Design books

The dream of flying has preoccupied man since time immemorial. The fascination of discovering distant destinations and overcoming distances quickly resulted in the demand to optimize traveling times from the aspect of comfort. Meanwhile, airline companies offer their passengers a wealth of on-board possibilities: Releaxing sleep in a bed above the clouds, internet connection, or bars. Functionality only turns into a finished contemporary interior as a result of the designed shapes, materials and colours. Starting with the choice of material to the development of an artificial starry heaven inside the cabin, which counteracts against jetlag, everything is taken into consideration while designing the cabin, making the time the passenger...

Издательство: daab
Дата выхода: январь 2000

From the Neolithic age on ceramic material was used as a building material through out the world: in the Empire of China as well as in the Islamic and Mesopotamian civilizations. With its natural qualities and adaptability to various circumstances combined with technical innovations in the manufacturing process, ceramic is regarded even nowadays as a superb material. It is fire resistant, waterproof and hypo-allergenic. Ceramic ages with dignity and its style is timeless. In this book around 40 Designers and manufacturers are presented with outstanding projects and innovative designs on ceramics which range from exterior solutions such as facades to interior design on walls and floors. The content is arranged in alphabetical order of the...

Издательство: daab
Дата выхода: январь 2000

In this book of Chinese Design, we are pleased to introduce a wide array of different architectural projects, and the various designers, architectural ateliers and developers that have made these works come to light. The distribution of the book has been done in three chapters according to the three main geographical areas - Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong - where most of these projects are located. A fourth chapter covers the architectural projects located in other parts of the Chinese mainland. Like the Great Wall, which with its 2.400 km is the only built structure on earth visible from outer space, China is so huge and profound, that to make an attempt to analyse its design is practically impossible. The basic principle, however,...

Издательство: daab
Дата выхода: январь 2000

The door is the most essential component of a house. It is both a separating as well as an adjoining element and permits or prevents entering from an external area to the private interior. Doors are interfaces that are created to invite or reject, depending on the message that they are to convey to the outside world. Closed or open - doors keeps secrets that can make you curious, awaken positive expectations or can also invoke your fears. Although the entrance in the most cases is also the exit, both are generally experienced in different manners. While the entrance can lead to unfamiliar territory, exiting a house is always a return to a familiar environment as well. Throughout the entire history of architecture, doors have been...

Издательство: daab
Дата выхода: январь 2000

Architecture has advanced quickly in the field of construction materials, which are fundamental when fulfilling dreams of raising massive buildings. Amongst these materials that have had the biggest influence in the creation of this kind of architecture is steel. As a result of a carbon-alloy, steel is ductile but at the same time resistant and tough. Today it is not only present in the structure of all types of buildings, but also used in designs for household objects and plays a major role in avant-garde interior design. On the basis of about 40 projects this book shows how multifariously steel can be leveraged. Plans of the projects will be shown as far as available. An index of contact information of the designer and architects is...

Издательство: daab
Дата выхода: январь 2000