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The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business | Cameron S. Foote | A comprehensive manual for running and maintaining a graphic design business.This is the industry's first comprehensive manual for running and maintaining a successful graphic design business. The four sections cover organization, marketing, personnel, and operations, and provide the necessary tools unique to the specific management styles and operation agendas of a design firm. A complete appendix of business forms is also included. 20 b/w illustrations | |
Web Design: Introductory (Shelly Cashman Series) | Gary B. Shelly and Jennifer T. Campbell | WEB DESIGN: INTRODUCTORY, 4th Edition explains the connection between a detailed design plan that considers audience expectations, sound design principles and various technical considerations to create successful Web sites. | |
Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Toolkit for Managers (Columbia Business School Publishing) | Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie | Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate readers in one of the hottest trends in business: "design thinking," or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Liedtka and Ogilvie cover the mind-set, techniques, and vocabulary of design thinking, unpack the mysterious connection between design and growth, and teach managers in a straightforward way how to exploit design's exciting potential. Exemplified by Apple and the success of its elegant products and cultivated by high-profile design firms such as IDEO, design thinking unlocks creative right-brain capabilities to solve a range of problems. This approach has become a necessary component of successful business practice, helping managers turn abstract concepts into everyday tools that grow business while minimizing risk. (9/7/11) | |
Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design | Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit | Graphic Design, Referenced is a visual and informational guide to the most commonly referenced terms, historical moments, landmark projects, and influential practitioners in the field of graphic design. With more than 2,000 design projects illustrating more than 400 entries, it provides an intense overview of the varied elements that make up the graphic design profession through a unique set of chapters: "principles" defines the basic foundation of what constitutes graphic design; "knowledge" explores the most influential sources through which we learn about graphic design; "representatives" gathers the most prominent designers who have steered the course of graphic design in one way or another; and "practice" highlights some of the most iconic work produced that serve as examples of best practices and illustrate its potential lasting legacy. | |
How To Design a House | Design Museum | How to Design a House tells you everything you need to know and looks at the principles and processes of designing a house, giving an insight into the design and building process. In a working case study John Pawson, one of the world's best-known architects, traces the design and development of his own house and reveals what it takes to create a successful blueprint. | |
Guide to Organisation Design: Creating high-performing and adaptable enterprises (The Economist) | Naomi Stanford | Business failure is not limited to start ups. In America alone between 1990 and 2000, there were over 6.3 million business start-ups and over 5.7 million business shut-downs.Risk of failure can be greatly reduced through effective organisational design that encourages high performance and adaptability to changing circumstances. Organisation design is a straightforward business process but curiously managers rarely talk about it and even more rarely take steps to consciously design or redesign their business for success. This new Economist guide explores the five principles of effective organisation design, which are that it must be:driven by the business strategy and the operating context (not by a new IT system, a new leader wanting to make an impact, or some other non-business reason).involve holistic thinking about the organisationbe for the future rather than for nownot to be undertaken lightly—it is resource intensive even when going wellbe seen as a fundamental process not a repair job. (Racing cars are designed and built. They are then kept in good repair.) | |
Internet Marketing for Your Tourism Business: Proven Techniques for Promoting Tourist-Based Businesses Over the Internet | Susan Sweeney | From the basics of planning an online marketing strategy to using newsgroups and site links, this book provides business owners with everything they need to make their Web site the destination of choice for travelers, including Web site design guidelines, search engine tips, and online advertising opportunities. | |
Design of Wood Structures-ASD/LRFD | Donald Breyer, Kenneth Fridley, Jr., David Pollock and Kelly Cobeen | The leading text and reference on wood design, updated to include the latest codes and data Continued the sterling standard set by earlier editions, this indispensable reference leads you through the complete design of a wood structure (except for the foundation), following the same sequence used in the actual design/construction process. | |
Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design (6th Edition) | James K. Wight and James G. MacGregor | Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design, 6/e is a perfect text for professionals in the field who need a comprehensive reference on concrete structures and the design of reinforced concrete. Reinforced concrete design encompasses both the art and science of engineering. This book presents the theory of reinforced concrete as a direct application of the laws of statics and mechanics of materials. In addition, it emphasizes that a successful design not only satisfies design rules, but also is capable of being built in a timely fashion and for a reasonable cost. A multi-tiered approach makes Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design an outstanding textbook for a variety of university courses on reinforced concrete design. Topics are normally introduced at a fundamental level, and then move to higher levels where prior educational experience and the development of engineering judgment will be required. | |
The Art of Game Design: A Deck of Lenses | Jesse Schell | Would you like to design world-class games? The Deck of lenses is the ultimate game design creativity toolkit! Companion to the acclaimed book The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, this convenient deck contains 100 unique "lens cards" each featuring key questions that will make your game great, and a magnificent color illustration to help you remember each principle. The lenses span every aspect of game design - story, game mechanics, technology, aesthetics, psychology, creativity, teamwork, playtesting, and even business issues. Included instructions explain how to use the cards to design board, card, and videogames. Whether you are a novice or expert game designer, this deck of lenses will change the way you look at games. What people are saying about "The Art of Game Design" System:"A toolchest crossed with a kaleidoscope" -Heather Kelly "Comprehensive and Practical" -Will Wright "Fertilizer for the subconscious" -Kyle Gabler "Inspiring and practical for both veterans and beginners" -Bob Bates |