Geometry of Design Revised and Updated

• Author : Kimberly Elam
• Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
• Release : 31 August 2011

At last, a mathematical explanation of how art works presented in a manner we can all understand. Kimberly Elam takes the reader on a geometrical journey, lending insight and coherence to the design process by exploring the visual relationships that have foundations in mathematics as well as the essential qualities of life. Geometry of Design takes a close look at a broad range of twentieth-century examples of design, architecture, and illustration (from the Barcelona chair to the paintings of Georges

• Author : Kimberly Elam
• Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
• Release : 17 August 2022

This work takes a close look at a broad range of 20th-century examples of design, architecture and illustration, revealing underlying geometric structures in their compositions.

• Author : Nam-Ho Kim,Ashok Kumar,Harold F. Snider
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 11 November 2014

Engineering drawing is the "instrument of communication" upon which the designer must place all information necessary to define a new product. Computer-aided design (CAD) courses often involve teaching solid modelling software, and we view CAD as an engineering communication tool for manufacturing. As the technology of engineering design is in transition from paper drawings to solid models, its education must address the challenge of covering both technologies. Geometry of design integrates drafting technology based on experience with engineering design education.

• Author : Robert Bork
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 05 December 2016

The flowering of Gothic architecture depended to a striking extent on the use of drawing as a tool of design. By drawing precise "blueprints" with simple tools such as the compass and straightedge, Gothic draftsmen were able to develop a linearized architecture of unprecedented complexity and sophistication. Examination of their surviving drawings can provide valuable and remarkably intimate information about the Gothic design process. Gothic drawings include compass pricks, uninked construction lines, and other telltale traces of the draftsman's geometrically

• Author : Luiz A.O. Rocha,Sylvie Lorente,Adrian Bejan
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 04 December 2012

Design happens everywhere, whether in animate objects (e.g., dendritic lung structures, bacterial colonies, and corals), inanimate patterns (river basins, beach slope, and dendritic crystals), social dynamics (pedestrian traffic flows), or engineered systems (heat dissipation in electronic circuitry). This “design in nature” often takes on remarkably similar patterns, which can be explained under one unifying Constructal Law. This book explores the unifying power of the Constructal Law and its applications in all domains of design generation and evolution, ranging from

• Author : Theodor Krauthammer
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 01 February 2008

In today's world, reasonably predictable military operations have been replaced by low intensity conflicts-less predictable terrorist activities carried out by determined individuals or small groups that possess a wide range of backgrounds and capabilities. Because of the threats posed by this evolving type of warfare, civil engineers and emergency personnel face new challenges in designing facilities to protect lives and property and in conducting effective rescue operations and forensic investigations. Addressing these needs, Modern Protective Structures develops realistic guidelines for

• Author : John Brewer,Roy Porter
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 17 June 2013

The study of past society in terms of what it consumes rather than what it produces is - relatively speaking - a new development. The focus on consumption changes the whole emphasis and structure of historical enquiry. While human beings usually work within a single trade or industry as producers, as, say, farmers or industrial workers, as consumers they are active in many different markets or networks. And while history written from a production viewpoint has, by chance or design,

• Author : Biren Prasad
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 18 August 1997

Documents the conference with 57 papers. Among the topics are a multicriteria decision making approach to concurrent engineering in product design, a morphological heuristic for scheduling, multiple-viewpoint computer-aided design models for automotive body-in-white design, product development pract

• Author : David B. Dooner
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 09 April 2012

Building on the first edition published in 1995 this new edition ofKinematic Geometry of Gearing has been extensively revised andupdated with new and original material. This includes themethodology for general tooth forms, radius of torsure’,cylinder of osculation, and cylindroid of torsure; the author hasalso completely reworked the ‘3 laws of gearing’, thefirst law re-written to better parallel the existing ‘Law ofGearing” as pioneered by Leonard Euler, expanded fromEuler’s original law to encompass non-circular gears andhypoid gears, the 2nd law of

• Author : Kimberly Elam,Keir Elam
• Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
• Release : 12 August 2004

Although the grid system is the most prevalent system of visual organization, it is often associated with rigid, formulaic design.

• Author : Ljubomir Jankovic
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 23 June 2017

In addition to the application of fundamental principles that lead to a structured method for zero carbon design of buildings, this considerably expanded second edition includes new advanced topics on multi-objective optimisation; reverse modelling; reduction of the simulation performance gap; predictive control; nature-inspired emergent simulation leading to sketches that become ‘alive’; and an alternative economics for achieving the sustainability paradigm. The book features student design work from a Master’s programme run by the author, and their design speculation for

• Author : David Barringer
• Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
• Release : 03 March 2005

One of our goals in publishing a design magazine is to set Emigre apart from the herd. We want to stay off the beaten path, so to speak, and seek out what lies beyond the obvious. We want to push the limits of design publishing even as we work to survive. When we noticed that, in the last few years, design publications had suddenly become oversweetened by so-called "eye candy," we decided to challenge the imagination, not just tickle the

• Author : L.W. Ratner
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 12 November 2003

In order to select an optimal structure among possible similar structures, one needs to compare the elastic behavior of the structures. A new criterion that describes elastic behavior is the rate of change of deformation. Using this criterion, the safe dimensions of a structure that are required by the stress distributed in a structure can be calculated. The new non-linear theory of elasticity allows one to determine the actual individual limit of elasticity/failure of a structure using a simple

• Author : Gu, Ning
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release : 31 January 2012

The emergence and adoption of computational technologies has significantly changed design and design education beyond the replacement of drawing boards with computers or pens and paper with computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer-aided engineering (CAE) applications. Computational Design Methods and Technologies: Applications in CAD, CAM and CAE Education explores state-of-the-art developments in computational design methods and their impact on contemporary design education. Readers will find case studies, empirical research findings, pedagogical theories, and reflections. Researchers, educators, designers, and

• Author : Natalie Chanin
• Publisher : Abrams
• Release : 15 May 2018

As makers, we tend to learn different stitches over time without thinking much about how they relate to one another. But when Natalie Chanin and her Alabama Chanin and The School of Making teams began to look at needlework closely, they realized all stitches are based on geometric grid systems—and by using grids as guides, they could make learning stitches, even seemingly elaborate ones, as easy as child’s play. In The Geometry of Hand-Sewing Chanin presents their breakthrough