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Format: 1 electronic resource (ix, 93 pages).

ISBN: 9783030603953 (pbk.) , 3030603954 (pbk.) , 9783030603960 (ebk.) , 3030603962 (ebk.)

Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in anthropology

Content: MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "This open access book describes methods for research on and research through design. It posits that ethnography is an appropriate method for design research because it constantly orients itself, like design projects, towards social realities. In research processes, designers acquire project-specific knowledge, which happens mostly intuitively in practice. When this knowledge becomes the subject of reflection and explication, it strengthens the discipline of design and makes it more open to interdisciplinary dialogue. Through the use of the ethnographic method in design, this book shows how design researchers can question the certainties of the everyday world, deconstruct reality into singular aesthetic and semantic phenomena, and reconfigure them into new contexts of signification. It shows that design ethnography is a process in which the epistemic and creative elements flow into one another in iterative loops. The goal of design ethnography is not to colonize the discipline of design with a positivist and objectivist scientific ethos, but rather to reinforce and reflect upon the explorative and searching methods that are inherent to it. This innovative book is of interest to design researchers and professionals, including graphic artists, ethnographers, visual anthropologists and others involved with creative arts/media."

Note: EDITORIAL NOTE: abridged translation of: Designethnografie : Methodologie und Praxisbeispiele. Wiesbaden : Springer, 2018.

Language: English

Keywords: Handbooks and manuals

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-60396-0

URL: FULL  ((Open Access))

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Format: 120 pages , richly illustrated , 26 cm

Edition: 3rd edition, revised and enlarged by the author

ISBN: 9783037780930 , 3037780932

Content: "Karl Gerstner's work is a milestone in the history of design. One of his most important works is Designing Programmes, which is presented here in a new edition of the original 1964 publication. In four essays, the author provides a basic introduction to his design methodology. Instead of set recipes, the method suggests a model for design in the early days of the computer era. The intellectual models it proposes, however, continue to be useful today. What it does not purvey is cut-and-dried, true-or-false solutions or absolutes of any kind - instead, it develops fundamental principles in an innovative and future-oriented way. The book is especially topical and exciting in the context of current developments in computational design, which seem to hold out the possibility of programmed design. With many examples from the worlds of graphic and product design, music, architecture, and art, it inspires the reader to seize on the material, develop it further, and integrate it into his or her own work."

Note: PREVIOUS EDITIONS NOTE: 1st edition (1964) and 2nd edition (1968) : Verlag Arthur Niggli, Teufen. -- Title page verso , PAUL GREDINGER: Pro-programmatic -- LARS MÜLLER: Foreword -- RICHARD HOLLIS: "To describe the problem is part of the solution" -- Dear reader -- Introduction -- Programme as typeface I: the old Berthold sans serif on a new basis -- Programme as typeface II: a new beginning: the IBM original -- Programme as typography: integral typography -- Programme as picture: making pictures today? -- Programme as method: structure and movement. -- Provided by publisher , GERMAN EDITION: Programme entwerfen. 3. Auflage Baden, Schweiz : Müller, 2007

Language: English

Keywords: Handbooks and manuals

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Format: 176 pages , illustrations , 31 cm

Edition: 9th edition

ISBN: 9783721201451 , 3721201450

Content: "This book is suitable for those who work with automated text and image design. It shows examples of working correctly on a conceptual level. Exact directions for using all of the grid systems presented (8 to 32 grid fields) are given to the user. These can be used for the most varied of projects. The three-dimensional grid is treated as well. Put simply: a guidebook from the profession for the profession. The development of organizational systems in visual communication was the service and the accomplishment of the representatives of simple and functional typography and graphic design. In the 1920s in Europe, works already arose in the areas of typography, graphic design and photography with objectified conception and rigid composition. In 1961 a brief presentation of the grid with text and illustrations appeared for the first time in an earlier book by the author. Articles published mainly in trade journals then followed. This book now attempts to close a gap by giving examples and exact directions to the professional concerning all grid problems that can occur. The author, a world-renowned professional, thus offers his colleagues the tools to solve problems more easily."

Note: Text dt. und engl

Language: German

Keywords: Handbooks and manuals

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Format: 304 pages : , richly illustrated (chiefly colour), plans ; , 21.5 x 16 cm.

