London in Fifty Design Icons

London in Fifty Design Icons
Author: Design Museum Enterprise Limited
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-09-07
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1840917024

In this new series, the Design Museum looks at the fifty design icons of major cities around the world - icons that, when viewed together, inherently sum up the spirit of their city. Covering anything from buildings and monuments to a graffiti mural or an item of clothing, we are able to build up an intricate portrait of a city, layer by layer. From its long-serving Routemaster buses and world-famous tube map to the miniskirts of the swinging sixties and the imposing silhouette of Battersea Power Station, London is a tapestry of design masterpieces. Join Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, as he unravels the visual history of one of our most complex and intriguing cities. Contents include: The Times masthead Abbey Road Battersea Power Station Tate Modern Turbine Hall Banksy graffiti mural Mary Quant miniskirt Tube map Christopher Kane flourescent dress Lloyd's of London London Aquatics Centre ...and many more.

Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the World (1960s)

Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the World (1960s)
Author: DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1840916176

The Design Museum and fashion guru Paula Reed present Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1960s. The most exciting, influential and definitive looks of one of the most significant decades in fashion! The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, enterain and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to fashion, and carchitecture to graphics. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance. Building on the international success of the Design Museum Fifty series, including Fifty Shoes that Changed the World, Fifty Bags that Changed the World and Fifty Hats that Changed the World, this beautifully designed book - curated in the series by fashion guru Paula Reed - takes a fresh look at key fashion pieces from the 1960s. Featuring Mary Quant's miniskirts, Andre Courrèges' Moon Girls, denim-clad hippies and Celia Birtwell's Romantic Peasants, this book captures and explains every influential look of the decade. For anyone looking to buy vintage pieces to add to their wardrobes of contemporary items, this authoritative and inspiring book will prove to be an invaluable source of reference.

Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1970s

Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1970s
Author: DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1840916168

The Design Museum and fashion guru Paula Reed present Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1970s. The most exciting, influential and definitive looks of one of the most significant decades in fashion! The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, enterain and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to fashion, and carchitecture to graphics. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance. From Bianca Jagger in Halston and Diane Von Furstenberg's first wrap dress to the rise of punk and Biba, this beautiful book outlines and details the most influential looks of the decade. The 1970s have been a key influence on recent high street and catwalk fashion - here you find out why. With Paula Reed's lively and informative text and a wealth of fabulous photography, it is vital reading for design students, collectors of vintage and everyone who truly loves fashion.

Le Mot Juste

Le Mot Juste
Author: Imogen Fortes
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-10-04
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781782439868

Have you ever wondered exactly what déjà vu is? Have you made a faux pas? Voulez-vous an explanation of the above? Then voilà, here is a collection of les mots justes to help you bring that certain je ne sais quoi of the French language into everyday conversation.

Iconic Designs

Iconic Designs
Author: Grace Lees-Maffei
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-01-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1474241700

Iconic Designs is a beautifully designed and illustrated guide to fifty classic 'things' – designs that we find in the city, in our homes and offices, on page and screen, and in our everyday lives. In her introduction, Grace Lees-Maffei explores the idea of iconicity and what makes a design 'iconic', and fifty essays by leading design and cultural critics address the development of each iconic 'thing', its innovative and unique qualities, and its journey to classic status. Subjects range from the late 19th century to the present day, and include the Sydney Opera House, the Post-It Note, Coco Chanel's classic suit, the Sony WalkmanTM, Hello KittyTM, Helvetica, the Ford Model T, Harry Beck's diagrammatic map of the London Underground and the Apple iMac G3. This handsome volume provides a treasure trove of 'stories' that will shed new light on the iconic designs that we use without thinking, aspire to possess, love or hate (or love to hate) and which form part of the fabric of our everyday lives.

Parametric Design for Architecture

Parametric Design for Architecture
Author: Wassim Jabi
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2013-09-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1780675364

Architects use CAD to help them visualize their ideas. Parametric design is a fast-growing development of CAD that lets architects and designers specify the key parameters of their model and make changes interactively. Whenever changes are made the rest of the model updates automatically. Through a detailed description of various parametric, generative and algorithmic techniques, this book provides a practical guide to generating geometric and topological solutions for various situations, including explicit step-by-step tutorials. While the techniques and algorithms can be generalized to suit to any parametric environment, the book illustrates its concepts using the scripting languages of one of the most powerful 3D visualization and animation design software systems (Autodesk 3ds Max MAXScript), one of the most popular open-source Java-based scripting environments (Processing), and a brand new language specifically tailored for parametric and generative design (Autodesk DesignScript). This clear, accessible book will have a wide appeal to students and practitioners who would like to experiment with parametric techniques.

Icons of Style

Icons of Style
Author: Paul Martineau
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1606065580

In 1911 the French publisher Lucien Vogel challenged Edward Steichen to create the first artistic, rather than merely documentary, fashion photographs, a moment that is now considered to be a turning point in the history of fashion photography. As fashion changed over the next century, so did the photography of fashion. Steichen’s modernist approach was forthright and visually arresting. In the 1930s the photographer Martin Munkácsi pioneered a gritty, photojournalistic style. In the 1960s Richard Avedon encouraged his models to express their personalities by smiling and laughing, which had often been discouraged previously. Helmut Newton brought an explosion of sexuality into fashion images and turned the tables on traditional gender stereotypes in the 1970s, and in the 1980s Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts made male sexuality an important part of fashion photography. Today, following the integration of digital technology, teams like Inez & Vinoodh and Mert & Marcus are reshaping our notion of what is acceptable—not just aesthetically but also technically and conceptually—in a fashion photograph. This lavishly illustrated survey of one hundred years of fashion photography updates and reevaluates this history in five chronological chapters by experts in photography and fashion history. It includes more than three hundred photographs by the genre’s most famous practitioners as well as important but lesser-known figures, alongside a selection of costumes, fashion illustrations, magazine covers, and advertisements.

Edith Head

Edith Head
Author: Jay Jorgensen
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0762438053

Nearly every iconic film in the last century had one thing in common: Edith Head. From her mysterious childhood to the controversial portfolio that landed her first job in a Hollywood costume department, Jorgenson provides a sleek and sophisticated portrait of the most influential costume designer of the twentieth century.

What a Character!

What a Character!
Author: Warren Dotz
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN:

From Mr. Clean to Mr. Bubble, from the wholesome Quaker Oats Man to the mischievous Trix Rabbit, advertising characters are as much a part of twentieth-century Amercia as the familiar products they symbolize. Illustrated with vivid, full-color photographs, and accompanied by a fascinating text, this fanciful volume offers an entertaining look at the history and design of these pop culture icons, with their timeless appeal for consumers of all ages.

Encyclopedia of Interior Design

Encyclopedia of Interior Design
Author: Joanna Banham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1469
Release: 1997-05
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1136787585

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.