Design For All Americans
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Design For All Americans
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Author : United States. National Commission on Architectural Barriers to Rehabilitation of the Handicapped
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Design For All Americans written by United States. National Commission on Architectural Barriers to Rehabilitation of the Handicapped and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Architecture and the physically handicapped categories.
Accessible America
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Author : Bess Williamson
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2020-05-01
Accessible America written by Bess Williamson and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-01 with Design categories.
A history of design that is often overlooked—until we need it Have you ever hit the big blue button to activate automatic doors? Have you ever used an ergonomic kitchen tool? Have you ever used curb cuts to roll a stroller across an intersection? If you have, then you’ve benefited from accessible design—design for people with physical, sensory, and cognitive disabilities. These ubiquitous touchstones of modern life were once anything but. Disability advocates fought tirelessly to ensure that the needs of people with disabilities became a standard part of public design thinking. That fight took many forms worldwide, but in the United States it became a civil rights issue; activists used design to make an argument about the place of people with disabilities in public life. In the aftermath of World War II, with injured veterans returning home and the polio epidemic reaching the Oval Office, the needs of people with disabilities came forcibly into the public eye as they never had before. The US became the first country to enact federal accessibility laws, beginning with the Architectural Barriers Act in 1968 and continuing through the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, bringing about a wholesale rethinking of our built environment. This progression wasn’t straightforward or easy. Early legislation and design efforts were often haphazard or poorly implemented, with decidedly mixed results. Political resistance to accommodating the needs of people with disabilities was strong; so, too, was resistance among architectural and industrial designers, for whom accessible design wasn’t “real” design. Bess Williamson provides an extraordinary look at everyday design, marrying accessibility with aesthetic, to provide an insight into a world in which we are all active participants, but often passive onlookers. Richly detailed, with stories of politics and innovation, Williamson’s Accessible America takes us through this important history, showing how American ideas of individualism and rights came to shape the material world, often with unexpected consequences.
Beautiful
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Author : Mark D. Sikes
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2016-09-20
Beautiful written by Mark D. Sikes and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-20 with House & Home categories.
This New York Times bestselling book from interior designer Mark D. Sikes is a celebration of American style today, showcasing chic and accessible ideas for every home. Modern and unfussy, Mark D. Sikes’s interiors are classic takes on California indoor/outdoor living, with natural fibers and crisp coloration, informed and influenced by the fashion world where he began his career. In eight chapters, he explores approachable, stylish looks, from "Blue and White Forever," which features indigos, stripes, batiks, and wicker in casual rooms such as porches and pool houses; to "Timeless Neutrals," presenting semiformal rooms filled with chinoiserie, gilt, glass, mirrors, banquettes, and French chairs; to "Garden Greens," featuring happy, casual family rooms and kitchens inspired by the garden with treillage woodwork, rattan, and cotton. There are also "Beautiful Brights," colorful rooms that are eclectic, layered, and fun, with chintz, florals, and Middle Eastern influences; and "Sun Faded Hues," rustic coastal rooms with weathered fabrics and furniture. Each chapter presents light-filled images of the designer’s looks and offers the reader inspiration and advice. As famed film director Nancy Meyers writes in the book’s foreword, this is a book that shows design lovers "how classic can look fresh, how style and comfort go hand-in-hand."
American Design
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Author : Russell Flinchum
language : en
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Release Date : 2008
American Design written by Russell Flinchum and has been published by The Museum of Modern Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
"The story of American design, told through works selected from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York" -- from back cover.
144 Home Designs For All Americans
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Author : Home Planners, inc
language : en
Publisher: Home Planners, LLC
Release Date : 1985
144 Home Designs For All Americans written by Home Planners, inc and has been published by Home Planners, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Architecture, Domestic categories.
America By Design
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Author : David F. Noble
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2013-01-23
America By Design written by David F. Noble and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Hailed a “significant contribution” by The New York Times, David Noble’s book America by Design describes the factors that have shaped the history of scientific technology in the United States. Since the beginning, technology and industry have been undeniably intertwined, and Noble demonstrates how corporate capitalism has not only become the driving force behind the development of technology in this country but also how scientific research—particularly within universities—has been dominated by the corporations who fund it, who go so far as to influence the education of the engineers that will one day create the technology to be used for capitalist gain. Noble reveals that technology, often thought to be an independent science, has always been a means to an end for the men pulling the strings of Corporate America—and it was these men that laid down the plans for the design of the modern nation today.
