Design Books at Dial a Book Sydney

Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius
Pevsner, Nikolaus
Book Number: 50430
ISBN: 0140552111
Publisher: Puffin November 4, 1986
8vo softcover 264pp very good - ex-lib. Index. Illustrated with b&w intext examples. This is a book on artists and architects from Britain, USA and Europe and how the best remains today where laid by a small group of people who thought and taught as well as designed.
Price: $8.00

The Industrial Design Reader
Gorman, Carma - Edited by
Book Number: 57685
ISBN: 1581153104
Publisher: Allworth Press 2003
8vo. Softcover. 243pp. Near fine. Index. This pioneering guide traces the entire history of industrial design, industrialization, and mass production from 1850 until today. Sixty comprehensive essays written by designers, theorists, advertisers, historians, and curators detail the most crucial movements, issues, and accomplishments of industrial design. They combine news reports on the very first design workshops, aesthetic manifestos, lectures, and more from the biggest names in the field: William Morris, Henry Dreyfuss, and Victor Papanek, to name only a few. The Industrial Design Reader is an excellent resource for educators, students, and practicing designers.
Price: $16.00

Terence Conran on Design
Conran, Terence
Book Number: 59606
ISBN: 1850297711
Publisher: Conran Octopus, London, 1996.
4to. hardcover. 286pp. index, colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $18.00

Plan Graphics: Drawing, Delineation, Lettering
Walker, Theodore D.
Book Number: 52852
ISBN: 0914886274
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company January 1989
8vo softcover 235pp very good. po inscription on feb. Plan Graphics consists principally of full-page illustrations with minimal text interference. The result is a remarkable teaching tool, which helps design students and professionals concentrate more fully on developing the exacting, perceptual motor skills they need to render sharp, clear, and more accurate work.
Price: $15.00

The Evolution Of Useful Things
Petroski, Henry
Book Number: 47678
ISBN: 0679412263
Publisher: Knopf 1992
8vo hardcover 288pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. For armchair inventors or those who are curious about the way things work, this book offers hours of delight. Petroski (engineering, Duke Univ.) provides an intricate look, in lay reader's terms, at the technology and basic rationale behind a number of items we often take for granted. The list is comprehensive: kitchen utensils, zippers, tools, paper clips, fast-food packaging, and more. The text is far from a recital of mere facts. Petroski's anecdotes and stories about individual designers and inventors are told with warm regard. Petroski also provides illuminating thoughts on the theoretical, historical, and cultural frameworks that influenced these creations. Although this book will appeal to a somewhat specialized audience, many general readers will find it fascinating and educational. For circulating libraries.n- Carol J. Binkowski, Bloomfield, N.J.nCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Price: $18.00

ICONS - Valentines Vintage Holiday Graphics
Jim Heimann, Editor
Book Number: 56120
ISBN: 3822845876
Publisher: Taschen n.d.
8vo. Softcover. Illustrated in colour throughout. 192pp. Excellent. this whimsical volume looks at the ephemera of our most honeyed celebration. From cards to candy, graphics span the 1900s to the 1960s, and the cheek factor is high. The book`s introductory essay traces the history of Valentine`s Day—from its beginnings as a pagan feast of the flesh in third-century Rome."
Price: $15.00

ICONS - Graphic Design for the 21st Century
Fiell, Charlotte & Peter
Book Number: 60153
ISBN: 3822838780
Publisher: Taschen 2002.
8vo. Softcover. Illustrated in colour throughout. 192pp. Excellent.
Price: $15.00