Cool Tools is a highly curated selection of the best tools available for individuals and small groups. Tools include hand tools, maps, how-to books, vehicles, software, specialized devices, gizmos, websites -- and anything useful. Tools are selected and presented in the book if they are the best of kind, the cheapest, or the only thing available that will do the job. This is an...(展开全部)

Tokyo: destroyed by the earthquake of 1923 and again by the firebombing of World War II. Does anything remain of the old city? The internationally known Japanese architectural historian Jinnai Hidenobu set out on foot to rediscover the city of Tokyo. Armed with old maps, he wandered through back alleys and lanes, trying to experience the city's space as it had been lived by ear...(展开全部)

A field-defining work that demonstrates how architects are breaking with professional conventions to advance spatial justice and design more equitable buildings and cities. As state violence, the pandemic, and environmental collapse have exposed systemic inequities, architects and urbanists have been pushed to confront how their actions contribute to racism and climate crisis—a...(展开全部)

This book addresses the topic of software design: how to decompose complex software systems into modules (such as classes and methods) that can be implemented relatively independently. The book first introduces the fundamental problem in software design, which is managing complexity. It then discusses philosophical issues about how to approach the software design process, and i...(展开全部)

This book addresses the topic of software design: how to decompose complex software systems into modules (such as classes and methods) that can be implemented relatively independently. The book first introduces the fundamental problem in software design, which is managing complexity. It then discusses philosophical issues about how to approach the software design process and it...(展开全部)

Much like the history of art, the history of interior design encompasses numerous styles, movements and the international political and social developments that have informed or challenged its evolution. This lavishly illustrated book will be of interest to anyone who appreciates interior design as well as antiques, furniture design, textiles, decorative objects and the gene...(展开全部)

埃米尔•鲁德是瑞士重要的平面设计家、版式设计家、设计教育家，也是瑞士文字设计秩序理论与有机文字设计原则的倡导者。埃米尔•鲁德1914年3月出生于瑞士苏黎世市，1929年（15岁）开始以排字学徒工的身份学习排版设计，这也为他后来从事的版式设计研究打下扎实的基础。1933年（20岁）他进入瑞士苏黎世艺术与工艺学校进行专业设计学习，这期间受到包豪斯教育思想和瑞士现代设计理念的熏陶。1942年（28岁）他担任瑞士巴塞尔职业学院字体设计课程的客座教师，从此开始了其设计教育的生涯。1947年（33岁）埃米尔•鲁德与阿明•霍夫曼（Armin Hofmann）共同创立了瑞士巴塞尔设计学院，他主要担任版式设计的教学工作，他们以巴塞尔设计学院为教学实验基地，大力倡导和摸索新的平面设计风格。因为埃米尔•鲁德的创新教学理念，使巴塞尔设计学院的平面设计教学得到了一个飞跃性的发...(展开全部)