Download or read book MPD LA 2015 Design Book written by Marc Posch and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2015 Design Book. Selected works from the Marc Posch Design Office, Los Angeles Visual design matters. Without it, ideas don't reach their intended target. I experience this all the time: it's the packaging, the sign on the road, the website that helps to present the function or value of a product, that serves as the magic connector. It is our purpose to help transform entrepreneurial concepts into reality through the wisdom of design principles and the magic of creativity; to turn someone's vision into a tangible product or service offer. To take the invisible and make it visible. When we achieve this, when we can see a client's business grow, beautiful products lined up on shelves, and a website introduce a new service we have helped to define, that's when I am filled with pride. That's what gets me up every morning. - Marc Posch MPD/LA (Marc Posch Design, Los Angeles) Brand Consulting and Design: 213.341.1642. marcposchdesign.com

Download or read book Value Proposition Design written by Alexander Osterwalder and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of the international bestseller Business Model Generation explain how to create value propositions customers can’t resist Value Proposition Design helps you tackle the core challenge of every business — creating compelling products and services customers want to buy. This highly practical book, paired with its online companion, will teach you the processes and tools you need to create products that sell. Using the same stunning visual format as the authors’ global bestseller, Business Model Generation, this sequel explains how to use the “Value Proposition Canvas” to design, test, create, and manage products and services customers actually want. Value Proposition Design is for anyone who has been frustrated by new product meetings based on hunches and intuitions; it’s for anyone who has watched an expensive new product launch fail in the market. The book will help you understand the patterns of great value propositions, get closer to customers, and avoid wasting time with ideas that won’t work. You’ll learn the simple process of designing and testing value propositions, that perfectly match customers’ needs and desires. In addition the book gives you exclusive access to an online companion on Strategyzer.com. You will be able to assess your work, learn from peers, and download pdfs, checklists, and more. Value Proposition Design is an essential companion to the ”Business Model Canvas” from Business Model Generation, a tool embraced globally by startups and large corporations such as MasterCard, 3M, Coca Cola, GE, Fujitsu, LEGO, Colgate-Palmolive, and many more. Value Proposition Design gives you a proven methodology for success, with value propositions that sell, embedded in profitable business models."

Download or read book The Design Book written by Editors of Phaidon and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover 500 of the most innovative, influential, and enduring products from the last five centuries in one compact and highly collectable volume. The Design Book presents iconic pieces by Le Corbusier, Philippe Starck, the Eames, and the Apple design team, alongside classic objects such as the paper clip, the hurricane lantern, and the martini glass. Each entry pairs an image with a descriptive caption, providing accessible information about the product, designer, manufacturer, and history. Take an extraordinary journey through the objects that have improved our functionality, shaping our society and culture today.

Download or read book Tangled Up in Blue written by Rosa Brooks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by The Washington Post “Tangled Up in Blue is a wonderfully insightful book that provides a lens to critically analyze urban policing and a road map for how our most dispossessed citizens may better relate to those sworn to protect and serve.” —The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . Brooks has produced an engaging page-turner that also outlines many broadly applicable lessons and sensible policy reforms.” —Foreign Affairs Journalist and law professor Rosa Brooks goes beyond the "blue wall of silence" in this radical inside examination of American policing In her forties, with two children, a spouse, a dog, a mortgage, and a full-time job as a tenured law professor at Georgetown University, Rosa Brooks decided to become a cop. A liberal academic and journalist with an enduring interest in law's troubled relationship with violence, Brooks wanted the kind of insider experience that would help her understand how police officers make sense of their world—and whether that world can be changed. In 2015, against the advice of everyone she knew, she applied to become a sworn, armed reserve police officer with the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department. Then as now, police violence was constantly in the news. The Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum, protests wracked America's cities, and each day brought more stories of cruel, corrupt cops, police violence, and the racial disparities that mar our criminal justice system. Lines were being drawn, and people were taking sides. But as Brooks made her way through the police academy and began work as a patrol officer in the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods of the nation's capital, she found a reality far more complex than the headlines suggested. In Tangled Up in Blue, Brooks recounts her experiences inside the usually closed world of policing. From street shootings and domestic violence calls to the behind-the-scenes police work during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential inauguration, Brooks presents a revelatory account of what it's like inside the "blue wall of silence." She issues an urgent call for new laws and institutions, and argues that in a nation increasingly divided by race, class, ethnicity, geography, and ideology, a truly transformative approach to policing requires us to move beyond sound bites, slogans, and stereotypes. An explosive and groundbreaking investigation, Tangled Up in Blue complicates matters rather than simplifies them, and gives pause both to those who think police can do no wrong—and those who think they can do no right.

