Design Handbooks

Design Handbooks are a guideline practically on a certain topic. They provide you with a vast amount of information on a certain topic.

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More than 35 design teams from all around the world are featured in this new publication.

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This one is more devoted to dealing with international legal issues of being a designer and discusses the merits of pro-bono work as a method of self promotion.

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This one covers all the major concepts, materials, and styles over the last 150 years with concise, easy-to-understand definitions. It also has detailed images to go along with each.

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This one discusses how to develop media, products, buildings, and infrastructure for the widest range of human needs, preferences, and functioning.