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For reference, for information, for inspiration: our books on product design past and present are invaluable for anyone involved in designing the material world.

Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals

Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals

  1. Rob Thompson
  • ISBN 9780500513750
  • 28.50 x 21.50 cm
  • Hardback
  • 528pp
  • With over 1200 colour illustrations
  • First published 2007
‘The definitive reference for 3D designers, product designers, architects and engineers’ – New Design

Collapsibles

Collapsibles

A Design Album of Space-Saving Objects

  • PLC (no jacket)
‘A witty album of spacesavers’ – The Guardian

Colani

Colani

50 Years of Designing the Future

  • PLC (no jacket)
Colani has pursued design in all of its manifestations as the highest form of bio-dynamism, anticipating by decades today’s curvilinear architectural and design forms.

De Stijl

De Stijl

  • Paperback
De Stijl (‘The Style’) was the name given to the work of the architects, designers and artists associated with the magazine of the same name edited by Theo van Doesburg and founded in Holland in 1917.

Designed for Kids

Designed for Kids

A Complete Sourcebook of Stylish Products for the Modern Family

  • PLC (no jacket)
‘… definitely a book for all those parents interested in how designers design, and also in purchasing the very best on the market’ – babygadget.net

Design Revolution

Design Revolution

100 Products That Are Changing People's Lives

  • Paperback with flaps
‘An enthralling collection of ethical design … the really inspiring part is the simplicity of many of the ideas’ – Icon

Digital by Design

Digital by Design

Crafting Technology for Products and Environments

  • PLC (with jacket)
‘If in our credit-crunched, carbon-heavy and over heated world you find yourself disillusioned with the very notion of technological progress, you may find that 'Digital By Design' is just the tonic you need’ – V&A Magazine

Digital by Design

Digital by Design

Crafting Technology for Products and Environments

  • Paperback
‘If in our credit-crunched, carbon-heavy and over heated world you find yourself disillusioned with the very notion of technological progress, you may find that 'Digital By Design' is just the tonic you need’ – V&A Magazine

An Eames Primer

An Eames Primer

  • Paperback with flaps
‘Touching and affectionate but intelligent and analytical enough to prevent it from being mawkish’ – Creative Review

The Eco-Travel Handbook

The Eco-Travel Handbook

A Complete Sourcebook for Business and Pleasure

  • Paperback with flaps
Researched and written by the author of the internationally established bible of green design, 'The Eco-Travel Handbook' considers every aspect of travel from daily commuting and business trips to global holidays. The result offers a key to enjoying enriching and enlightening vacations and products that touch the earth lightly.

The Eco-Design Handbook

The Eco-Design Handbook

A Complete Sourcebook for the Home and Office

  • Paperback with flaps
‘Essential for anyone who wants to live a green but design-conscious life’ – Blueprint

Fornasetti

Fornasetti

Designer of Dreams

  • Paperback with flaps
‘Glorious… almost as good as owning one of the things themselves’ – The World of Interiors

Freestyle

Freestyle

New Australian Design for Living

  • Paperback with Jacket
  • Distributed on behalf of The Australian Centre for Craft and Design

Furniture

Furniture

A Concise History

  • Paperback
‘Rich in information … sharp in perception’ – The Times Educational Supplement

Eileen Gray

Eileen Gray

Her Life and Work

  • Hardback
‘A fitting tribute to a designer of genius’ – House & Garden

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