In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy's struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the causes and impact on working Americans of the most catastrophic economic policy failu...(展开全部)

瑞典先锋商业记者，知名作家、编辑。1931年10月16日出生于瑞典龙纳比市。曾任《商业周刊》,1976年创办瑞典最大的经济日报《瑞典工商业日报》；曾出版二十余部作品。

夏洛特与彼得·菲尔夫妇是英国知名设计史学者。他们都有着艺术史与设计史专业教育背景，学术经历丰富。夏洛特曾就读于佛罗伦萨英国学院和坎伯韦尔艺术学院，彼得曾在中央圣马丁艺术与设计学院攻读设计研究硕士学位。同时，他们还是伦敦苏富比艺术学院的校友。20世纪80年代末，菲尔夫妇在伦敦开设了一间专门销售设计品的艺廊。20世纪90年代之后，他们的工作重心转向设计研究和设计类图书出版，在1993年至2008年间担任塔森出版社（Taschen）责任编辑。夫妇二人共同合作，编撰一体，先后出版了50余本图书，代表性著作有《1000把椅子》（1000 Chairs，1997年首版，2013年、2017年两次再版）、《20世纪的设计》（Design of the 20th Century，1999年首版）、《斯堪的纳维亚设计》（Scandinavian Design，2002...(展开全部)

A new framework for studying markets as the product of organizational planning and understanding the practical limits of market design. The Western energy crisis was one of the great financial disasters of the past century. The crisis began in April 2000, when price spikes started to rattle California’s electricity markets. Decades later, some blame economic fundamentals and i...(展开全部)

Governing by Design offers a unique perspective on twentieth-century architectural history. It disputes the primacy placed on individuals in the design and planning process and instead looks to the larger influences of politics, culture, economics, and globalization to uncover the roots of how our built environment evolves. In these chapters, historians offer their analysis on ...(展开全部)

When planes crash, bridges collapse, and automobile gas tanks explode, we are quick to blame poor design. But Henry Petroski says we must look beyond design for causes and corrections. Known for his masterly explanations of engineering successes and failures, Petroski here takes his analysis a step further, to consider the larger context in which accidents occur. In "To Forgive...(展开全部)

Design by Contract is a systematic approach to specifying and implementing object-oriented software elements based on precisely defined obligations between them. This is the first practical, example-centered guide to using Design by Contract. The authors introduce powerful design principles for writing good contracts and supporting guidelines -- and demonstrate those principles...(展开全部)

The cutting edge of product design: more than one hundred ingenious examples of the newest materials and latest technologies. The convergence of interactive technologies with conventional design spheres—furniture and lighting, interiors, product design—is one of the most exciting areas affecting consumer product development. Going beyond "smart" or embedded domestic technolog...(展开全部)

Summary Secure by Design teaches developers how to use design to drive security in software development. This book is full of patterns, best practices, and mindsets that you can directly apply to your real world development. You'll also learn to spot weaknesses in legacy code and how to address them. Foreword by Daniel Terhorst-North. Purchase of the print book includes a free ...(展开全部)

In Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design, author Maggie Macnab takes you on an intimate and eclectic journey examining the unending versatility of nature, showing how to uncover nature's ingenuity and use it to create beautiful and compelling designed communications. Written for designers and creative thinkers of all types, this book will guide you t...(展开全部)