Gustav Niemann 
Maschinenelemente [PDF ebook] 
Entwerfen, Berechnen und Gestalten im Maschinenbau

A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Autobiographical Comics helps readers explore the increasingly popular genre of graphic life writing. In an accessible and easy-to-nav …

Design, Ecology, Politics links social and ecological theory to design theory and practice, critiquing the ways in which the design industry perpetuates unsustainable development. Boehnert argues tha …

This new edition of a classic work offers a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion, and demystifies the workings of the fashion system. From the origins of fashion studies and the differenc …

This book shows how the people carrying out industrial commercial development perform the vital functions and deals with the organization and structure of commercial development. It describes the cha …

He didn’t know where the Visitor came from or the reason for his visit, but he welcomed him anyway. He liked the Visitor’s quiet, benign manner, and he was glad for the company. But when strange thin …

The Dress Detective is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research. This accessible book p …

In Victorian England, women“s accessories were always much more than incidental finishing touches to their elaborate dress. Accessories helped women to fashion their identities.Victorian Fashion Acc …

How have architecture and design been represented in popular culture? How do these fictional reflections feed back into and influence “the real world“? Archi.Pop: Architecture and Design in Popular …

Clothes are inherently geographical objects, yet few of us consider the social and economic significance of their journey from design to production to consumption. The Geographies of Fashion is the f …

Robotic engineering inspired by biology—biomimetics—has many potential applications: robot snakes can be used for rescue operations in disasters, snake-like endoscopes can be used in medical diagnosi …