"Type Tricks: Layout Design is the follow-up to Type Tricks and the second book in the trilogy of user manuals about typography related matters. The first book was about type design, the second book is about type layout and the final book will be about type usability. Sometimes you do not have the time to read a book cover to cover, but you simply are looking for some main pointers to help you move forward. This book is precisely for these kinds of situations. 

The book covers both key typog...

Creating sustainable fashion has never been more important. Circular Fashion provides an accessible, practical, and holistic approach to this key topic for anyone studying fashion. This introductory text to sustainability in fashion includes best practice case studies and profiles of key companies such as Patagonia, Veja, Christopher Raeburn, and Stella McCartney. It begins with an overview of the fashion business, tackling the issues of the linear production model of make, use, dispose, befo...

If your business hasn't already embraced visual thinking, why not?

Visual thinking and drawing are both becoming increasingly important in today's business settings. A picture really can tell a thousand words. Visualization is a crucial part of the journey for companies seeking to boost enterprise agility, break down silos and increase employee and customer engagement. Visualizing thought processes can help break down complex problems. It empowers teams and staff to build on one another's ide...

De N.V. Keramische Industrie Fris is van groot belang geweest voor de ontwikkeling van het Nederlandse gebruikskeramiek, als opmaat voor het wereldberoemde Dutch Design. Het rijk geïllustreerde boek bevat een uniek catalogusdeel waarin alle producten van Fris zijn opgenomen. Het boek verschijnt bij de overzichtstentoonstelling van Fris aardewerk in het Edams Museum. In 2022 is het namelijk 75 jaar geleden dat Gerrit Fris senior en zijn zoon Gerrit Fris junior begonnen met de N.V. Keramische ...

How can technological development today help studio-based learning take place in virtual space? Can technologies transform and reform design education? Can online learning replace face-to-face tutorials across different disciplines within design education? And how should design educators adapt to the new direction this era is facing?

How has technology empowered us, and what has it taken away from us? What has it done to enhance our learning and teaching methodologies? How are teachers using ...