Download or read book Car Wars written by John J. Fialka and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from the last decade of his 26-year career at the Wall Street Journal, where he covered energy and environmental matters, ClimateWire founder and industry insider John Fialka brings to life this thrilling and important story about American's rejection and second obsession with the electric car. The resurgence of the electric car in modern life is a tale of adventurers, men and women who bucked the complete dominance of the fossil fueled car to seek something cleaner, simpler and cheaper. Award-winning former Wall Street Journal reporter John Fialka documents the early days of the electric car, from the M.I.T./Caltech race between prototypes in the summer of 1968 to the 1987 victory of the Sunraycer in the world's first race featuring solar powered cars. Thirty years later, the electric has captured the imagination and pocketbooks of American consumers. Organizations like the U.S. Department of Energy and the state of California, along with companies from the old-guard of General Motors and Toyota as well as upstart young players like Tesla Motors and Elon Musk have embraced the once-extinct technology. The electric car has steadily gained traction in the U.S. and around the world. We are watching the start of a trillion dollar, worldwide race to see who will dominate one of the biggest commercial upheavals of the 21st century.

Download or read book Manual of Section written by Paul Lewis and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with plan and elevation, section is one of the essential representational techniques of architectural design; among architects and educators, debates about a project's section are common and often intense. Until now, however, there has been no framework to describe or evaluate it. Manual of Section fills this void. Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis have developed seven categories of section, revealed in structures ranging from simple one-story buildings to complex structures featuring stacked forms, fantastical shapes, internal holes, inclines, sheared planes, nested forms, or combinations thereof. To illustrate these categories, the authors construct sixty-three intricately detailed cross-section perspective drawings of built projects—many of the most significant structures in international architecture from the last one hundred years—based on extensive archival research. Manual of Section also includes smart and accessible essays on the history and uses of section.

Download or read book Making Peg Dolls written by Margaret Bloom (Artisan) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Bloom's book introduces us to over 60 peg doll characters to keep hands busy. This series of delightful craft projects will inspire all the family to make and play creatively.

Download or read book Risk Assessment and Management for Ships and Offshore Structures written by Yong Bai and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) nature of environmental and operational conditions is still the major cause of marine accidents, with knock-on effects in terms of casualties, property damage, and marine pollution. Recognized as the most effective approach to navigate VUCA environments, risk-based assessment methods provide a solution to address challenges associated with health, safety, and environmental protection in extreme conditions and when accidents involving engineering structures and infrastructure occur. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the foundational principles, current practices, and cuttingedge trends in quantitative risk assessment and management for ships and offshore structures. With six partsencompassing a total of 35 chapters, it covers risk assessment and management for offshore installations, oil and gas leaks, collisions and grounding, and fires and explosions. Tailored for ship and offshore structural engineers, naval architects, as well as mechanical and civil engineers involved in advanced safety studies, this book is an invaluable resource for both practicing engineers and researchers in this field.• Offers insights into quantitative risk assessment and asset management for ships and offshore structures inextreme conditions and in the event of accidents• Equips engineers with valuable statistical data sets and enhances data assimilation techniques for precisehazard frequency calculations• Seamlessly integrates fundamental principles with practical applications, addressing emerging challengesand leveraging the latest technological advances in the field

Download or read book Smart Agrochemicals for Sustainable Agriculture written by Katarzyna Chojnacka and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Agrochemicals for Sustainable Agriculture proposes products that fulfill the need for chemicals that provide a sustainable delivery system for nutrients necessary to maximize the production of agricultural animals and plants while producing the smallest possible environmental footprint. This book addresses all aspects related to the production process, including chemical formulas, stability of formulations, and the application of the effect of its utilization. Over the past decade, biobased chemicals have received significant attention as candidate resource materials in fertilizers and agrochemicals production due to their renewability. Substitution of conventional raw materials with biobased requires a new approach towards the development of technology. On the other hand, the use of biobased chemicals, such as biostimulants, bioregulators and biofertilizers offers a new palette of products that are natural, thus their application does not pose an impact on the environment (residues) or cultivated plants. - Presents ideas for new products that provide appropriate nutrition while limiting environmental footprints - Includes a full range of the production process, from chemical formulas to establishing the stability of formulations, applications and effects - Offers a host of new products that are natural and whose applications do not negatively impact the environment nor cultivated plants

Download or read book Ed Ruscha and Some Los Angeles Apartments written by Virginia Heckert and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published to accompany the exhibition In Focus: Ed Ruscha, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from April 9 to September 29, 2013, this book focuses on Ruscha's photographic work, specifically the thirty-eight images he made for his 1965 photobook Some Los Angeles Apartments"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book The Essentials of Lifelong Investing The Ultimate Guide for Ascent to Higher Realms written by Matthew Radmanesh and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book lays the foundation for any lifelong investor who desires to make a difference in the world and the life of others, and intends to ascend to higher realms of existence, which are zones of operations lying well beyond mere survival. This book provides the road map for a lifelong investor to make a series of correct decisions much needed to guarantee a higher survival potential and a super bright future. This becomes possible, if and only if, one masters the fundamental truths succinctly laid out in this book and applies the derived principles with great skill and commanding presence.

