From M & Ms to Post-It Notes, a charming and insightful collection of design marvels from everyday life, celebrated by the curator of the MoMA's department of architecture and design.  </P> Every day we use dozens of tiny objects, from Post-It notes to Band-Aids. If they work well, chances are we do not pay them much attention. But although modest in size and price, some of...(展开全部)

A popular, entertaining, and insightful analysis of why some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. B & W photographs and illustrations throughout.

A field manual to the technologies that are transforming our lives Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services and spaces that define us. It i...(展开全部)

A field manual to the technologies that are transforming our lives Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services and spaces that define us. It i...(展开全部)

亚当·格林菲尔德 (Adam Greenfield) 伦敦大学、纽约大学教授、高级研究员，具有广泛影响力的新锐科技类图书作者。

爱德华多·门多萨，西班牙当代最重要的小说家之一。1943年出生于巴塞罗那，1973年以译员身份前往纽约联合国总部工作。1975年发表处女作《萨沃达兵工厂一案的真相》，后被誉为见证西班牙民主变革的力作。完成于1986年的代表作《奇迹之城》（又译《奇闻迭出的城市》）奠定了作者西班牙顶尖小说家的文学地位。门多萨的小说作品还包括：《地下室的奥秘》（1979）、《橄榄迷宫》（1982）、《耸人听闻的岛屿》（1989）、《洪荒之年》（1992）等，另有剧作若干。门多萨现居巴塞罗那。

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden con...(展开全部)

Bestselling author and father of organizational culture studies, Edgar Schein and Peter Schein trail-blaze with a creative perspective on leadership that encourages vulnerability and empathy as a form of strength.

Bestselling author and father of organizational culture studies, Edgar Schein and Peter Schein trail-blaze with a creative perspective on leadership that encourages vulnerability and empathy as a form of strength.

Welcome to New York. Here, burning figures roam the streets, men in brightly colored costumes scale the glass and concrete walls, and creatures from space threaten to devour our world. This is the Marvel Universe, where the ordinary and fantastic interact daily. This is the world of MARVELS. Collecting MARVELS #0-4.