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Narra la historia de Ingrid una joven huérfana, sobrina de un conde, y Gerald el conde más rico y poderoso de Inglaterra y amigo personal del rey. Gerald se dirige al condado de Adolf, el tío de Ingrid para llevarle un mensaje del rey, el conde Adolf este año no ha podido pagar los impuestos al rey, ya que la cosecha ha sido boicoteada de una forma inexplicable, el rey le da un plazo de tiempo a Adolf para pagar, sino le amenaza con requisar sus tierras y dárselo a otro conde que le sepa sacar beneficio. Gerald intenta ayudar al tío de Ingrid y en este transcurso de tiempo nace entre...

Xavier Bordils (Castelló, 1939) has stood out for his contributions to promote and spread design, graphic design and packaging, as well as for his intense projectual activity. Convictions and preferences are summarised in the text that goes with his mark: ¿Xavier Bordils: anti-stylist design, graphic design, structural design, global design, utilitary design, industrial product design, sematic design, architectural design, design, blah, blah, blah.¿

"A brief but thought-provoking study of the reverse influence of Mexican architecture on that of Spain's during the colonial era. For example, the author says that the characteristic organization of prehispanic religious centers around large plazas, as seen at Palenque, Teotihuacan, and Chichenitza, was transferred first to Mexican and then to Spanish architecture. Also identifies Americanized architectural elements and decorative motifs in buildings in Murcia, Olivia, and in the Canary Islands. Contains a few photographs with drawings of mostly architectural details"--Handbook of Latin...

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

Esta obra en tres tomos tiene dos grandes campos de contenidos: Herramientas y Fundamentos. Las herramientas son llamadas así acertadamente, puesto que los lectores y lectoras se encontrarán con un importante compendio de instrumentos prácticos para "usar" en el proceso creativo del proyecto arquitectónico o diseño industrial de artefactos. Instrumentos que son propuestos y provistos por el autor para lograr alta calidad en la comunicación visual de los productos, portadores de mensajes visuales hacia sus usuarios directos. Aunque los fundamentos son tan importantes como las...