Design - Essays

Tips from the Top is a collection of advice from more than sixty architects who have earned the respect of their peers and are willing to share their knowledge on building a successful and meaningful career in architecture. This book compiles more than sixty...

From a leading menswear expert, the essential guide to gentlemanly style "Erudite and charming."--San Francisco Chronicle​ From choosing the right pair of eyeglasses to properly coordinating a shirt, tie, and pocket square, getting dressed is an art to be mastered. Yet, how many of...

Twenty-plus years after the initial publication of Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers, Leonard Koren is back with further insights into this seminal aesthetic paradigm. An important book for art and design theorists, and other thoughtful creators.Author: Leonard KorenPublisher: Imperfect PublishingPublished: 03/17/2015Pages: 96Binding...

"WAIL: The Visual Language of Prestige Records, is a revelation. Prestige, born in the post war years in a grungy, urban and restless New York, provided and pioneered a radical platform for expression in the fifties, sixties and seventies and laid down the language...

A witty, tongue-in-cheek discussion of design's potentials and pitfallsIn focusing on creating preferable conditions, the discipline of design is optimistic by default. And yet, vernacular manifestations of skepticism, dissatisfaction and even resentment toward design abound. Instead of systematically discarding them, can these "sad passions"...