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Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design. [Charles Eames]

There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few of them.
[Victor Pananek]

Less is more... [Mies van der rohe]

Design is thinking made visible
[Saul Bass]

To look ahead, one must learn to look back [Henry Dreyfus]

It's through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good. [Paula Scher]

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Wood Bender's Handbook

Woodwork

You don’t need expensive machinery or exotic hand tools—just apply these proven te...

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Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Today's Technology

Drawing

The updated edition of a contemporary approach to merging traditional hand drawing...

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Cross Laminated Timber: A design stage primer

Materials

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has long been heralded as a wonder material, with a l...

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Woodwork: The Complete Step-by-step Manual

Woodwork

Get started on your woodworking skills with this ultimate guide to essential carpe...

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The Real Wood Bible: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Choosing and Using 100 Decorative Woods

Materials

A practical and inspiring A-Z guide to the world's most popular woods. Many of the...

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Sketching: the Basics

Drawing

This book explains the basic sketching techniques and decisions more in depth and ...

50 Products: Innovations in Design and Material

Industrial / commercial art & design

When the creation of the tools we all use in our everyday lives is placed in the h...

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Drawing Dynamic Hands

Drawing

The most comprehensive book ever published on drawing hands uses a revolutionary s...

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The Homeowner's Ultimate Tool Guide

Tools, Plant & Equipment

If you have the proper tools, you have a much better chance of getting every home ...

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Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide: Natural and Man-made Fibres

Fashion and textile design

Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide is the only book specifically for fashion d...

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The Jeweler's Studio Handbook : Traditional and Contemporary Techniques for Working with Metal and Mixed Media Materials

Jewellery Design

Master the art and craft of metal jewelry making in your own home studio! Great...

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Modelmaking – A Basic Guide

Model Making

Model Making is an introduction to the craft for students of architecture; landsca...

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Design for the Real World

Technical Design

Design for the Real World has been translated into over twenty languages since it ...

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Sheet Metal Fabrication: Techniques and Tips for Beginners and Pros

Metalwork

In our mechanized day of mass production, the craft of hand-forming sheet metal in...

The Everyday Blacksmith

Metalwork

With The Everyday Blacksmith, learn to make hooks, spoons, and tools of all sorts....

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Wood Identification Use: A Field Guide to More Than 200 Species

Materials

More than 200 timber species from around the world are described in detail in this...