speed of production, relevant materials and typical applications.

Following the success of Spoon , this title presents 10 leading design experts' choice of 100 of the most important young product designers from around the world. With a short written piece provided by the curators for each designer, it gives insight into why the designer's work has been chosen, and their background and future design plans.

Explains design and design thinking as something distinct that needs to be better understood - by both designers and the people with whom they need to work - in order to achieve success with different products and systems. This title covers sketching and early prototyping design methods suitable for dynamic product capabilities.

Designed as a companion to 1000 Chairs , this title contains a selection of over 1000 lights. It presents history's most interesting electric lights, arranged chronologically by decade, from Edison's first light to Tiffany's beautiful leaded glass shades to the outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the high-tech LED lamps.