trace the copyright holders and we apologize in advance for any unintentional omission and would be pleased to insert the I:TABLE LAMPS 23 appropriate acknowledgment In any subsequent edition of this publ,cat Ion. AUTHORS' ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors wish to thank all those manufacturers and designers who answered queries and searched through their archives. 2:CEILING LAMPS 35 the supportive and professional staff at Conran Octopus and Sir Terence Conran for his personal interest and guidance. NOTE TO READER Names of objects and designers printed In roman or bold type denote that a photograph of the object or a bography i of the designer can be found elsewhere in 3:DESK LAMPS 47 the book. 4:WALL AND FLOOR LAMPS 59 BIOGRAPHIES 72 INDEX 80 6 LAMPS AND LIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE Of LIGHTING DESIGN Light fascinated artists, architects and engineers long before the invention of modern electric lighting gave them a new, unrivalled technological palette to explore in the twentieth century. Awe-struck appreciation of light's ability to define colour, texture and form, and its capacity to shape emotional response can be found in the great art, and literature, of even the earliest civilizations. From shooting stars, volcanoes and lighting to fireworks, wax candles and gas lamps - the central role of light in visual perception can be traced through the culture of centuries.

Lamps and Lighting (Conran design guides)

MYERSON, Jeremy

KATZ, Sylvia

Arts & Photography

Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd.

The physical structure and appearance of the workplace determine how we function, how we communicate and collaborate, our motivation levels and company performance, but we often fail to recognize the vital connection between organizational culture and the work environment. Based on the authors’ first-hand experience of major change programmes, on studies of offices around the world, and on design management research at De Montfort University, Leicester, this book explains the underlying principles of office design and its effects on cultural change and performance. Part 1 analyses the context and environment of working life, the drivers of change and the barriers - organizational, psychological and structural - to better working practices. Part 2 explores how traditional structures can be rethought and adapted through the reorganization of the workplace and the removal of physical barriers to change. It identifies four typical and disturbingly familiar work environments - Monolith, Makeshift, Modernizer and Mould-Breaker - to help companies understand their current problems and how to solve them. Part 3 introduces six proven workplace layouts: Town Square, Village Neighbourhood, City in Miniature, Space-time Machine, The Campaign Room and the Club; and explains their relative benefits for companies’ different needs. These are brought to life with international case studies from the public and private sector which describe how leading organizations have benefited from improved working environments. New Workspace, New Culture is illustrated by the Financial Times cartoonist, Roger Beale. It also includes line drawings of office layouts, and photographs of some of the most productive working environments in the world. This book will help senior management and human resource specialists develop the way people work by changing the working environment. Also, designers, architects, and facility and property managers will find it a perceptive and logical guide to wha

New Workspace, New Culture: Office Design as a Catalyst for Change

Business & Money

Turner, Gavin

Business Culture

Routledge

Offices shape the lives of millions of people. How we plan, design and equip them says a great deal about the culture of organisations, the mentality of managers and the motivations of staff. But getting the right balance between management efficiency and individual wellbeing is as elusive as ever. New Demographics New Workspace looks for answers in some new places. The authors address ways in which the office environment can be redesigned to offer greater levels of comfort, flexibility and fitness for purpose in the new age of the older knowledge worker. Based on the findings of the authors 'Welcoming Workplace' research project at the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre, New Demographics New Workspace examines the impact of two of the most significant shifts in the workplace: the ageing of the workforce and the changing nature of work itself in the knowledge economy. By examining the movements and motivations of older knowledge workers in the UK, Japan and Australia, the authors have generated new conceptual approaches to office design that offer an alternative to the current outdated model derived from the factory floor. In particular they question the value of open-plan offices that favour collaboration over concentration and contemplation. Given the growing pensions crisis and anticipated knowledge gap in the workforce in many developed countries, this book has real political, economic and social resonance. If we are all going to have extended working lives in the 21st century, the places in which we work will need to flex and adapt to make us want to keep on working.

