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Dynamics of Long-Life Assets : From Technology Adaptation to Upgrading the Business Model
The book provides readers with a better understanding of the factors that influence decisions, and put forward solutions to facilitate the rapid adaptation to changes in the business environment and customer needs through intelligent upgrade interventions. Further, it examines a number of sample cases from various contexts including car manufacturing, utilities, shipping and the furniture industry. The book offers a valuable resource for both academics and practitioners interested in the upgrading of capital-intensive products and services.
Drawing for Interior Designers
The perfect guide to producing successful hand drawings of interior designs. Sitting quietly at home, sketchbook in hand, is the ideal way to tackle drawing. In fact, your home is an absolute mine of subjects to draw. Perhaps you already have a plan in your head for a makeover or conversion? This book is filled with practical principles which will help you put your plans down on paper and better express your ideas, for no serious project gets made without a progressive plan. Teaches you some tricks of the trade and conventions which are part of an architect's know-how and which will help you with ideas. Packed with beautiful sketches, provides advice from drawing perspective, floor plans and furniture to rendering rooms and taking down a partition wall.
Doors : History, repair and conservation
Guides you through the function, history, development, care, repair and conservation of doors by chapter authors who are experts in their field. This book offers depth and range of detail from dating and archaeology right through to the surveying, recording, engineering and curation of the door, its furniture and the part of the building into which it is set.
Designing a school library media center for the future ; 2nd ed.
In this hands-on guidebook, school library construction and media specialists Rolf Erikson and Carolyn Markuson share their experiences of working on more than 100 media center building projects around the country, using conceptual plans from actual school libraries.Combining all aspects of design for the school library media center—floor plans, furniture, technology, bidding, and evaluation—this newly updated edition addresses
Architectural graphics ; 6th ed.
Offers a comprehensive introduction to using graphic tools and drafting conventions to translate architectural ideas into effective visual presentations, using hundreds of the author's distinctive drawings to illustrate the topic effectively. Includes new information on orthographic projection in relation to 3D models, and revised explanations of line weights, scale and dimensioning, and perspective drawing to clarify some of the most difficult concepts. New examples of modern furniture, APA facilities, and presentation layout provide more up-to-date visuals, and the Reference Center features all new animations, videos, and practice exercises. Architectural graphics are key tools for conveying design through representation on paper or on screen, and this book is the ultimate guide to mastering the skill, then applying your talent to create more effective design communication.
An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History
Provides upper-level students and instructors with an alternative visual analytical approach to learning about furniture history from Antiquity to Postmodernism. Following an immersive teaching model, it presents a Nine-Step Methodology to help students strengthen their visual literacy and quickly acquire subject area knowledge. Moving chronologically through key periods in furniture history and interior design, such as the Renaissance, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and Modernism, it traverses Europe to America to present a comprehensive foundational guide to the history of furniture design.
Alvar Aalto Houses
Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) designed nearly one hundred single-family houses. Aalto, who is also known for his furniture and glassware, worked in a unique style that blended modernism and traditional vernacular architecture. Authors Jari and Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen (Finnish Summer Houses) present twenty-six of Aalto's innovative residences—from small summer homes and postwar standardized housing to large housing complexes for industrial commissions—built between the 1920s to the 1960s.
Alvar Aalto : Das Gesamtwerk = L'oeuvre complète = The Complete Work ; 3 Vol.s
Aalto's designs encompassed the fields of painting, architecture, sculpture, and furniture, and are some of the most beautiful and original of modern times. His combination of an interest in natural, organic shapes with the modernist mandates of form and light in its purest aspects makes him one of the acknowledged masters of modern architecture, along with Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright.
AI home decorator
Presents the development of “DesignMate”, an innovative AI home decorator application designed to revolutionize interior design. With three main features powered by artificial intelligence, DesignMate simplifies and enhances the process of home decoration. The first feature leverages an Autoregressive transformer model trained on the extensive 3Dfront dataset to suggest room decor based on room layouts. The second feature employs Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to enhance the colors of specific room layouts. The third feature introduces an expert system that tailors decor options to user-entered conditions. DesignMate also introduces an integrated e-commerce platform dedicated to furniture, offering users a wide selection of high-quality items that perfectly complement their preferred room designs.
A to Z : For Design and Furnitures
تكمن أهمية هذا البحث بالحاجة إلى مجمعات تجارية هندسية في منطقة ضاحية قدسيا - دمشق كونها تضم الكثير من المجمعات السكنية الجديدة التي يحتاج سكانها لتأمين حاجاتهم المتكاملة بدءاً من التصميم والاستشارة الهندسية ، التصميم الداخلي والديكور، مواد البناء والإكساء، المفروشات والأثاث بكافة أنواعهم جميعها، التجهيزات الصحية والكهربائية، الطاقة البديلة وصولاً إلى إكسسوارات المنازل. وقد تم تصميم معارض تدعم تقنية الهولوغرام والعرض البصري لتتيح للمستخدمين الرؤيا المستقبلية لتصميمهم الهندسي أو اختيارهم للأثاث النهائي وأيضاً المعارض التي تسمى المعارض القابلة للمشي والتي هي عبارة عن مساقط معمارية ثنائية الأبعاد مرسومة بمقياس 1/1 ومطبقة على الأرض تتيح للمستخدمين الوقوف على الفراغات المصممة و تخيل المساحات و المداخل والمخارج وأمكنة تموضع الأثاث والزينة .
A Short Dictionary of Furniture : Containing Over 2,600 Entries That Include Terms and Names Used in Britain and the USA
Contains 2,612 entries and over 1,000 illustrations, reproduced from contemporary sources and from drawings by Ronald Escott, Marcelle Barton and Maureen Stafford. 6 sections: the first and second concern the description and design of furniture, the third contains the entries, the fourth gives a list of furniture makers in Britain and North America, section five records books and periodicals on furniture and design and the concluding section sets out in tabular form the periods with the materials used, and types of craftsmen employed from 1100 to 1950.
A History of Interior Design ; 5th Ed
Interior design describes the process by which an interior space is made into an effective setting for whatever range of human activities are to take place there. Much like the history of art, the history of interior design encompasses numerous styles, movements, and the influence of international, political, and social developments. A basic understanding of this history is important to students taking survey courses, professional designers looking to the past for inspiration, and for those interested in antiques, furniture design, and the general evolution of the spaces where we work and live
A History of Interior Design ; 4th Ed
Exploring a broad range of design styles and movements, this revised and expanded edition includes coverage of non-Western design and vernacular interior architecture and features 665 photographs and drawings (color and black-and-white). The companion image bank includes an interactive presentation of periods and styles, incorporating more than 100 illustrations.
150 Best Minimalist House Ideas
Presents tips, tricks, and techniques revealing how to create your own gorgeous, sophisticated interiors. One of the most popular contemporary interior design trends, minimalism highlights the essence of a room, stressing clean lines, clutter-free spaces, and a limited color palette. In 150 Best Minimalist Interior Ideas, photographs and floor plans of minimalist homes around the world are featured. The images are of stunning bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms; and insightful text complements them to reveal why the minimalist rooms are so eye-catching, cathartic, and desirable. The text includes a wealth of both big picture and more focused ideas. It covers subjects such as walls (if and when to use them), doors, and partitions, flooring, lighting, furniture, and staircases, and explores color, patterns, materials, and texture. The homes featured in this extraordinary volume were developed by distinguished international designers at the forefront of the minimalist movement.
