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While all but gone today, Jamestown's furniture industry was once
the second-largest producer of furniture in the United States.
Manufacturing boomed from 1816, when William Breed and Royal Keyes
opened their shops, to the 1920s, when Jamestown was still one of
the top wood furniture producers in the country. In the nineteenth
century, the thriving railroad industry allowed Jamestown's quality
creations to be distributed nationwide. After the Civil War, an
influx of Swedish immigrants brought their craftsmanship and skills
to Jamestown, forming Morgan Manufacturing, Empire Furniture
Company and many others. Then, their pieces were valued for quality
and durability; today, they're coveted by collectors as beautiful
antiques. Local expert Clarence Carlson uncovers the fascinating
story of Jamestown furniture.
In this book, Elivio Bonollo takes us on a 'learning journey' about
design including a scholarly explanation of the characteristics and
power of the design process. It provides valuable insights into the
attitudes, knowledge and skills that underpin the design discipline
at an introductory level of expertise, and has been developed to
meet the needs of aspiring designers in many areas including
industrial design, design and technology, art and design and
architecture. Elivio uses an operational model of the design
processa along with related educational strategies, learning
outcomes and an ordered set of design briefsa to develop a
systematic, problem-based method for learning design from a first
principles viewpoint. The beauty of this approach is that it brings
structured learning to aspiring designers whilst being mindful of
diverse cultures and backgrounds. Each part of this book encourages
self-expression, self-confidence and exploration: it is has been
carefully designed to take the reader on a highly motivating
journey of design thinking and creativity, supported by excellent
sample solutions to design problems, lucid discussions and
extensive references. These solutions, developed by design
students, serve as novel examples of how to solve real problems
through innovative design without restraining creative freedom and
individual personality. The design learning method and strategies
in this book will greatly assist design and technology teachers,
students of design, aspiring designers and any individual with an
interest in professional design practice.
Master the art of user experience design through the 100 laws,
guidelines, human biases, and general considerations in this
comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia. Richly illustrated
and easy to navigate, Universal Principles of UX pairs clear
explanations of each concept with visual examples of the ideas
applied in practice. The book is organized into six broad
categories: Consider Empathize Define Research Design Validate And,
features principles as diverse as: Design is not neutral Make the
choice easy Some complexity cannot be reduced Map the ecosystem So
you think you can scroll Don't grade your own homework User
Experience is a field notable for its expansiveness, complexity and
persistent evolution. This book is not a chronological retelling of
the history of user experience design. It is also not a technical
how-to book that will show you how to become a perfect user
experience designer one step at a time. It's a philosophical
anthology of case studies, situations, problems, and contradictions
encountered across more than fifteen years of working on real world
client projects that will teach you how to think, rather than tell
you what to do. Each principle is presented in a two-page format.
The left-hand page contains a succinct definition, a full
description of the principle, examples of its use, and guidelines
for use. Sidenotes appear to the right of the text, and provide
elaborations and references. The right-hand page contains visual
examples and related graphics to support a deeper understanding of
the principle. This landmark reference is the standard for
designers, engineers, managers, and students who seek to broaden
and improve their user experience design expertise. The titles in
the Rockport Universal series offer comprehensive and authoritative
information and edifying and inspiring visual examples on
multidisciplinary subjects for designers, architects, engineers,
students, and anyone who is interested in expanding and enriching
their design knowledge.
Japandi is the newest and hottest trend in interiors: a harmonious
combination of functionality, comfort, and the minimalist look that
characterizes Scandinavian design, with the purest elegance of
traditional Japanese craftsmanship. Japandi harmoniously blends
Scandinavian hygge with wabi-sabi, a concept derived from Zen
Buddhism that advocates peaceful sobriety and invites us to admire
the beauty hidden in slight imperfections in nature. This first
major survey of Japandi style will introduce the reader to the
fundamentals, and to iconic objects that will transform an interior
into a Japandi-inspired retreat. Chapter one of the book examines
the converging principles that have contributed to the emergence of
Japandi Style such as functionality, neutral colors, the importance
of organic materials, and the thoughtful simplicity of shapes.
Chapter two presents some of the most emblematic works of Japandi
Style, and the design studios behind them. Chapter three gives
examples of how to decorate and furnish rooms - the living room,
dining room, bedroom, bathroom, winter garden, or home office - in
Japandi Style.
From Japan is a collection of work from some of the most talented
agencies in Japan, such as Nendo, MR Design, Grand Deluxe, Daikoku
Design Institute, The Simple Society and many more.