Edition: 2nd extended and revised edition.

ISBN: 9783034613194 (hbk.) , 3034613199 (hbk.)

Uniform Title: Manuskript : Essentials für den Alltag von Innenarchitekten und Designern.

Content: MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "MANUscript is a reference book sui generis: a combination of inspiration, guide, and notebook. It explores basic aspects of interior design (ceilings, floors, walls, doors, stairs) and the relevant materials used (rugs, wall paint, glass, wood products, stone, concrete). It also focuses on means of recording and communicating designs: methods of representation, practical tables, rules of thumb, and hands-on suggestions. This updated and expanded second edition addresses new and important topics in day-to-day design practice, discusses how to use plants in green facades, space-defining shrubs, the staging potential of light, and also lists key terms in a multilingual table. There are also stimulating statements on design-related issues from prominent architects, interior designers, and designers. An additional special feature of this publication are the pages with space for personal additions, observations, and notes."

Note: EDITORIAL NOTE: 1st edition published 2007. -- Imprint. , MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: ESSENTIALS ... ... OF REPRESENTATION METHODICS: Three quality standards of a project: utilitas, firmitas, venustas -- Situational comprehension -- Sketching : Perspective grids, axonometic grids -- Thinking in sectional perspectives : Measuring, three-view projections; Isometry, axonometry, military perspective -- Creating context : Explaining principles; Arguing for an idea; Strategy and effect; Reason and feeling; Ingredients and taste; Casualness -- Technical drawing : Formula signs, units ; Abbreviations; Symbols and measurements; Building measurements and classifications; line thickness and type of line; Scales, plan heading, hatchings; Three-centered arch; Dimensional coordination; Signs and symbols; Conversions -- Model-making : Materials, surfaces, construction tips; Landscape of plaster; Mould and negative form -- Painting on canvas: Traditional panel painting technique -- ... OF TECTONICS AND STATICS: Proportions : Drawing analysis; Golden section; Triangle constructions -- Le Corbusier: Modular -- Fabonacci : Rabbit problems and numerical series -- Structural forms -- Formats -- Statics : Common measurements of concrete construction units; Relation of support length and support height; Forces and levers; Supports and loads -- Seams : Dividing and joining textiles -- ... FOR THE PLANNING OF INTERIOR FITTINGS: Floors: design and floor covering variants -- Suspended ceilings: some wall connections -- Wall coverings: joining natural stone -- Partition walls: separating, non-supporting construction units -- Plinths: the transition from wall to floor -- Stairs -- Doors: location, sizes, construction types -- Windows: it's a cross with muntins -- The smallest room: in public spaces -- Kitchens: measurements and arrangement variants -- Life at the workplace : office workplace measurements and distances -- Body sizes: school desk and chair heights -- Coloured wall paints: dispersion, silicate, casein, lime and distemper paints -- Wallpapers: interaction between space and colour -- Materials: textile coverings; Hardwood; Softwood; Fruit wood; Tropical wood; Glass; Concrete; Natural stone -- Greenery around the house : Climbing plants, trees and hedge; The green roof -- Light : Lighting effects; Reflections and lenses; Lighting variables; Lamps and sockets; Deflecting daylight -- ... FOR PRINTING PRESENTING AND COMMUNICATING: Subtractive colour synthesis: CMYK -- Additive colour synthesis: RGB -- Conversion table: from RAL to RGB and to CMYK -- Colour systems: on the monitor, in offset printing, in construction -- File formats: PDF, PICT, JPEG, EPS, GIF, TIFF -- Prepress: preparing for printing -- Graphic units: dpi, pt, lpi, poi -- Graphic standards: standardized formats, proofreader's marks, script justification -- Presenting: PDF presentations; Film sequences -- Reading distances: for text panels in exhibitions -- Image projections: image size and distances -- Typefaces : Grotesque, serif -- Writing up a explanatory text -- Preparing a presentation lecture -- Winning sponsors -- Writing a log -- Creating documentation -- Structuring a portfolio -- Come si dice?: Marking plans and presentation slides in different languages -- ... FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: Apropos design / Axel Müller-Schöll -- The other and I / Ruedi Baur -- Objectification / Matthias Götz -- Colour / Manuel Schupp -- Water / Henri Snel -- Hybrids / Klaus Michel -- Transformations / Uwe Fischer -- Attentiveness / Anna Berkenbusch -- LInking / Axel Kufus -- Pre-sign / Johann Stief -- Studying / Kuno Prey -- Workshop / Klaus Lehmann -- The wolf in chic clothing / Axel Müller-Schöll - -- ... FOR LIFE BETWEEN 12 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT: Knowing the order of gods, recognizing the order of columns -- Telling Persian and other knotted carpets apart -- Chat abbreviations for architects and designers -- Phonetic alphabet for different languages -- Differentiating hotel categories -- Enjoying Cuban cigars -- Shoes distinguishing construction principles -- Putting house plants by the right window -- Planting a tree -- Securing aquarell brushes in your jacket -- Opening oysters and filleting fish -- Preparing potato salad -- Correctly knotting ties -- Knotting bow ties -- Staying fit and relaxing in the workplace -- ManuScript editorial -- Thoughts on this book -- Books: Classical works, recommendations, favourite books -- Index -- References -- Imprint. , LANGUAGE NOTE: translation from the German language edition: Manuskript : Essentials für den Alltag von Innenarchitekten und Designern. 2., erweiterte und überarbeitete Auflage. Basel : Birkhäuser, 2010.