Download or read book The Modern Philosophy Science of Investment written by Matthew M. Radmanesh Ph.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reference/Business/Management/Philosophy/Science The Modern Philosophy & Science of Investment An indispensable tool for the average investor desiring to climb to a higher plateau of affluence and abundance! "This book is one's ultimate weapon in the modern world to become a superior investor with an unusually high investment IQ to confront and conquer all of the doom and gloom of the economic and political upheavals in our society with relative ease." Dr. Matthew M. Radmanesh From “The Modern Philosophy & Science of Investment ” You will discover: The Pyramid of life The Scientific Methodology in Investment The General Certainty Principle The Entropy Principle Unification of Life and Business The New Unified Theory Reward to Risk Ratio The PE Index The Postulates and Axioms of Investment The Pyramid of Knowledge in Investment The F7 Investment System The Golden Goose Principle The Growth-Share Matrix Cash Cow Figures of Merit The Logarithmic Investor The Margin of Safety " This book is the road map leading to the recovery of great mental abilities and the discovery of physical treasures that would guarantee enormous success in life or business." Dr. Matthew M. Radmanesh From “The Modern Philosophy & Science of Investment” Other Books by Dr. Matthew M. Radmanesh The Gateway to Prosperity System, 2015, 751 Pages. Advanced Principles of Success & Prosperity, 2012, 622 Pages. The Ultimate Keys to Success in Business and Science, 2008, 464 Pages. Cracking the Code of Our Physical Universe, 2006, 416 Pages. The Gateway to Understanding: Electrons to Waves and Beyond, 2005, 678 Pages. Matthew M. Radmanesh, Ph.D., is currently a faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at California State University, Northridge, CA. Dr. Radmanesh is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Honor societies, and holds two patents for his pioneering works in Microwaves and Millimeter waves. WWW.KRCbooks.com

Download or read book Aerotropolis written by John D. Kasarda and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination of giant airport, planned city, shipping facility and business hub, the aerotropolis will be at the heart of the next phase of globalization. Drawing on a decade's worth of cutting research, the authors offer a visionary look at how the metropolis of the future will bring us together.

Download or read book Exploring Zynq Mpsoc written by Louise H Crockett and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the Zynq MPSoC (Multi-Processor System-on-Chip), an embedded device from Xilinx. The Zynq MPSoC combines a sophisticated processing system that includes ARM Cortex-A53 applications and ARM Cortex-R5 real-time processors, with FPGA programmable logic. As well as guiding the reader through the architecture of the device, design tools and methods are also covered in detail: both the conventional hardware/software co-design approach, and the newer software-defined methodology using Xilinx's SDx development environment. Featured aspects of Zynq MPSoC design include hardware and software development, multiprocessing, safety, security and platform management, and system booting. There are also special features on PYNQ, the Python-based framework for Zynq devices, and machine learning applications. This book should serve as a useful guide for those working with Zynq MPSoC, and equally as a reference for technical managers wishing to gain familiarity with the device and its associated design methodologies.

Download or read book Hydrogels written by Lacramioara Popa and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hydrogels, as three-dimensional polymer networks, are able to retain a large amount of water in their swollen state. The biomedical application of hydrogels was initially hampered by the toxicity of cross-linking agents and the limitations of hydrogel formation under physiological conditions. However, emerging knowledge in polymer chemistry and an increased understanding of biological processes have resulted in the design of versatile materials and minimally invasive therapies.The novel but challenging properties of hydrogels are attracting the attention of researchers in the biological, medical, and pharmaceutical fields. In the last few years, new methods have been developed for the preparation of hydrophilic polymers and hydrogels, which may be used in future biomedical and drug delivery applications. Such efforts include the synthesis of self-organized nanostructures based on triblock copolymers with applications in controlled drug delivery. These hydrogels could be used as carriers for drug delivery when combined with the techniques of drug imprinting and subsequent release. Engineered protein hydrogels have many potential advantages. They are excellent biomaterials and biodegradables. Furthermore, they could encapsulate drugs and be used in injectable forms to replace surgery, to repair damaged cartilage, in regenerative medicine, or in tissue engineering. Also, they have potential applications in gene therapy, although this field is relatively new.

Download or read book Satellite Communications Systems Engineering written by Louis J. Ippolito, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Satellite Communications Systems Engineering (Wiley 2008) was written for those concerned with the design and performance of satellite communications systems employed in fixed point to point, broadcasting, mobile, radio navigation, data relay, computer communications, and related satellite based applications. This welcome Second Edition continues the basic premise and enhances the publication with the latest updated information and new technologies developed since the publication of the first edition. The book is based on graduate level satellite communications course material and has served as the primary text for electrical engineering Masters and Doctoral level courses in satellite communications and related areas. Introductory to advanced engineering level students in electrical, communications and wireless network courses, and electrical engineers, communications engineers, systems engineers, and wireless network engineers looking for a refresher will find this essential text invaluable.

Download or read book Energy Island written by Allan Drummond and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells how the people of Danish island of Samso decided to use wind energy to power their lives and became the "Energy Island."