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Book The Olivetti Idiom 1952 1979

Download or read book The Olivetti Idiom 1952 1979 written by Caterina Toschi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book L idioma Olivetti 1952 1979

Download or read book L idioma Olivetti 1952 1979 written by Caterina Toschi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Fabrication of Leonardo da Vinci   s Trattato della pittura  2 vols

Download or read book The Fabrication of Leonardo da Vinci s Trattato della pittura 2 vols written by Claire Farago and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 1371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first complete English translation, including over 250 full-color images, is a longitudinal cultural history of how art came to be institutionalized in the history of western representational practices.

Book Architectural Intelligence

Download or read book Architectural Intelligence written by Molly Wright Steenson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architects who engaged with cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies poured the foundation for digital interactivity. In Architectural Intelligence, Molly Wright Steenson explores the work of four architects in the 1960s and 1970s who incorporated elements of interactivity into their work. Christopher Alexander, Richard Saul Wurman, Cedric Price, and Nicholas Negroponte and the MIT Architecture Machine Group all incorporated technologies—including cybernetics and artificial intelligence—into their work and influenced digital design practices from the late 1980s to the present day. Alexander, long before his famous 1977 book A Pattern Language, used computation and structure to visualize design problems; Wurman popularized the notion of “information architecture”; Price designed some of the first intelligent buildings; and Negroponte experimented with the ways people experience artificial intelligence, even at architectural scale. Steenson investigates how these architects pushed the boundaries of architecture—and how their technological experiments pushed the boundaries of technology. What did computational, cybernetic, and artificial intelligence researchers have to gain by engaging with architects and architectural problems? And what was this new space that emerged within these collaborations? At times, Steenson writes, the architects in this book characterized themselves as anti-architects and their work as anti-architecture. The projects Steenson examines mostly did not result in constructed buildings, but rather in design processes and tools, computer programs, interfaces, digital environments. Alexander, Wurman, Price, and Negroponte laid the foundation for many of our contemporary interactive practices, from information architecture to interaction design, from machine learning to smart cities.

Book The Construction of Value in the Ancient World

Download or read book The Construction of Value in the Ancient World written by John K. Papadopoulos and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize Scholars from Aristotle to Marx and beyond have been fascinated by the question of what constitutes value. The Construction of Value in the Ancient World makes a significant contribution to this ongoing inquiry, bringing together in one comprehensive volume the perspectives of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, linguists, philologists, and sociologists on how value was created, defined, and expressed in a number of ancient societies around the world. Based on the basic premise that value is a social construct defined by the cultural context in which it is situated, the volume explores four overarching but closely interrelated themes: place value, body value, object value, and number value. The questions raised and addressed are of central importance to archaeologists studying ancient civilizations: How can we understand the value that might have been accorded to materials, objects, people, places, and patterns of action by those who produced or used the things that compose the human material record? Taken as a whole, the contributions to this volume demonstrate how the concept of value lies at the intersection of individual and collective tastes, desires, sentiments, and attitudes that inform the ways people select, or give priority to, one thing over another.

Book Symbol Sourcebook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Dreyfuss
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 1991-01-16
  • ISBN : 9780471288725
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Symbol Sourcebook written by Henry Dreyfuss and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1991-01-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A ready reference aid and an inspiration to designers . All in all the best book now available on symbols." --Library Journal This unparalleled reference represents a major achievement in the field of graphic design. Famed industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss recognized the importance of symbols in communicating more quickly and effectively; for many years he and his staff collected and codified graphic symbols as they are used in all walks of life throughout the world. The result is this "dictionary" of universally used graphic symbols. Henry Dreyfuss designed this sourcebook to be as practical and easy to use as possible by arranging the symbol information within ingeniously devised sections: Basic Symbols represents a concise and highly selective grouping of symbols common to all disciplines (on-off, up-down, etc.). Disciplines provides symbols used in accommodations and travel, agriculture, architecture, business, communications, engineering, photography, sports, safety, traffic controls, and many other areas. Color lists the meanings of each of the colors in various worldwide applications and cultures. Graphic Form displays symbols from all disciplines grouped according to form (squares, circles, arrows, human figures, etc.) creating a unique way to identify a symbol out of context, as well as giving designers a frame of reference for developing new symbols. To make the sourcebook truly universal, the Table of Contents contains translations of each of the section titles and discipline areas into 17 languages in addition to English.

Book The Cambridge Companion to Levinas

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Levinas written by Simon Critchley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A convenient and accessible guide to Levinas, first published in 2002, which emphasises the interdisciplinary significance of his work.

Book Designing for People

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Dreyfuss
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2012-11-30
  • ISBN : 1621531503
  • Pages : 405 pages

Download or read book Designing for People written by Henry Dreyfuss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural landscape of the 20th century. Written in a robust, fresh style, this book offers an inviting mix of professional advice, case studies, and design history along with historical black-and-white photos and the author's whimsical drawings. In addition, the author's uncompromising commitment to public service, ethics, and design responsibility makes this masterful guide a timely read for today's designers.

