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The East German engineer Ulrich Muther contributed an important chapter to the European history of shell construction. His career of more than 30 years saw many milestones which are described in this book. This book was awarded the DAM Architecture Book Prize in 2009.

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There is a long tradition of comparing cities with organisms as they have similarities in their anatomy. In this book, through charts and maps generated from satelite images various city structures are compared across five different dimensions and their influence on the city's identity through the lived experience of the inhabitants is discussed.

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Finding the Perfect Font

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Every day there is something happening in the world of typography and graphic design - the most inspiring, trendsetting and enduring stories, events and works have been collected here to guide the reader to the highlights: 52 for 52 weeks, written by more than 40 experts.

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The past and present of environmental graphic design at airports worldwide.

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An unprecedented synthesis and in-depth account of recent scholarship on Arabic typographic history and a concise guide on Arabic typography addressing all key areas.

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As soon as it leaves the protective environment of drafting boards, specialized computer programs, and sophisticated 3-D models, every architectural project is inevitably forced to face the circumstances of real life. This book presents a selection of the most spectacular architectural flops from the 20th century to the present.

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Revealing how architects can use human rights as powerful tools for better, fairer urban planning - to create livable, sustainable cities of the future.

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Analyzing the theoretical backgrounds and presenting various possibilites of creating designs incorporating different writing systems as multilingualism is becoming increasingly important.

A memo-game based on color cards that can be used for inspiration and for experimenting with different color combinations, series and tones.

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This book portrays selected designing crafters with very different educational backgrounds in a generational dialogue, showing how they join design work, technology, and manufacturing with cleverly implemented international experience to develop self-determined and economically successful small-scale business models.

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Exploring background and current cultural trends of Cyrillic, analyzing specifics of typography and type design, and providing practical advise on designing with Cyrillic type.

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A professional yet compact introduction to industrial design, written by specialists in the field with years of experience.

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Elaborating by means of sketches and explanations on the basics and terminology that are indispensable for the design and production of print media.

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Between 1949 and 1989, remarkable buildings of late modernity were constructed in the coastal city of Kuwait. Following a first volume with 150 carefully selected exemplary buildings, this second volume features interviews, essays and arguments, as well as transcripts of contemporary publications of these years.

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Hofmann is a timeless pioneer of graphic form with an economic use of color and fonts, whose work remains relevant to contemporary minimalistic design work.

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Suitable for those who work with automated text and image design, this work shows examples of working correctly on a conceptual level. It gives the user exact directions for using all of the grid systems presented (8 to 32 grid fields).

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A reissue of the design manual for the the most successful design of all Olympic Games in the original size and style.

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Drawing on photographs from his impressive archive, which he accompanies with short explanatory texts, Werner Blaser vividly demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception.