Een overzicht van vijftig onderbelichte design iconen, elk rijkelijk geïllustreerd en toegelicht met interviews of essays

Met bijdragen van meer dan dertig toonaangevende professionals uit de Nederlandse design-, architectuur- en modewereld, onder wie Amanda Pinatih (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Miriam van der Lubbe (creatief directeur Dutch Design Week), Natalie Dubois (curator Centraal Museum Utrecht) en Janice Deul (cultureel-activist)

Met meer dan 100 foto’s van oude en nieuwe ...

Modernism: In Print. Dutch Graphic Design 1917-2017, geschreven door Frederike Huygen behandelt het begrip modernisme in de Nederlandse grafische vormgeving aan de hand van drie beschouwingen over de periodes 1920-1940/45, 1945-1990 en de jaren 90 tot heden. Het modernisme wordt daarin gezien als een complex fenomeen dat betrekking heeft op vele aspecten van het vak: het is een stijl en een ontwerpmethode, maar het betekent ook vernieuwing, verzet en experiment, en staat voor idealisme en een...

A new interdisciplinary perspective on architecture and geometry--from Athenian Ruins to the Chrysler building

A groundbreaking look at how Chicano graphic artists and their collaborators have used their work to imagine and sustain identities and political viewpoints during the past half centuryThe 1960s witnessed the rise of the Chicano civil rights movement, or El Movimiento, and marked a new way of being a person of Mexican descent in the United Stat

The ability to imagine different possible futures and the will to influence the course of events are deeply human. These ideas about the future can also determine which of the many possible futures will become reality. Designing futures therefore means that by creating and communicating potential scenarios, you can shape the futures of your fellow human beings and influence the course of events.

Design is becoming more strategic as a discipline, moving away from 'making things beautiful' to '...

Charting the movements, developments and ideas that transformed the way women dress, this book gives a unique perspective on the history of twentieth-century fashion. From the invention of the bias cut and the stiletto heel to the designers who changed the way we think about clothes, the book is entertaining, intelligent and a visual feast.

‘Design Leadership Chronicles’ is a graphic novel that tells the stories of nine design leaders and their approach to organizational change. They all use design to rethink how their respective organizations make decisions and organize work to meet strategic business goals, such as customer-centricity. The book's objective is to reveal the human side of these leaders rather than offer a step-by-step approach. It explores how they dealt with failures, achieved success, and their learnings a...