This book provides a critical examination of structure and form in design, covering a range of topics of great value to students and practitioners engaged in any of the specialist decorative arts and design disciplines. The complexities of two-dimensional phenomena are explained and illustrated in detail, while various three-dimensional forms are also discussed. In the context of the decorative arts and design, structure is the underlying framework, and form the resultant, visible, two- or three-dimensional outcome of the creative process. Whether hidden or visually detectable in the final design, structure invariably determines whether or not a design is successful in terms of both its aesthetics and its practical performance. Hann successfully identifies various geometric concepts, and presents and discusses a number of simple guidelines to assist the creative endeavours of both accomplished and student practitioners, teachers and researchers.

This second edition, which is intended to provide step-by-step approach to the fundamentals of systems development in interactive hands-on and stimulating learning environment, includes new chapters that focus on object-oriented analysis and design and approach to web application developmentTo enhance understanding of the subject, all the topics of the first edition have been reviewed and expanded.In this workbook, examples are introduced in the sequence in which they would be needed during systems analysis and designThe book first outlines the steps followed in analysis and design and then illustrates the same with examplesThe end-of-chapter practice exercises provide an incremental framework to reinforce the hands-on nature of learning.This should serve as an ideal workbook for students and instructors as well as for the systems analysts and designers of IT companies to solve their day-to-day systems related problems.

In this second edition an additional section outlines the relationship between some current perceptions of science, art, and philosophy, and how these impinge on architecture.

This book studies the principles of urban spatial organization of historic cities. It can be considered a guide to design, presenting qualitative criteria to satisfy practical needs. The subject is explored through interconnected chapters, each addressing an important aspect of form-space and design values, knowledge and our present problems. In this book the interpretation is artistic and socio-cultural. Discussion is not concentrated on singular urban space but on interrelated spaces and elements across the city, and complexes. Considering the comparative aspects of study, the reader will notice that despite cultural differences, there is a common understanding in artistic creativity and sensibility in the presented examples.

Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.