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Career encounters series Communication technology Complete career & techincal education library ; Volume 1 Complete career clusters Design solutions Innovation (New York, N.Y.) Skyscraper So You Want to Be a Designer? Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm)) Understanding CAD/CAMLowery, Jack
Summary: "By the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was deeply impacting gay and lesbian communities in America, and disinformation about the disease was running rampant. Out of the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an art collective that called itself Gran Fury was formed, to create graphics and media that campaigned against corporate greed, government inaction, and public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.19697 LOWSummary: Decades ago, Volvo's famous safety features were the least appealing part of their cars, at least from an aesthetic standpoint. Now designers work with engineers from the beginning of the development process to make sure that Volvo remains competitive on all fronts. In this program Volvo representatives address the issue of combining safety features with good design while maintaining brand...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: By working closely with potential customers as well as suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors, designers can optimize the products they create while keeping tooling and assembly costs down. In this program designers from Britain's Kinneir Dufort employ market research and model-making technology to redesign a peak flow meter, used by people with asthma to measure lung function. To keep up...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The development team has realized that the Web site scheduled to go live tomorrow still has a number of bugs to be worked out. Their supervisor believes that 'What the client doesn't know won't hurt him. How should the team proceed? This program outlines a specific methodology for solving Information and Communication Technology problems, with an emphasis on the value of good communication...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: A master lithographer's aim is to keep the immediacy of the artist's hand intact-from fine pencil lines to painterly brush strokes. And yet, even as it preserves the complex modeling and tonality of original work, lithography becomes an art form in itself. This program gives students a way to experience and incorporate professional lithographic methods, many of which have been practiced for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: As much an art as it is a science, the model maker's trade requires an unwavering dedication to craft and a profound knowledge of materials, methods, tool operation, and tool upkeep. This program provides an informative look at all facets of industrial model construction. It contains five main sections: the different types of model making; the correct and safe use of hand tools; portable power...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Can sustainability be applied to any design work, whether it's jewelry or architecture? What exactly does it mean to take a sustainable approach to design? This program examines the art of conceiving and creating physical products according to ecologically sound principles. Viewers learn the importance of, and the basic working framework for, design work that utilizes renewable resources, makes...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Here's a place where your students can turn their creativity into a career. This program looks at opportunities to design, produce, exhibit, perform, write, or publish in a variety of media, including theater, film, textiles, newspapers, radio, and television. Real-world insights into this cluster are provided through interviews with a cable TV broadcast engineer, newspaper reporter,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Infrared headlights, joysticks instead of steering wheels, engine tune-ups via modem: this Science Screen Report showcases the rapidly changing field of car design. Looking at the dominant role of digital technology in automotive engineering and testing, the program demonstrates that computers are becoming more than tools-in some cases, they actually generate ideas and give feedback. Other...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: From prehistoric cave paintings to the invention of today's high-speed printing presses, there has always been a need to "get the message out," and with the advent of computer technology, anyone can get their own message out with the services of a desktop publishing professional. Using computers and DTP software packages, these pros work in home offices and small design firms putting together...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Pleasing the eye is important, but a skilled designer also pays attention to the consumer's mind, emotions, and needs. This program explores the basic elements of design and how they can be manipulated to create powerful visual and interactive experiences. Detailing the properties of line, shape, tone, point, texture, color, and letterform-and how designers organize these elements through...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The principles of design are visible almost anywhere, but too often they are explained in an abstract, intellectualized way. This hands-on video presents the basic elements of design and their importance in a wide variety of fields and professions-architecture, landscaping, fashion, furniture design, the culinary arts, information technology, and other disciplines. Studying balance, contrast,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Almost any physical object that can be bought and sold has been through a complex design, manufacturing, and evaluation process. This program takes viewers through all three stages, explaining what each involves and underlining their importance in achieving aesthetic and functional goals. Topics include communication between designer and client or end user; the design brief; the importance of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In today's world, "communications" and "the arts" mean more than just the things you'd find on a newsstand or in a museum. This program introduces viewers to three Digital Age communications professionals-a video editor, a desktop publisher, and an audio technician-and a trio of somewhat unconventional artists: an animator, a photographer, and a fashion designer. Correlates to all applicable...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Like other technologies, architecture has changed across the centuries. The discovery of new materials, the understanding of physical principles, and the development of new construction techniques have permitted architects to extend the boundaries of the possible. This program demonstrates some of the basic architectural techniques, such as the arch and the use of beams; shows how lasers and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The symphony of construction at Disney Hall is finally completed. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra's long-awaited new home-a sculptural arrangement of billowing stainless steel-clad shapes-is the topic of this NewsHour program. Frank Gehry comments on how he designed the concert hall using 3-D computer modeling, while the Philharmonic's executive director and two musicians extol the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As construction of the Worldwide Plaza moves toward completion, this program focuses on the two final make-or-break hurdles: a problem with the roof design, which requires that the copper panels be hoisted by hand and the floor be reinforced to support the weight of the building's mechanical systems, and the challenge of installing the building's crowning glass pyramid 770 feet above the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: City planning that puts people before cars, sculptural museums that are as artistic as the masterpieces they contain, commercial spaces that redefine retail—these are some of the paradigm-shaking ideas of today’s architects at work. This compilation of recent NewsHour segments introduces viewers to Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Vincent Scully, and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This program traces the evolution of the American skyscraper over the 20th century and speculates on the skyscraper of the future. A study of landmark structures ranging from the Home Insurance Building and the Singer Building, to the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, to the World Trade Center and the Sears Tower serves as a timeline of U.S. skyscraper history. In addition, some...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The sound system that goes into a hand-assembled Aston-Martin sports car must be special indeed. In this program, designers at Linn, a precision-engineering company specializing in state-of-the-art sound reproduction, draft and build a compact stereo for this elite automobile. Project leaders demonstrate the use of 3-D CAD in the drafting process. The outsourcing of a component provides a good...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, Dominic Fonti observes the effects of stress tests on a mock-up of the Worldwide Plaza exterior wall; laborers begin building the skyscraper's frame and pouring its floors; William Zeckendorf's staff deals with design changes demanded by future tenant Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, which alters the schedule and budget of the entire project; and the architects and developers go head...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: CADD-Computer-Aided Drafting and Design. This video is designed to provide an overview of CADD, Computer-Aided Drafting and Design, and its importance in today's world. Viewers will see real-world examples of applications, including engines, circuitry, and heating and air conditioning systems. Benefits of using CADD are outlined, and we hear from experts in the field who are actually using CADD...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Contents: The Art and Science of Architecture (2:47) -- Urban Architecture (1:43) -- Rural Architecture (1:11) -- A Village in New Jersey (2:08) -- Corporate Architecture (1:22) -- Unconventional Projects (1:55) -- Private Home Design (1:18) -- Urban Development (1:30) -- A Career in Architecture (1:50) -- Personalities and Working Styles (2:13) -- Studying Architecture (2:02) -- Professional Licensing...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This video defines CAM, shows how a CAM system is integrated with a CAD system, and discusses background necessary for employment with CAM and the future of CAM in industry.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006