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Author
Publisher
Maker Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Start Making! is a program developed by the Clubhouse Network to engage young people all over the world in Maker-inspired activities. With this guide, you will discover how to plan and coordinate Start Making! projects in your home, school, library, community center, after-school club, or makerspace. You'll learn strategies for engaging young people in creative thinking, developing individual and team projects, and sharing and reflecting on their...
Author
Publisher
Maker Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Projects in this book include: DIY flavored edible paper and ink, Self-folding paper models, Light-up paper projects, Paper windmill and paper machines, 3D designs with paper, and Origami and other fold and cut designs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pearson Education Pub. as FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([10] pages)
Language
English
Description
"This Element is an excerpt from Do you matter?: how great design will make people love your company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. Take a broader view of great product design--and promote culture and processes that help you create winning designs over and over again!"--Resource description page.
Author
Publisher
Laurence King Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Building prototypes and models is an essential component of any design activity. Modern product development is a multi-disciplinary effort that relies on prototyping in order to explore new ideas and test them sufficiently before they become actual products. Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Designers illustrates how prototypes are used to help designers understand problems better, explore more imaginative solutions, investigate human interaction...
27) Engineering for industrial designers and inventors: fundamentals for designers of wonderful things
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edtion.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiii, 198 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
If you have designs for wonderful machines in mind, but aren't sure how to turn your ideas into real, engineered products that can be manufactured, marketed, and used, this book is for you. Engineering professor and veteran maker Tom Ask helps you integrate mechanical engineering concepts into your creative design process by presenting them in a rigorous but largely nonmathematical format. Through mind stories and images, this book provides you with...
28) Designing together: the collaboration and conflict management handbook for creative professionals
Author
Publisher
New Riders
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
WHAT IS THE ONE THING not taught in design school, but is an essential survival skill for practicing designers? Working with other people. And yet, in every project, collaboration with other people is often the most difficult part. The increasing complexity of design projects, the greater reliance on remote team members, and the evolution of design techniques demands professionals who can cooperate effectively. Designing Together is a book for cultivating...
Author
Series
Publisher
New Riders
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Thousands of designers, marketers, and product managers have come to rely on Susan Weinschenk's original 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People as a "go-to book" for practical advice on how to use the latest findings in psychology and neuroscience to directly inform and improve their designs, brands, and products. Research hasn't stopped since the book was written, and new design challenges have emerged. Weinschenk's new book, 100 MORE...
Author
Series
Publisher
Laurence King Pub
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Computer-aided design (CAD) and rapid prototyping (RP) are now a fundamental part of the professional practice of product design and are therefore essential skills for product design undergraduate students. This book provides students with all the tools needed to get to grips with the range of both CAD software and RP processes used in the industry. Presented in a visually engaging format, this book is packed with case study examples from contemporary...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pearson Education Pub. as FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([9] pages)
Language
English
Description
"This Element is an excerpt from Do you matter?: how great design will make people love your company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. How to make sure customer experience permeates every corner of your company--and all your products and services"--Resource description page.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"We design to elicit responses from people. We want them to buy something, read more, or take action of some kind. Designing without understanding what makes people act the way they do is like exploring a new city without a map: results will be haphazard, confusing, and inefficient. This book combines real science and research with practical examples to deliver a guide every designer needs. With this book you'll design more intuitive and engaging...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The easy way to build an online craft business from scratch Starting an Etsy Business For Dummies offers expert advice for artists and entrepreneurs looking to build an online craft business from scratch. You'll get invaluable information on how to set up an Etsy shop, write compelling item descriptions, photograph your work, engage the Etsy community, understand fees, and find your muse when it takes a holiday. In the last couple of years, the DIY...
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xx, 216 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language
English
Description
User experience doesn't happen on a screen; it happens in the mind, and the experience is multidimensional and multisensory. This practical book will help you uncover critical insights about how your customers think so you can create products or services with an exceptional experience. Corporate leaders, marketers, product owners, and designers will learn how cognitive processes from different brain regions form what we perceive as a singular experience....
Author
Publisher
Maker Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Tinkering is a way of learning through hands-on activity -- experimenting with materials and devices to see how they work, taking things apart, making small changes and improvements, exploring and inventing. Tinkering may seem like a form of play -- and it is -- but it is also a powerful way of discovering truths about science, engineering, and math. With this book, Curt Gabrielson follows up on his best-seller Tinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff...
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