Operative Design

Exhibition Design 2 describes the skills needed to become an exhibition designer, including: developing a brief and working with clients; design principles for graphics, circulation, lighting, and acc

WEB DESIGN: INTRODUCTORY, 5th Edition explains the connection between a detailed design plan that considers audience expectations, sound design principles and various technical considerations to creat

Based on a real world roadway design project, ROADWAY DESIGN WITH INROADS V8I provides information on not only the use of InRoads?, but also AASHTO and State roadway design guidelines. Readers are abl

FOUNDATIONS OF DESIGN is a clear, concise text covering all major topics in the fundamentals of design. Practical and straightforward, the author builds upon each concept of design from a blank canvas

Comprehensive coverage of the background and design requirements for plastic and seismic design of steel structuresThoroughly revised throughout, Ductile Design of Steel Structures, Second Edition, re

"Not only an in-depth exploration of contemporary design practice, this book is also a rallying call for a more sustainable approach to product design of every type, from lighting and furniture design

Gain a Working Knowledge of the Entire Microprocessor Design FlowThis unique step-by-step guide is a complete introduction to modern microprocessor design, explained in simple nontechnical language wi

Polymer Processing: Principles and Design presents the background required to design processes for thermoplastics. Often engineers are hired by the polymer industry to develop and design processes for

An anthology collecting 18 essays from Design Issues volumes 3-10 surveying unique conceptual and methodological topics in design history. The discussions focus on the categories of graphic design,

A design can be as small as a toothbrush . . .or as BIG as a skyscraper. Every design starts in someone's imagination - an imagination just like yours. Travel through one day and discover how the worl

In Do Design, artist, designer, and entrepreneur Alan Moore delivers wisdom on how good design can transform our lives—whether it's a carefully constructed table, innovative typography, or a tho

Following on from the success of previous issues, Character Design Quarterly issue 04 brings you exciting new techniques from top industry professionals as they explore character design through in-dep

How does a room affect an occupant's behavior and well-being? How does a building influence its residents' health? Environmental Psychology for Design, 3rd Edition, explores these questions with an in

Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a high end quarterly magazine for hobbyists, student and professional character designers, concept artists and illustrators looking for inspiration and methods to i

This comprehensive interior design book showcases the best in Balinese architecture with over 280 photographs and insightful commentary.From the author of the bestselling Bali Houses comes an inspirat

The Central Intelligence Agency is under attack, and so is its top field operative, Kyle Swanson. The highly decorated former Marine Corps gunnery sergeant is attending the funeral of a friend when a

The third edition of Foundations of Interior Design, 3rd edition, offers a thorough update to this introduction to the creative, technical and business aspects of the interior design profession. By su

At trade fairs companies compete for attention of the visitors; ideally corporate identity and corporate design needs are to be linked together. The build-up of an enterprise in miniature, which alway

Since the first edition was published in 1992, Nick Robinson's The Planting Design Handbook has been widely used as a definitive text on landscape architecture courses throughout the world. It examine

In the next thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series, the anti-terrorism operative heads to Pakistan to confront a mortal threat he may not be prepared for. In fact, this

Book #3 in Nebula Award-nominated and Compton Crook Award-winning series. Science fiction adventure on a grand scale.Caine Riordan, reluctant diplomatic and military intelligence operative, has j

Featuring 75 of the world's most influential designers, this book presents the story of graphic design through the fascinating personal stories and significant works that have shaped the field.Arrange

Following the huge demand in contemporary societies to decorate homes in a "green" style, this book offers a more environmentally conscious approach to design and production processes by presenting a

Drawing for Urban Design explores a wide range of ways to represent the city, from freehand sketching to sophisticated computer models. Architects and urban planners need to describecities in the cour

Give students a solid foundation in database design and implementation with the practical and easy-to-understand approach in DATABASE SYSTEMS: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MANAGEMENT, 12E. Filled with

A Sinister Silent Night Two female ministers have been shot in the heart of Silver Valley, Pennsylvania. Now Zora Krasny, navy veteran turned undercover operative, is posing as a new preacher. That me

Top secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that p

The Japanese tea-ceremony, or Way of Tea, is one of the most profound manifestations of mindfulness. The ceremony, with its roots in Zen Buddhism, dates as far back as the 15th century and takes place within a traditional tea-ceremony room. Here, in a fully updated edition of New Zen, are 40 outstanding examples of contemporary Japanese tea rooms, many located within private homes. The book highlights all aspects of the subject – the design, architecture, garden design and the ceremony itself. And with many different materials featured – paper, wood, plastic, stone, aluminium, glass and concrete – it is itself an inspirational sourcebook for modern homes. Every tea-ceremony room included is by a well-known artist, designer or architect making this a unique compendium of the best modern interior design in Japan – designs by Kengo Kuma, Kisho Kurokawa, Terunobu Fujimori, Takashi Sugimoto and Shigeru Uchida. In these pages you can glimpse the rare world of Japanese mindful design, modern

A hitman who only kills other hitmen winds up a target himself.Michael Hendricks kills people for money. That aside, he's not so bad a guy.Once a covert operative for a false-flag unit of the US milit

Design safer, more efficient bridges with the newest InfraWorks add-on moduleAutodesk Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 Essentials, Second Edition allows you to begin designing immediately as you learn

Our bestselling introduction to graphic design is now available in a revised and updated edition. InGraphic Design: The New Basics, bestselling author Ellen Lupton (Thinking with Type,Type on Screen)

Our bestselling introduction to graphic design is now available in a revised and updated edition. InGraphic Design: The New Basics, bestselling author Ellen Lupton (Thinking with Type,Type on Screen)

He'd been hired to transport precious cargoand it put a beautiful twist in his solitary lifeFormer operative turned pilot Dylan Branson has one mission: deliver vital codes to Omega Sector before mill

He'd been hired to transport precious cargoand it put a beautiful twist in his solitary lifeFormer operative turned pilot Dylan Branson has one mission: deliver vital codes to Omega Sector before mill

Business failure is not limited to start ups. Industry Watch (published by BDO Stoy Hayward, an accounting firm) 'predicts that 17,043 businesses will fail (in the UK) in 2006, a further 4 per cent increase from 2005'. In America 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 th

Design and develop Java-based, data-driven applications using Spring and Hibernate technology Spring 4 and Hibernate 4: Agile Java Design and Development covers real-world applications for developing

DRAGON'S LAIR When an American operative is jailed, Mack Bolan must finish the agent's mission to smuggle a Chinese activist and his family out of the country. But getting the dissident away alive bec

This second edition of a bestseller presents the fundamentals of game design from one of the world's top game designers. Exploring the unusual territory that is game design, the book demonstrates how

Experiments in innovation, design, and democracy that search not for a killer app but for a collaboratively created sustainable future. Innovation and design need not be about the search for a kille

An odyssey through the art, theory, and brutality of modern political murder by Robert Baer, New York Times?bestselling author, former CIA operative, and, yes, assassin.