Authors:Dr. David M. Anderson, P.E., fASME, CMC,
Publisher: C I M Pr
Keywords: design, manufacture, quickly, fast, production, lean, cost, manufacturability, concurrent, engineering, low, quality
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2008-01-24
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1878072234
ISBN-13: 9781878072238

This 2008 book shows how to design products for all aspects of manufacturability and use multifunctional product development teams and Concurrent Engineering principles to achieve the goals cited in the sub-title: DESIGN FOR LOW COST. The book presents many effective methodologies to design low-cost products by concurrently engineering products in multifunctional teams that will simplify concepts, optimize architecture, optimize the use of modules and off-the-shelf parts, have pre-selected vendors help design custom parts, understand and avoid previous problems, and then thoroughly design for

Author: Tim Samara
Publisher: Rockport Publisher
Keywords: design, applied, contemporary, principles, basic, evolution, handbook
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1592533876
ISBN-13: 9781592533879

Presents diverse, international, in-depth case studies.While there are many books showcasing graphic design work, few present in-depth projects, exploring concept, designerÆs strategy, visual problem-solving, and specifics, illustrating the concrete use of design principles to achieve intended communication goals. As a result, readers are often left with only a surface understanding of how a project might have evolved or how the visual aspects of its design are brought together to convey its intended message. The case studies in Design Evolution comprehensively demonstrate the real-world appli

Author: Todd Ryde
Publisher: S-A Desig
Keywords: design, systems, ignition, performance, build
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2008-01-21
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1932494715
ISBN-13: 9781932494716

This revised and updated edition of How to Build High-Performance Ignition Systems is the complete guide to understanding automotive ignition systems, from old-school points and condensers to modern computer-controlled distributorless systems, from bone-stock to totally aftermarket. Author Todd Ryden leads you through the various components, systems, and subsystems, explaining the theory behind how the parts work with each other to achieve the ultimate goal of efficient combustion. Coils, wires, spark plugs, distributors, magnetos, inductive systems, CD ignitions, multiple-spark systems, comp

Author: StockLayout
Publisher: StockLayouts LLC
Keywords: design, ideas, layout, cards, brochure, graphic
Number of Pages: 50
Published: 2006-12-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0979027403
ISBN-13: 9780979027406

This handy, first-of-a-kind book of 50 professionally-designed brochure layouts will provide you with hundreds of ideas for designing marketing pieces for a diverse variety of business types. Beautifully presented in a superb slide-out box, these at-a-glance cards can be used to help dial in your clients preferences, or as a design resource in your office or studio. Intended to serve as inspiration for developing practical, real-world marketing pieces, the designs are created in traditional page sizes that can be reproduced on an in-house color printer or commercial press. With attention-grabb

Authors:Steven Heller, Lita Talarico,
Publisher: Rockport Publisher
Keywords: design, field, guide, goods, graphic, entrepreneur, turning
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 159253421X
ISBN-13: 9781592534210

This book will survey the innovative entrepreneurial options a broad group of contemporary graphic designers have engaged in over the past decade, while also addressing the creative, fabrication and promotion issues necessary to bring unique products to the marketplace. It stems from the School of Visual Arts MFA “Designer as Author/Entrepreneur Program” (most notably, Deborah Adler’s unique reinvention of prescription drug packages adopted by Target* and other successful alumni) as well as other well-known and up and coming designers who have created successful cottage and m

Authors:Michael Erlhoff, Timothy Marshall, Laura Bruce, St
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: design, international, research, board, terminology, dictionary, perspectives
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2008-01-28
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 3764377399
ISBN-13: 9783764377397

This dictionary provides a stimulating and categorical foundation for a serious international discourse on design. It is a handbook for everyone concerned with design in career or education, who is interested in it, enjoys it, and wishes to understand it. 110 authors from Japan, Austria, England, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United States, and elsewhere have written original articles for this design dictionary. Their cultural differences provide perspectives for a shared understanding of central design categories and communicating about design. The volume includes both

Author: Phyllis Wood
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: design, techniques, printing, display, graphic, rendering, medical, illustration, guide, biological, zoological, scientific
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1994-04-06
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0471285250
ISBN-13: 9780471285250