From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany.
Advances in Digitalization and Machine Learning for Integrated Building-Transportation Energy Systems examines the combined impact of buildings and transportation systems on energy demand and use.
Emerging trends in Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) refer to the new and transformative developments, practices, and technologies that are currently gaining prominence in the field of industrial engineering and management.
With the advancements in sensor and computation technologies, connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) services are being tested and deployed on public roads, sharing the road with human- driven vehicles (HVs).
A Hands-On Course in Sensors Using the Arduino and Raspberry Pi is the first book to give a practical and wide-ranging account of how to interface sensors and actuators with micro-controllers, Raspberry Pi and other control systems.
Practical and aesthetically pleasing, this visual meditation on the constituents of good design considers all manner of construction, form, and ornamentation.
Drawing on centuries of history, this work is an encyclopedic collection - undoubtedly the largest royalty-free collection of its kind - of devils, dragons, mythical creatures, fanciful beasts, animal-gods, totemic figures, and other supernatural beasts from the darker regions of man's imagination.
The 746 designs contained in this volume represent some of the most ingenious and attractive applications of geometrical and optical motifs to be found today.
Selected from the ancient art and artifacts of an international array of museum collections, this spectacular volume offers a unique collection of unusual animal motifs from Prussia, Egypt, Persia, China, Germany, Sweden, and other regions.
Before the invention of photography, in the days when illustrated books were inordinately costly, one means of satisfying the universal human desire for pictures was the so-called "e;catch-penny.
From Diderot's monumental illustrated record of 18th-century European arts and sciences: elegant renderings of architectural landmarks; drawings and plans for windmills, bridges and boats; renderings of palatial interiors and furnishings; elevations and floor plans for many well-known European theaters; scenes of 18th-century craftsmen at work in the building trades; and much more.
This rare volume from a nineteenth-century Ohio manufacturer features a lavish assortment of impressive architectural ornaments and magnificent statuary.
By the 1880's, American architecture had turned to a heavily formal, almost grandiose style, forsaking the more delicate ornamentation and graceful line of the previous decade.
Here are clear, accurate illustrations of 163 wildflowers, boldly rendered for easy use in graphic projects, needlework designs, and other applications in the arts and crafts.
Drawn from a rare French volume, this gallery of delicate multicolor stenciling in the Art Nouveau style features the use of pochoir, a unique method that was popular in Paris during the early part of the twentieth century.
The wonder and beauty of butterflies and moths - including their miraculous transformations - have fascinated nature enthusiasts for thousands of years.
This striking collection of 171 Gallic glories-borders, florals, panels, pilasters, cornices, and other architectural and ornamental flourishes-offers a remarkable variety of styles: Byzantine, Roman, Gothic, Renaissance, and more.
With the opening of Japan to the West in the mid-19th century, much of Japanese life that had been sealed off from the rest of the world for centuries was now revealed to the public at large - including the artistic styles and subjects depicted in this excellent collection.
The custom of using family crests as a matter of pride on the part of the family still remains in the nations of Europe although it is being upheld by a limited number of households.
Swiss etcher and engraver Matthaeus Merian the Elder (to distinguish him from his son, Matthaeus Merian the Younger, a portrait and historical painter), was born in Basel in 1593.
This splendid archive of decorative ironwork designs, painstakingly reprinted from a rare French volume, includes 1,100 illustrations of elaborate motifs used to enhance such diverse architectural elements as doorway and balcony grilles, gates, garden seats, door panels, columns, and funeral monuments.
From God's creation of the world to the Gospel teachings of the New Testament, this volume provides a wealth of splendid illustrations that bring to life familiar scenes and stories from the Bible.