New Demographics New Workspace: Office Design for the Changing Workforce

Bichard, Jo-Anne

Management & Leadership

Surveying thirty-five years of Alan Fletcher's work, this book is an essay upon the design process as undertaken by a tireless and gifted individual. The thinking behind his solutions and methods are illustrated by a range of examples each accompanied by a full commentary from Jeremy Myerson.

Beware Wet Paint

Gibbs, David

Fletcher, Alan

History & Criticism

Phaidon Press

This book charts the history of design and advertising over the last forty years. Covering a range of design disciplines – including graphic design, press advertising, radio and television, new media and retail packaging – a narrative-style essay sets out the historical framework and describes the main developments in design practice since the 1960s. The material in the book is drawn from the extensive archives of the London-based organisation, Design and Art Direction (D&amp;AD), one of the world’s leading bodies representing the creative industries of design and advertising.

Rewind Forty Years of Design & Advertising

Vickers, Graham

Graphic Design

This book has hardback covers.Ex-library,With usual stamps and markings,In good all round condition.Dust Jacket in fair condition.

Makepeace: A Spirit of Adventure in Craft & Design

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Cross River Pr

Traditional office work, characterized by repetitive clerical tasks, is rapidly giving way to "knowledge work," characterized by the creative application and exchange of information. In response, architects around the world are leaving aside the old cubicle grid to design innovative, high-tech offices that foster knowledge work and, at the same time, help workers balance the competing demands of colleagues, customers, and family. The forty-three exceptional workplaces profiled in this timely volume were all completed within the last six years and serve a wide variety of organizations both private and public, small and large. Examples range from the headquarters of an advertising firm where one enormous table seats all two hundred employees, facilitating communication, to a BMW plant where the factory production line runs through and above the administrative offices, unifying the corporate community. The authors skillfully distinguish the primary trends in contemporary office design by dividing their engagingly written case studies among four chapters, each dedicated to a particular type of workplace: "Academics" encourage the sharing of knowledge within a corporate structure; "Guilds" allow the members of a profession to interact as peers; "Agoras" bring the workplace closer to the marketplace, and to civic life; and "Lodges" combine the home and the office. Two hundred vivid color photographs and fifty architectural drawings show how the featured architects have configured public areas, meeting rooms, and private work spaces to meet the needs of today's increasingly versatile and mobile workers. The inclusion of an informative introduction, which outlines the economic and technological factors driving the rapid evolution of contemporary workplace architecture, further ensures that this attractive book will be an essential reference for everybody who has a hand in designing offices, and thought-provoking reading for everybody who works in one.

Radical Office Design

ROSS, PHILIP

Architecture

Abbeville Press

Now in celebrating their 25th anniversary, designers Marcello Minale and Brian Tattersfield are known worldwide. Following "Design a la Minale Tattersfield", also edited by Edward Booth-Clibborn, this volume takes up where the story left off, providing an analysis of this enduring partnership.

Design: the World of Minale Tattersfield

Booth, Clibborn Edward

Biographies & Memoirs

Booth-Clibborn Editions

Full of images, ideas and inspiration for the office of the future, this brilliant new title looks at international trends in office buildings and interiors from a totally new perspective. 
The Creative Office shows how architecture, design and technology have become inextricably linked and predicts dramatic and unparalleled change over the next five years. Modern management's shift towards looser ways of working has forced architects and designers to focus on spaces that are more adaptable, spaces that induce more creative and cognitive patterns of work. 
At the heart of the book are case studies of 40 pioneering design projects, drawn from practices all over the world, each one extensively illustrated with plans, drawings and photographs. Accessible and intelligent, The Creative Office focuses on offices which have been designed to promote team work and to accommodate remote, virtual and mobile requirements using the newest technology and the very latest in space planning concepts.

The Creative Office

Gingko Pr Inc

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