Diccionario visual de diseño gráfico

This book explores the relation between modern design and the Belgian State. The ideology of modern design was closely linked to the utopian attempt of improving the everyday material world. Modernists had the universal belief that everyday spaces and objects affected their users in such a way that design practice could be a kind of political and social reform, or even a moral education. Modern design was however not only invested with these social aspirations, but knew also succes in political circles as an exponent for ideological positions, as a tool for political propaganda or as a marker ...

We're all subject to the will of fashion, even without our knowledge and against our will. With a basis in this premise, Guillaume Erner tells an irony-filled story of the mechanisms of the fashion world: How are trends created? What role do designers play? What do brands do? And, above all, what does it mean to become an authentic fashion victim? La moda es una mentira en la que todo el mundo quiere creer'. Aunque nadie nos obliga, todos estamos sujetos al deber de la moda, incluso sin saberlo y contra nuestra voluntad. Con la obsesión del parecer, nuevos síntomas nacen y proliferan en...

With 400 pages, this reference work, published for the first time in this form, offers a comprehensive and informative look at the development of European, American and Japanense car design from 1947 to 2004. Past, present and future design trends are shown with examples of original photos from 370 series of vehicles and concept cars. A biographical overview of leading, international car designers is included. Book jacket.

¿Por qué los teléfonos modernos tienen teclas que no sirven para nada? ¿Por qué no se sabe, con frecuencia, si para abrir una puerta hay que empujar, o tirar, o si se trata de una puerta deslizante? ¿Por qué es tan difícil entender un manual de instrucciones? Con muchos ejemplos similares y en clave de humor, Donald A. Norman, uno de los psicólogos más imaginativos de las últimas décadas, analiza los problemas del diseño de los objetos que nos rodean en la vida cotidiana y el tipo de conocimiento que cada uno requiere. La obra es también una amena y lúcida lección de...