HomeHelpSearchVideo SearchAudio SearchLabel Display ReserveMy AccountLibrary Map
Description Field Ind Field Data
Leader LDR cam a 00
Control # 1 hbl99054133
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20210309112157.0
Fixed Data 8 111208s2012 cauab b 001 0 eng d
LC Card 10    $a 2011293444
National Bib 15    $aGBB1A2108$2bnb
ISBN 20    $a9780321747761 (pbk.)
ISBN 20    $a0321747763
Local Ctrl # 35    $a(OCoLC)ocn761367948
Obsolete 39    $a276079$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aNLE$cNLE$dGSU$dYDXCP$dMYG$dIAD$dLMR$dDRU$dEEK$dDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $alccopycat
LC Call 50 00 $aNC703$b.M236 2012
Dewey Class 82 04 $a745.4$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aMacnab, Maggie.
Title 245 10 $aDesign by nature :$busing universal forms and principles in design /$cMaggie Macnab.
Imprint 260    $aBerkeley, CA :$bNew Riders,$cc2012.
Phys Descrpt 300    $axvi, 293 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c24 cm.
Series:Diff 490 $aVoices that matter
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Content 505 $aMemory : remembering what we know. Aesthetics : enjoy the ride. Truth and beauty. Beauty is as beauty does -- Intuition and creativity -- Synchronicity -- Wabi-sabi and grunge -- Emptiness and simplicity. Emptiness as a philosophical and visual design application -- Simplicity -- Putting it into practice -- Efficiency : go with the flow. The economics of nature. Value-driven design -- Design's purpose -- Problem solving : different strokes with effective results -- Creative ideas used skillfully -- Creatives on the creative process -- Putting it into practice -- Nature's ethics : everyone's business. Natural guidelines for ethical design. 12 design principles from nature -- Abundance and limits. Information design : discerning and distilling beautifully -- Intention and invention -- Mutation. An international design response to a manmade disaster -- Street galleries -- Ethics in education : rethinking how and what we teach. School of visual arts/New York City -- Carnegie Mellon University/Pittsburgh -- Upcycled design : applying nature's principles to personal design. The common denominator between aesthetics, efficiency, and ethicsMatter : understand and create. Patterns : nature's dynamics. Energy visualized. What is pattern? -- How natural patterns are relevant to design -- Capturing the energy of your design -- Transforming energy as a design -- The patterns. Patterns of movement -- Patterns of regeneration and connectivity -- Patterns that stack and pack -- A sounding board for visuals -- Putting it into practice -- Shapes : nature's vocabulary. Shape-speak. Defining extraordinariness with numbers -- Shapes as truths -- A universe of freedoms -- Human translations of shape -- "In form" yourself by understanding shapes. The circle -- Intersecting lines -- The triangle -- The square -- The spiral -- Putting it into practice -- The elements : nature's sensuality. Color your world. Light creates color -- Color form -- The noncolor colors -- The changing ways of color -- A natural palette -- Using nature's elements in design. Nature shares genius -- The classical elements -- Putting it into practiceMotion : the experience enhanced. Structure : building beauty. Structural flow. Structural forms -- The state of flow -- Design's structural vocabulary. Elements -- Technique and quality -- Process and method -- Principles -- 1+1=3 : the Gestalt principles. Figure/ground -- Closure or completion -- Continuance -- Similarity -- Proximity -- Symmetry : a balancing act in two or more parts. Three basic symmetries. Translation symmetry -- Reflection symmetry -- Rotation symmetry -- Tessellations -- Asymmetry -- Putting it into practice -- Messaging : a meaningful medium. The how and why of meaning. Symbols and the natural state -- Symbols and the altered state -- The symbolic metaphor in design -- Scaling across time and space. Designs that scale : spanning culture, trend, and time -- The hidden relationship. The hidden, seen.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aDesign.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aRepetitive patterns (Decorative arts)
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aNature (Aesthetics)