Rinaldi, Thomas
Summary: An unprecedented, essential field guide to more than a century of fascinating product and industrial design. From legendary classics to anonymous objects that are indispensable in homes and offices, this one-of-a-kind collection of original patent documents celebrates the creative genius of designers, inventors, creators, innovators, and dreamers the world over. The range is phenomenal: patents...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 745.2 RINGreene, Jay.
Summary: Jay Greene shows how important it is to build a culture in which design is more than an after-the-fact concern, it's part of your company's DNA. Drawing on interviews with top executives, Greene illuminates the methods of companies that rely on design to stand out in their industry.--[book jacket]
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 GRESummary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMFairs, Marcus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.2 FairsMootee, Idris.
Summary: A comprehensive playbook for applied design thinking in business and management, complete with concepts and toolkits As many companies have lost confidence in the traditional ways of running a business, design thinking has entered the mix. Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation presents a framework for design thinking that is relevant to business management, marketing, and design strategies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 MOOWilson, Richard Guy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brooklyn Museum in association with Abrams 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.2 WILBayley, Stephen.
Summary: Includes the leading names, movements, materials and processes such as furniture, fashion, cars, graphics, products, signs and symbols that have influenced the world of design.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745.2 BAYGarner, Philippe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 1980
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Summary: Shows how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business, in the first book to detail IDEO's internationally recognized Design Thinking process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allworth Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.2 DREPilloton, Emily.
Summary: Makes the case for design as a tool to solve some of the world's biggest social problems. The book features more than 100 innovative, sustainable, need-based product designs that empower individuals, communities, and economies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolis Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.2 PILNorman, Donald A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.911 NORSummary: Tour Navistar International Truck to see how a large truck is made from beginning to end, using robots as well as people, that will be used in loading, hauling, and delivering supplies and products.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2012
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Summary: "As space for land development in cities shrinks and city dwellers tire of cookie-cutter apartment towers, a love for historical buildings has returned. The initial interest in 'lofts' began in SoHo, New York, in the 1970s, and the love of warehouse buildings--often in attractive waterside locations--has since become a global phenomenon. Drawing on her personal experience living in a Grade II...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 BUSSummary: "Eva Zeisel was one of the twentieth century's most influential ceramicists and designers of modern housewares. Her distinctive take on modern industrial design was inspired by organic form and brought beauty and playfulness to housewares, earning her designs a beloved place in midcentury homes. This richly illustrated volume--the first-ever complete biographical account of Zeisel's life and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 738.092 EVAHeskett, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.2 HESTilley, Alvin R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 620.82 TILSummary: Going inside the world of fibers, fabrics, and yarns, this video provides students with an understanding of textile classification and how textiles are processed and tested before being used in end products. A textile researcher demonstrates how fibers are turned into fabric and explains differences between the properties of natural and synthetic fibers. A fashion designer describes the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Suitable for drawing, painting, magazine illustrative painting, image editing, industrial architectural design, game/cartoon movie design, sketching, scenery creation, handwriting recognition, online education and play games.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Huion 2013
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2 available in Young Adult Reference, Call number: YAR INSBerne, Debbie
Summary: "Of all the aspects of making a book, design is perhaps the most mysterious. Authors and readers surely realize that covers are designed objects that, like it or not, books are commonly judged by. But a book's interior is also the product of a designer's careful attention to such matters as where the page numbers go or how wide the margins are. Even publishing professionals-editors, agents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Charles and Ray Eames are American designers of the 20th century, best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, industrial design and manufacturing, and the photographic arts. They were also prolific filmmakers. The legacy of the husband and wife team includes more than 100 short films that reflect the breadth and depth of interests and the integrity of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005