What is the primary quality of great design? It moves. It moves us emotionally, travels from person to person, and takes us toward something better. Designers connect and build bridges that lead us to new places and expand what is possible. We tell productive untruths, then toil to make them reality. The practice shifts like a shadow and moves the target. When it does so, the p...(展开全部)

What is the primary quality of great design? It moves. It moves us emotionally, travels from person to person, and takes us toward something better. Designers connect and build bridges that lead us to new places and expand what is possible. We tell productive untruths, then toil to make them reality. The practice shifts like a shadow and moves the target. When it does so, the p...(展开全部)

This text presents in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher, Vilem Flusser. It puts forward the view that our future depedns on design. In a series of essays on such ordinary things as wheels and umbrellas, Flusser emphasizes the interrelationship between art and science, theology and technology, and archaeology and architecture. Just ...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expandin...(展开全部)

Mobius strips and Klein bottles first caught my interest when I was in high school. I knew they were part of something called "topology" and I was eager to learn more. Sadly, neither the school library nor the public one had much on the subject. Perhaps, I thought, I will learn more about topology in college. In college I couldn't even sign up for topology until my senior year,...(展开全部)

Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expandin...(展开全部)

艾兰（Sarah Allam） 著名汉学家。1945年出生于美国，1974年获加利福尼亚大学伯克莱分校博士学位。1972年始任教于英国伦敦大学亚非学院（SOAS），现为美国达慕思大学（Dartmouth College）“中国研究”讲座教授。主要从事甲骨文、青铜器、竹简的研究，并教授中国古代哲学文献，对先秦的文献、考古、思想和文化颇多涉猎。

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)

Foreword to Revised Edition; Introducing Design Culture; Design Production; Designers and Design Culture; The Consumption of Design; High Design; Consumer Goods; Branded Places; Branded Leisure; On-screen Interactivity; Communication, Management and Participation.