Book Feeling it

Download or read book Feeling it written by Mary Bucholtz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Feel Me?: Language and Youth Affective Agency in a Racializing World / Mary Bucholtz, Dolores Inés Casillas, and Jin Sook Lee -- Teaching, Learning, and the Affective Challenges of Social Justice. "Just" Emotions: The Politics of Racialized and Gendered Affect in a Graduate Sociolinguistic Justice Classroom / Rachel Rys -- Joint Creation: The Art of Accompaniment in the Language Beliefs of Transformative Teachers / Elizabeth Mainz -- Sounding White and Boring: Race, Identity, and Youth Freedom in an After-School Program / Anna Bax and Juan Sebastian Ferrada -- Ideologies of Race and Language in the Lives of Youth. "There's No Such Thing as Bad Language, but": Colorblindness and Teachers' Ideologies of Linguistic Appropriateness / Jessica Love-Nichols -- "I Feel Like Really Racist for Laughing": White Laughter and White Public Space in a Multiracial Classroom / Meghan Corella -- "You Don't Look Like You Speak English": Raciolinguistic Profiling and Latinx Youth Agency / Adanari Zarate -- The Complexities in Seguir Avanzando: Incongruences between the Linguistic Ideologies of Students and Their Familias / Zuleyma Nayeli Carruba-Rogel -- Youth as Affective Agents. Keeping Grandpa's Stories and Grandma's Recipes Alive: Exploring Family Language Policy in an Academic Preparation Program / Tijana Hirsch -- "Without Me, That Wouldn't Be Possible": Affect in Latinx Youth Discussions of Language Brokering / Audrey Lopez -- "To Find the Right Words": Bilingual Students' Reflections on Translation and Translatability / Katie Lateef-Jan -- Co-Constructing Academic Concepts in Hybrid Learning Spaces: Latinx Students' Navigation of "Communities of Practice" / María José Aragón -- After Affects / Mary Bucholtz, Dolores Inés Casillas, and Jin Sook Lee

Book Magdalene s Lost Legacy

Download or read book Magdalene s Lost Legacy written by Margaret Starbird and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2003-05-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using New Testament "gematria, " symbolic number values encoded in the Greek phrases, the author reveals that the sacred couple was one of the essential pillars of early Christian teachings, before being denied by the architects of institutional Christianity and obscured by later Church doctrine.

Book Family Sayings

    Book Details:
  • Author : Natalia Ginzburg
  • Publisher : Arcade Publishing
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN : 9781559700276
  • Pages : 184 pages

Download or read book Family Sayings written by Natalia Ginzburg and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book From Tool to Partner

    Book Details:
  • Author : JONATHAN GRUDIN
  • Publisher : Springer Nature
  • Release : 2022-05-31
  • ISBN : 3031022181
  • Pages : 165 pages

Download or read book From Tool to Partner written by JONATHAN GRUDIN and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive history of human-computer interaction (HCI). Whether you are a user-experience professional or an academic researcher, whether you identify with computer science,human factors, information systems, information science, design, or communication, you can discover how your experiences fit into the expanding field of HCI. You can determine where to look for relevant information in other fields—and where you won't find it. This book describes the different fields that have participated in improving our digital tools.It is organized chronologically, describing major developments across fields in each period. Computer use has changed radically, but many underlying forces are constant. Technology has changed rapidly, human nature very little. An irresistible force meets an immovable object. The exponential rate of technological change gives us little time to react before technology moves on. Patterns and trajectories described in this book provide your best chance to anticipate what could come next. We have reached a turning point. Tools that we built for ourselves to use are increasingly influencing how we use them, in ways that are planned and sometimes unplanned. The book ends with issues worthy of consideration as we explore the new world that we and our digital partners are shaping.

Book Part Asian  100  Hapa

Download or read book Part Asian 100 Hapa written by Kip Fulbeck and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, Hapa is now being embraced as a term of pride by many people of Asian or Pacific Rim mixed-race heritage. Award-winning film producer and artist Kip Fulbeck has created a forum in word and image for Hapas to answer the question they're nearly always asked: "What are you?" Fulbeck's frank, head-on portraits are paired with the sitters' own statements of identity. A work of intimacy, beauty, and powerful self-expression, Part Asian, 100% Hapa is the book Fulbeck says he wishes he had growing up. An introduction to the rest of the world and an affirmation for Hapas themselveswho now number in the millions—it offers a new perspective on a rapidly growing population.

Book Ka

    Ka

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roberto Calasso
  • Publisher : Penguin Classics
  • Release : 2019-07-25
  • ISBN : 9780241399224
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Ka written by Roberto Calasso and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ka, Roberto Calasso delves into the corpus of classical Sanskrit literature recreating and re-imagining the enchanting world of ancient India. Beginning with the Rig-Veda, Ka weaves together myths from the Upanishad, the Mahabharata and the stories of the Buddha, all of which pose questions that have haunted us for millennia.

Book The Mystery to a Solution

Download or read book The Mystery to a Solution written by John T. Irwin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irwin mirrors the aesthetic impact of the genre by creating in his study the dynamics of a detective story--the uncovering of mysteries, the accumulation of evidence, the tracing of clues, and the final solution that ties it all together.

Book International Picture Language

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  • Author : Otto 1882-1945 Neurath
  • Publisher : Hassell Street Press
  • Release : 2023-07-18
  • ISBN : 9781019350027
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book International Picture Language written by Otto 1882-1945 Neurath and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work by noted Austrian philosopher and social scientist Otto Neurath outlines the principles of Isotype, a visual language designed to convey complex information in a simple and accessible way. Neurath argues that visual communication is essential for effective education and social reform, and this book is an important contribution to the field of visual culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Yvain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chretien de Troyes
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 1987-09-10
  • ISBN : 0300187580
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Yvain written by Chretien de Troyes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.