除去市场策略和造型方法论不说，设计过程通常让人惊喜不已，每一个设计的发展都是独一无二的，每一个设计都充满了挑战。这本书分别介绍了21个产品的完成经历：既有源于突发奇想创作的座椅，也有中规中矩的工业产品，比如剃须刀，旅行包和咖啡机。著名的设计师如Roland Ullmann（博朗公司），Michael Schmidt（Code 2 Design）和Peter Naumann（慕尼黑大学）亲自展示，如何一步步从草图到模型的设计过程。 另外，书中还收集了当代新锐设计师们的作品，其中包括：Bouroullec－Brüder, Max Lamb, Jerszy Seymour,Hella Jongerius he Patricia Urquiola. Dieter Rams 在采访中也简单介绍了博朗公司的涉及过程。而Konstantin Grcic 则在与Ge...(展开全部)

From the schism of Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T'ang Dynasty and to the birth of Muhammad, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of medieval kings, generals and the people they ruled.

During the twentieth century Japan was transformed from a poor, primarily rural country into one of the world's largest industrial powers and most highly urbanised countries. Interestingly, while Japanese governments and planners borrowed carefully from the planning ideas and methods of many other countries, Japanese urban planning, urban governance and cities developed very d...(展开全部)

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China’s early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China’s agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based...(展开全部)

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China’s early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China’s agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based...(展开全部)

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the Rhine to the Black Sea. Rome prospered for centuries while successfully resisting attack, fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to full-scale invasion attempts by entire nations on the move. How were troops able to...(展开全部)

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the Rhine to the Black Sea. Rome prospered for centuries while successfully resisting attack, fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to full-scale invasion attempts by entire nations on the move. How were troops able to...(展开全部)

Bad design is everywhere, and its cost is much higher than we think. In this thought-provoking book, authors Jonathan Shariat and Cynthia Savard Saucier explain how poorly designed products can anger, sadden, exclude, and even kill people who use them. The designers responsible certainly didn’t intend harm, so what can you do to avoid making similar mistakes?Tragic Design exami...(展开全部)

Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insider's study of the world of modeling. Mears, who worked as a model in New York and London, draws on observations as well as extensive interviews with male and female models, agents, clients, photographers, stylists, and others, to explore the economics...(展开全部)