This pioneering anthology focuses exclusively on the history of
industrial design. Sixty full-length primary source essays detail
the most crucial movements, issues and accomplishments of
industrial design. Written by a wide range of experts - designers,
theorists, critics, advertisers, historians and curators - the book
traces the history of industrial design, industrialization and mass
production in the United States and other design centres from 1850
to the present day. The book combines news reports on the first
design workshops, early reviews of household products, aesthetic
manifestos, excerpts from socio-economic debates on mass production
and lectures into a lively overview of this dynamic field. The
texts were selected according to criteria such as canonicity,
notoriety of the writer, pithiness and entertainment value and
include key texts from visionaries such as William Morris, Henry
Dreyfuss and Victor Papanek. Edited by an expert on industrial
design history, the book provides educators, students and
practitioners of industrial design a unique one-stop reading
experience and resource.
As the world has entered the era of big data, there is a need to
give a semantic perspective to the data to find unseen patterns,
derive meaningful information, and make intelligent decisions. This
2-volume handbook set is a unique, comprehensive, and complete
presentation of the current progress and future potential
explorations in the field of data science and related topics.
Handbook of Data Science with Semantic Technologies provides a
roadmap for a new trend and future development of data science with
semantic technologies. The first volume serves as an important
guide towards applications of data science with semantic
technologies for the upcoming generation and thus becomes a unique
resource for both academic researchers and industry professionals.
The second volume provides a roadmap for the deployment of semantic
technologies in the field of data science that enables users to
create intelligence through these technologies by exploring the
opportunities while eradicating the current and future challenges.
The set explores the optimal use of these technologies to provide
the maximum benefit to the user under one comprehensive source.
This set consisting of two separate volumes can be utilized
independently or together as an invaluable resource for students,
scholars, researchers, professionals, and practitioners in the
field.
From Latin America is a collection of work from some of the most
talented designers, agencies and illustrators in this region - such
as Anagrama, IS Creative, Estudio YeYe, Empatia, Firmalt, Martin
Azambuja, Futura, Giovani Flores, Sociedad Anonima, Asis,
Parametro, BR/Bauen, Savvy, Studio Rejane Dal Bello, La
Tortilleria, ps.2 and The Branding People.
How often have you seen a label on a product proclaiming it to be
made from 'recycled material', 'bioplastic' or similar, without it
giving any details of the concrete environmental benefits? What do
these terms really mean? A drive for greater transparency and
demonstrable environmental benefits is happening in product design,
through emerging legislation and standards, and consumer demand for
more sustainable products and unambiguous marketing. In Better
Things: Materials for Sustainable Product Design, Daniel Liden
seeks to tackle the lazy 'greenwashing' terminology we see every
day and answer these questions, providing a guide for product
designers, manufacturers and consumers wishing to make better and
more informed decisions about materials. The book comprises six
chapters devoted to material categories - plastics, textiles,
metals, ceramics and glass, wood and paper - and a seventh chapter
covering emerging sustainable technologies. Each chapter includes
interviews with industry experts, as well as photos, diagrams,
environmental impact data, general material properties and more.
For more than 40 years, Martin Waller and his company Andrew Martin
have continued to demonstrate that furniture is more than just a
functional object, and that a living space always finds new stories
to tell. His Interior Design Review, the definitive standard work,
unmatched in its variety and broad range of topics, is now being
published in its 26th edition. One hundred designers, 500+ pages,
1,000 photographs - such is the opulent presentation of the latest
interior trends in this magnificent coffee table book. With its
special arrangement, the latest edition is once again a feast for
the eyes of design lovers who want to unleash their creativity.
Charlotte Perriand was one of great designers of the twentieth
century. A pioneer of modernism, her work was often overshadowed by
her more famous male collaborators, who included Le Corbusier,
Pierre Jeanneret and Jean Prouve. However, in recent years her
reputation as a furniture designer and architect has matched the
stature of her peers - her furniture in particular has become
highly prized by collectors. From the 1920s onwards, Perriand was
instrumental in bringing the modernist aesthetic to interiors. But
she also believed in the synthesis of the arts, and was friends
with visual artists such as Pablo Picasso and Fernand Leger. This
book will explore Perriand's journey from the machine aesthetic to
her adoption of natural forms, and from modular furniture systems
to major architectural projects such as Les Arcs ski resort.
Featuring some of her most famous interiors, as well as her
original furniture, her photography and her personal notebooks,
this book sheds new light on Perriand's creative process and her
place in design history. It will accompany the forthcoming Design
Museum exhibition of the same title, which will coincide with the
twenty-fifth anniversary of Perriand's last significant
presentation in London, held at the Design Museum in 1996.
Offers an updated, comprehensive examination of design research,
celebrating a plurality of voices and range of conceptual,
methodological, technological and theoretical approaches evident in
contemporary design research. Examines the nature and process of
design research, the purpose of design research, and how one might
embark on design research. Explores how leading design researchers
conduct their design research through formulating and asking
questions in novel ways, and the creative methods and tools they
use to collect and analyse data.
With the boom of big data and machine learning and the subsequent
need for parallel processing technologies, fork-join queues are
more relevant now than ever before. In this book, new estimates of
the average response time in fork-join queues are proposed, which
form the basis for new research opportunities. Analysis of
Fork-Join Systems: Network of Queues with Precedence Constraints
explores numerical approaches to estimate the average response time
of fork-join queueing networks and offers never before published
simple expressions for the mean response time as conjectures.