Language: English

Keywords: Handbooks and manuals

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Format: 424 pages , chiefly illustrations (colour) , 27 cm

ISBN: 9783721209136 , 3721209133

Content: "How does visual creativity arise in the first place and how can visual methods be developed and applied in the production of ideas and variety? Various methods for doing this are presented here under the chapter headings Basis, Interpretation, Variation, Relation and Sequence with over 3000 illustrations. In the course of this work numerous methodical design approaches are presented and mediated. One of the reasons that the results presented here are so varied and frequently surprising, is the variety of the procedures described. For over two decades Armin Lindauer and Betina Müller have searched out, collected and produced work dealing with their understanding of how experimental design can be created by using methodical design processes. They show numerous parallels from completely different areas of activity including advertising, product design, poster art, the fine arts and the sciences. On the one hand historic work is discussed in the book prologue such as that of Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet, Alexej Jawlensky, Pablo Picasso, Josef Albers, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and on the other the work of well-known designers such as Daniele Buetti, Günther Kieser or Stefan Sagmeister is considered. The book is thus simultaneously both a highly specialized technical work and an extensive and very rich atlas of ideas and inspirations. It is an impulse giver without dictating the way and demonstrates once again that creativity is frequently based firmly on methods which in turn it also promotes."

Content: MACHINE-GENERATED REVIEWS NOTE: "Graphic designer and educators Armin Lindauer and Betina Müller have a vision for 21st-century design. Passionate about the connections between art and science, they propose a 'Copernican Revolution' in the ways we think about creativity, advocating a central role for systematic play that combines rationality with invention. At the heart of their approach is admiration for the creativity that drives science forward, as well as a recognition that some kind of structure exists within even the most open-ended artistic practice. In other words, scientists are much more creative than they are often given credit for and artists intuitively use some kind of structure within their creative practice. There is more common ground between art and science, in terms of process, than is often acknowledged. Lindauer and Müller share an acute awareness of the expansive meeting point between structured and intuitive thought where scientific and artistic processes become integrated. They see huge potential for experimental design as a means of bridging the perceived gap between art and science, revitalising the fundamental connections between these too often falsely separated worlds." -- Kevin J.Hunt, eye No.95 Vol.24.

Note: PLEASE TURN THE PAGE 7 PROLOGUE 8 DRAFTING A SYSTEM OF VISUAL METHODS 13 1. BASIS 55 2. INTERPRETATION 103 3. VARIATION 163 4. RELATION 273 5. SEQUENCE 345 EPILOGUE 413 APPENDIX 415 , LANGUAGE NOTE: translation from the German language edition: Experimentelle Gestaltung : visuelle Methode und systematisches Spiel. [Sulgen] : Niggli, 2015

Language: English

Keywords: Handbooks and manuals