Design For Victory
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Author : William L. Bird
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 1998-06
Design For Victory written by William L. Bird and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
The poster - inexpensive, colorful, and immediate - was an ideal medium for delivering messages about Americans' duties on the home front during World War II. Design for Victory presents more than 150 of these stunning images - many never reproduced since their first issue - culled from the collections of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. William L. Bird, Jr. and Harry R. Rubenstein delve beneath the surface of these colorful graphics, telling the stories behind their production and revealing how posters fulfilled the goals and needs of their creators. The authors describe the history of how specific posters were conceived and received, focusing on the workings of the wartime advertising profession and demonstrating how posters often reflected uneasy relations between labor and management.
The American Design Adventure 1940 1975
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Author : Arthur J. Pulos
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1988
The American Design Adventure 1940 1975 written by Arthur J. Pulos and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Architecture categories.
The American Design Adventurecontinues the fascinating and detailed examination of industrial design begun by Arthur Pulos in American Design Ethic. The first volume discussed and illustrated the objects and artifacts, the major designers and schools of design from Colonial times to the 1940s. This second splendidly illustrated volume carries the story into the heroic era of American industrial design, from the 1940s to the 1970s. These were the decades of American industrial design's dominance, when special exhibitions and world fairs made design a subject of national pride. Big business realized the influence that trademarks, packaging, and corporate identity programs could have on their bottom line, and the world of fashion created a consumer demand for name brands and well designed products. Industrial design flourished under the capable hands of Raymond Loewy and Charles Eames, while corporations like IBM, RCA, Herman Miller, and Knoll were sponsors of the great American design adventure. The extraordinary collection of illustrations that Pulos has assembled documents all of these important design trends while evoking the nostalgia of the 50s and 60s when Pop and Rock held sway. Pulos probes all aspects of industrial designers and their work - in education and private corporations, in professional organizations and governmental agencies. He also covers prefabricated housing, graphics, manufactured products from the exotic to the pragmatic, and public systems from the sociopolitical to the economic.
American Streamlined Design
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Author : David A. Hanks
language : en
Publisher: Flammarion
Release Date : 2005-08-30
American Streamlined Design written by David A. Hanks and has been published by Flammarion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-30 with Design categories.
"The twentieth century loved machines and the speed they made possible. Speeding cars, trains, and planes promised to conquer space and time; their aerodynamic styling and metal skins embodied a new and modern beauty, one that especially enchanted American designers from the late 1920s through the 1950s. Streamlining became the popular American style for all sorts of objects: from toy scooters to typewriters, from power tools to teakettles." "This book celebrates this beauty as epitomized by the work of Raymond Loewy, Kem Weber, Henry Dreyfuss, Norman Bel Geddes, as well as in works by many lesser-known industrial designers whose products are presented here for the first time. The book also demonstrates the resurgence of interest in streamlining among international vanguard designers from the 1980s to the present." "This volume is illustrated with patent drawings and period photographs showing how these dynamically styled objects were used. The one hundred eighty objects presented here, drawn from the Eric Brill Collection (recently donated to the American Friends of Canada) and supplemented by pieces from the Stewart Collection at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, were photographed for this book. A full bibliography, biographies of the designers, and index complete the study."--BOOK JACKET.
Ada Illustrated
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Author : Wyatt Tuell
language : en
Publisher: Books by Wyatt
Release Date : 2024-05
Ada Illustrated written by Wyatt Tuell and has been published by Books by Wyatt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05 with Architecture categories.
ADA Illustrated is a visualization of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) building code. For many people, building codes are hard to read and understand. The ADA design standards are no different. This book turns boring words into easy to understand 3D illustrations. So you don't have to be an architect or building inspector to easily learn the code. The latest major ADA update to the design standards was done in 2010, this book illustrates all of it! Surprisingly, ADA and other accessibility designs are still done incorrectly. ADA Illustrated helps empower everyday people to know how the design standards should be done. Or to better help clients understand the designs of an architect, interior designer, or contractor. The more people understand the ADA building code, the better!