Extensive experiments are included to demonstrate the remarkable
accuracy of the conjectures and algorithms used in the estimation
of the average response time. Graduate students, professors, and
researchers in the fields of operations research, management
science, industrial engineering, computer science, and electrical
engineering will find this book very useful. Students, as well as
researchers in both academia and industry, will also find this book
of great help when looking for results related to fork-join queues
This book provides a first-of-its-kind approach for using
blockchain to enhance resilience in disaster supply chain and
logistics management, especially when dealing with dynamic
communication, relief operations, prioritization, coordination, and
distribution of scarce resources - these are elements of
volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA)
describing a dynamic environment that now form the "new norm" for
many leaders. Blockchain-Enabled Resilience: An Integrated Approach
for Disaster Supply Chain and Logistics Management analyzes the
application of blockchain technology used to enable resilience in a
disaster supply chain network. It discusses IoT and DVFS algorithms
for developing a network-based simulation and presents advancements
in disaster supply chain strategies using smart contacts for
collaborations. The book covers how success is based on
collaboration, coordination, sovereignty, and equality in
distributing resources and offers a theoretical analysis that
reveals that enhancing resilience can improve collaboration and
communication and can result in more time-efficient processing for
disaster supply management. This book provides a first-of-its-kind
approach for managers and policy-makers as well as researchers
interested in using blockchain to enhance resilience in disaster
supply chains, especially when dealing with dynamic communication,
relief operations, prioritization, coordination, and distribution
of scarce resources. Practical guidance is provided for managers
interested in implementation. A robust research agenda is also
provided for those interested in expanding present research.
Discusses all the major tools and techniques for Decision Support
System supported by examples Techniques are explained considering
their deterministic and stochastic aspects Covers network tools
including GERT and Q-GERT Explains application of both probability
and fuzzy orientation in the pertinent techniques Includes a number
of relevant case studies along with a dedicated chapter on software
This book discusses the 3D printing of sensors, actuators, and
antennas and illustrates how manufacturers can create smart
materials that can be effectively used to prepare low-cost
products. The book also includes how to select the appropriate
process for your manufacturing needs. 3D Printing of Sensors,
Actuators, and Antennas for Low-Cost Product Manufacturing offers
the most recent developments in 3D printing of sensors, actuators,
and antennas for low-cost product manufacturing; the book
highlights some of the commercially available low-cost 3D printing
processes that have higher efficiency and accuracy. Fundamental
principles and working methodologies are presented with a critical
review of the past work involved and current trends with future
predictions. It covers composite and polymeric materials widely
used and specifically focuses on low-cost elements. Recent
breakthroughs and advantages in product manufacturing when printing
smart materials are also discussed. Manufacturing engineers,
product designers, manufacturing industries, as well as graduate
students, and research scholars will find this book very useful for
their work and studies.
Clearly presents the state of the art and future trends in the
research of the biodegradable polymers in the context of circular
economy Covers entire value chain and life cycle of biopolymers,
considering different types of polymers Clarifies the life safety
of (bio)degradable polymeric materials Presents novel opportunities
and ideas for developing or improving technologies Determines the
course of degradation during prediction study
Explores the impact of consumerism from a design
perspectiveEssential reading for practitioners, researchers and
students in the design industryWill be of interest to
sustainability professionals, as well as conscious consumers
This book examines how safety failings during the use of any
designed product or system-be it a car, a building, or a chemical
plant-can be mitigated through effective understanding of the
conditions and controls surrounding its use. Drawing on historical
failures and their own real-world experience, Dr Andy Painting and
David England explain how corporate culture, engineering safety,
personnel selection, and proper safety auditing are key ingredients
to maintaining safety in all aspects of an organization's
operations. This effective strategy is also crucial to linking back
to the design of future products in establishing where operational
failures have been identified and can therefore be "designed out"
in future iterations. The book challenges silo thinking among the
various safety-related disciplines and shows how this can be
counter-productive to effective safety management. Effectively
Managing the Case for Safety draws on key features from
engineering, design, and health and safety processes, which, when
used cohesively, promote a better working environment for everyone
and help to reduce wasted time, money, and effort for any
organization. Safety is tracked from the initial design stage
through any product's entire service life and includes evidence of
how safety affects, and is affected by, all those who interact with
a product, system, or project. Following their first book, An
Effective Strategy for Safe Design in Engineering and Construction,
which demonstrated how current construction regulations can be used
as a framework to ensure that safety is embedded into the design of
virtually any product from machinery to buildings, this follow up
book defines what safe is, how it is initially derived, and how the
operational safety of any product, during its in-use phase, can be
managed and assessed. The result is not only to ensure compliance
with relevant regulations but also to actively ensure the ongoing
safety of all those who interact with a product or project.
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