Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration

The extraordinary creations of expert engraver F.

This unique collection of beautiful floral patterns and stencil designs showcases the rich, muted colors and distinctive, sinuous lines of the Art Nouveau style.

This spectacular treasury of antique ornamental ironwork designs will delight antique lovers, graphic artists, and anyone interested in inspired decorative flourishes from a bygone era.

Well-known in the Victorian art world for his award-winning ornamental designs, John Leighton decided to provide contemporary artists and artisans with a rich sourcebook of ideas and inspiration to use in developing their own designs.

Ernst Rettelbusch's great Stilhandbuch [Handbook of Styles] was the lifework of a connoisseur and practicing professional in the fields of architecture, interior design, and furniture design.

Rich selection of royalty-free motifs from famous British reference.

This design collection includes all 60 full-color plates from L'animal dans la decoration, a rare turn-of-the-century portfolio by M.

This generously illustrated book brings back into print a turn-of-the-century catalog depicting over 1,000 ornamental sheet metal designs offered to architects, interior designers, and home builders by a major American supplier.

Heraldry had its origin in the decorative shields used in Western Europe in the twelfth century.

Here is a nearly inexhaustible supply of copyright-free graphics filled with late 19th- and early 20th-century charm, ideal for a wide range of arts and crafts projects.

This sumptuous edition offers all 100 full-color plates from Owen Jones's definitive presentation of Chinese ornamentation and design, one of the most beautiful books on the decorative arts ever published.

The increased use of quality designs in 19th-century manufactured goods created a steady demand during that period for collections of decorative patterns.

The Practical Decorator and Ornamentist was the last and one of the most important of the great chromolithographic collections of decorative ornament produced in the Victorian era.

In the mid-19th century, typefounders plied their trade with an extraordinary exuberance, creating a new and dazzling range of typefaces and ornamentation that in sheer versatility, ornate beauty, and sumptuousness remain unsurpassed.

88 royalty-free drawings of 40 plants and flowers - Daffodil, Apple and other more or less familiar species - distinguished by their grace, impeccable draftsmanship, and botanical accuracy.

In 1923 the Syracuse Ornamental Company in New York State advertised its fiber wood carvings, moldings, and furniture trimmings to the trade in an elegantly illustrated sales catalog.

Chinese art and design are permeated by a connecting sense of the wholeness of all things.

This well-known book was prepared a century ago by two British architects, and its reputation has grown steadily since.

By forbidding the representation of the human figure, the Mohammedan religion helped push Islamic art along a path much different from that of traditional European art.

There is no larger collection of ornament in print anywhere today.

The Victorians loved their flowers, and from a stunning nineteenth-century collection of floral motifs comes this garden of decorative designs.

Rich in tradition and history, the art of batik has been a deeply integrated facet of Chinese folk art for over 2,000 years.

A rich assortment of Baroque imagery to use .

This singular collection displays pairs of letters, transforming ornamental initials into Art Nouveau masterpieces.

A familiar decorative detail that's found both inside and outside of Victorian homes, fretwork delights the eye with its graceful interlaced designs.

These crisp, black-and-white images will lend a distinctive Far Eastern accent to any project.

One of the most inspired painters of the nineteenth century, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794 -1872) was also a brilliant engraver and draftsman.

Graphic artists, illustrators, and craftspeople will welcome this treasury of beautifully engraved ornate frames, scrollwork, and other highly decorative designs - 800 in all - reproduced from an extremely rare mid-19th-century style book.

This handsome collection of full-color vignettes, painstakingly culled from rare 19th- and early-20th-century chromolithographs, is the perfect resource for countless arts and crafts projects that require a maritime touch.

With a little outside help, says veteran cartoonist Roy Paul Nelson, anyone with an interest in art can learn to draw humorous sketches.

A Rich Archive of Medieval Vignettes From Authentic Pages of HistoryIn this artful look back at the fascinating facets of medieval society, the realms and reveries of the Middle Ages unfold in more than 750 black-and-white illustrations.

Chinese craft design excelled in the manipulation of geometric space and reached its highest point in the design of window lattices on Chinese houses.

This handsome collection contains scores of unique images based on folk art designs created by artists of Austria, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland, and other European countries.

Blending the old and the new .

More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship.

The sleek, exciting geometric motifs seen everywhere in today's decorative arts reflect the continuing Art Deco revival.

We all need creative ideas for solving challenging problems, innovating, and reconciling dilemmas.

Rooted in the places, cultures, histories, and wisdom of the diverse Asia-Pacific region, this book gathers heterogeneous practices of designing social innovation that address various social, political, and environmental challenges.

As old as ancient Rome, tessellated patterns can be seen in many places today: in Victor Vasarely's black-and-white paintings, in the designs of Ensor Holiday and M.

An indispensable resource for anyone in need of avian art, this magnificent compendium comprises more than 600 royalty-free images.

This monograph provides an overview of the recent developments in modern control systems including new theoretical findings and successful examples of practical implementation of the control theory in different areas of industrial and special applications.

In Casting for Big Ideas, Andrew Jaffe, industry veteran and Director of the Clio Awards, details important lessons on the management and growth of advertising agencies.

The truth about superpowers .

A wearable robot is a mechatronic system that is designed around the shape and function of the human body, with segments and joints corresponding to those of the person it is externally coupled with.

The fast and easy way to learn the art of fashion drawing This fun guide gives you dozens of step-by-step diagrams that walk you through the process of preparing creative illustrations that you can later develop into dynamic presentations for your design portfolio.

The fast and easy way to learn the art of fashion drawing This fun guide gives you dozens of step-by-step diagrams that walk you through the process of preparing creative illustrations that you can later develop into dynamic presentations for your design portfolio.

Are you getting the most learning value from visuals?

Are you getting the most learning value from visuals?

Learn PLC programming from the software perspective to understand advanced concepts such as OOP and HMI development and design reusable, portable, and robust codePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesTake a deep dive into object-oriented PLC programming to gain hands-on knowledgeExplore software engineering concepts such as SDLC, debugging, and SOLID programmingGet a thorough grasp on HMI development to build various HMI projectsBook DescriptionObject-oriented programming (OOP) is a new feature of PLC programming that has taken the automation world by storm.

Build your own intelligent agent system Intelligent agent technology is a tool of modern computer science that can be used to engineer complex computer programmes that behave rationally in dynamic and changing environments.